Tag Archives: social work profession

[053.18] what is readability and why it is important in social work practice

Readability is a methodology that allows evaluating the ease with which a document can be read and understood, presenting, as a result, a numerical value that allows us to verify and identify the level of education is necessary to fully understand these written documents. These formulas began to be developed in the United States (appearingContinue reading “[053.18] what is readability and why it is important in social work practice”

[049.18] Fall 2018 issue of The New Social Worker

Highlights include practicing social work across three levels, suicide risk in schools, collegiate recovery programs, following up after the job interview, how to navigate a job promotion, sitting with difficult emotions, book reviews, and more! Download the Fall 2018 issue now!

[044.18] work and care together (London)

We're holding our first convention for #socialwork and #socialcare in London on 24th January 2019! Tickets to Work and Care Together (London) are available now and are completely free! Stay tuned for more details! #WorkCareTogether #FridayFeeling https://t.co/sOS7CnLGVv — One Stop Social (@One_Stop_Social) September 14, 2018

[041.18] Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of Professional Social Work

This is a 17 years-old video and centred in the USA, but being about history, and in a moment where hundreds of new social work students are starting their first year in university, it is always good to look at the roots and to the challenges that were faced… Produced in 2001 by the CouncilContinue reading “[041.18] Legacies of Social Change: 100 Years of Professional Social Work”

[035.18] Is it ever acceptable for social workers to ignore their clients?

This is a discussion that is taking place in the US following a post in a New York blog, where it is described as a social worker pretend to not know a client that ran into her (and family) in the street. Later on, in their next meeting, the social worker started to say thatContinue reading “[035.18] Is it ever acceptable for social workers to ignore their clients?”

[031.18] – updates during holidays

Well… it seems like while I was in holidays, there were several updates in important documentation for social workers in the UK. Will have to catch up with it, after catching up and go through the 250+ emails that I had in my inbox when I arrived back last Monday, but it is for futureContinue reading “[031.18] – updates during holidays”