I 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…
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
Posted in Clientele, Families, Opinion, Social Justice, Social Phenomena, Social Policy, Social work practice | 2 Comments »
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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Social workers and the resource messer-uppers.
December 4th, 2011Several months ago, I assisted a client with moving into new housing. Part of that assistance included paying for the cost of moving the family’s furniture; the move took [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: client use of resources, social services resources
Posted in Clientele, Social Phenomena, Social Policy, Social work practice, The Social Worker as a human being | 2 Comments »
Petition regarding the DSM5.
November 23rd, 2011A colleague sent me the following link. I think all social workers and other professionals who work with those affected by the update of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: dsm5, dsm5 petition, mental disorder diagnosis
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Social workers and technology.
November 15th, 2011Ignacio Pacheco over at Social Work Tech Blog has some outstanding articles about the use of modern technology by the social work profession, and I thought I would throw [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: social work and technology, social work tech blog
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From the Detroit News: “Medical imposter roils McComb.”
November 6th, 2011Click here to see the story. You’ll see why I posted it.
I’m sure if there are any comments, they will involve social work ethics.
Tags: medical impostor, social worker ethics
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Social Workers and clients with unrealistic plans for success in life.
October 30th, 2011I’ve written about a lot of things, phenomena if you will, that social workers encounter in their work with clients. I’ve spoken about clients who make assumptions, clients who [...] Continue Reading…
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Happy 2nd Birthday, Diary of a Social Worker!
October 25th, 2011Hard to believe we’ve been going for two years now. Granted, I took a small hiatus for a couple months this year, but we’ve been going strong with about [...] Continue Reading…
Tags: diary of a social worker anniversary
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