“Vision of Humanity” website.
Check it out here. The most interesting part is the “Global Peace index.”
Social workers and the invisible hand.
The other day I was coming into the shelter from some outside business and one of the children of the families in the shelter held the door open for [...] Continue Reading…
Social workers, clients, and the technical stuff.
I’ve written in the past about social workers and the educational gap they may have with clients. As a professional social worker, I am concerned about how clients perceive [...] Continue Reading…
A day out with the shelter kids.
Several days ago I got to do something that happens all too rarely – I got to take part in an outing with the children of the families in [...] Continue Reading…
Social workers and professional instincts.
in·stinct
1 /ˈɪnstɪŋkt/ –noun
1. an inborn pattern of activity or tendency to action common to a given biological species.
2. a natural or innate impulse, inclination, or tendency.
3. a [...] Continue Reading…
Comments on a story “Smoking medicinal pot gets terminally ill man evicted”
From KTNV TV in Las Vegas, Neveda:
Henderson, NV- A man is facing the option of spending his remaining days on earth, on the streets. His housing complex [...] Continue Reading…
Home visits vs. office visits in case management effectiveness.
When it comes to client meetings, the ones we do as part of our housing case management can be divided into three categories: offices visits, home visits and telephone [...] Continue Reading…
Social Workers and the scourge of discouragement.
dis·cour·age:
–verb (used with object)
1. to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
2. to dissuade (usually fol. by from ).
3. to obstruct by opposition or difficulty; hinder: Low prices [...] Continue Reading…
The DREAM act – Great idea!
From the National Association of Social Workers:
Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act
The DREAM Act is a bipartisan bill introduced to provide undocumented young people an earned [...] Continue Reading…
The use and usefulness of lifeskill classes.
As part of our housing case management at the shelter, we conduct what we refer to as lifeskill classes. In a nutshell, the classes are hour long sessions in [...] Continue Reading…
