Happy Social Work Month, everybody! I hope you’re all having a good time and getting lots of goodies and recognition for the hard work you do all year long. Here are some links for you in honor of Social Work Month:
Social Work Month Proclamation for Fried Social Workers
Creative Social Work Month Celebrations
Answer to the age-old question: Why do Social Workers celebrate for an entire month?
Happy Social Work Month!
Social Worker SafetyThe 2004 NASW Workforce Study inquired about a variety of practice issues, including workplace safety. Forty four percent of survey respondents indicated that they face issues threatening their personal safety at work. Of these, an alarming one third felt their employers did not pay sufficient attention to their on-the-job safety.
Here’s a link to the study’s findings in regard to factors associated with social workers who face personal safety issues on the job:
Social Workers and Safety
http://workforce.socialworkers.org/whatsnew/safety.pdf
Source: Whitaker, T., Weismiller, T., & Clark, E. (2006). Assuring the sufficiency of a frontline workforce:
Executive summary. Washington, DC: National Association of Social Workers.
Student Loan Forgiveness for Social WorkersHere’s an article by Elizabeth Weiss McGolerick that may interest some of you:
Cash-Back Rewards Loan Forgiveness Programs Lure Social Service Grads
The article makes mention of several loan forgiveness programs that apply to social workers.
