The time has come to bring this blog to an end. I haven’t posted in a long time, mostly because I’ve been really busy at work and frankly, I’m [...] Continue Reading…
Social workers and the teacher role.
April 7th, 2012Almost a couple of years ago, I did a post about lifeskills classes, which was a discussion about a particular teaching tool we used while getting clients out of [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: client education, many hats social worker wears, social work client education, social worker as educator, social worker as teacher
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Social workers and the social services shoppers.
March 18th, 2012I’ve written several posts about how precious a commodity a social service program can be, given the limited funding that tends to be present for these programs. I’ve also [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: abuse of social service programs, social service eligibility, Social service policies, social service shoppers
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Social workers and the scourge of predatory lending.
February 26th, 2012If there’s one thing that has been a common theme throughout the time that I have been a social worker, it’s that a lot of my clients end up [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: payday loans, predatory lending, social services clients and predatory lending, title loans
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USICH State Homeless Resources Map.
February 4th, 2012The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has a interactive website regarding certain homeless statistics in each state. It indicates:
Total homeless population
Persons in families experiencing homelessness
Veterans experiencing homelessness
Number of persons [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: homeless information, homeless resources, homeless statistics, Homelessness
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Social workers and the ‘dirty people.’
January 29th, 2012A month or so ago a non-social worker friend and I were walking downtown to have some lunch. A transient, who I had seen around our shelter, approached us [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: mental health diagnoses, Perceptions of social work clients, poor people
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Social workers and the discussion of social policy with clients.
January 15th, 2012I wrote a post in the past where I touched on explaining “technical issues” concerning social work to clients, and I’d like to talk in this post more directly [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: social policy, Social policy discussions, Social work clients and social policy
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The sad case of Charlie B: a story about the dangers of chronic homelessness.
January 2nd, 2012The following is a true story for the most part; of course, names have been changed in respect to confidentiality. This entry actually goes along with this entry and [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: chronic homelessness, families and homelessness, mental health and homelessness
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From the USICH: ” Veterans Homelessness Declines 12% in 2011″
December 14th, 2011Article here.
“HUD’s annual PIT estimate of the number of homeless persons and families is based on data reported by more than 3,000 cities and counties. In addition to the [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: homeless statistics, USICH, veteran homeless
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From the Huffington Post: “NYC’s unmarried homeless people fear they’ll be kicked to the streets.”
December 12th, 2011Article here.
The most poignant point:
“Caught between an unusual legal mandate to provide homeless shelters and a desire to preserve tightening resources despite increasing demand, the city’s Department of Homeless [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: homeless shelter discrimination, homeless shelter policy
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