Last week, I had a post about Religion and Spirituality as a Source of Strength for African Americans based upon Dr. Jonathan Singer’s podcast Incorporating Religion and Spirituality into Social Work Practice with African Americans in which he interviewed Dr. Nancy Boyd-Franklin. Today, I thought of continuing that discussion by sharing some of the suggestions […]
Religion and Spirituality as a Source of Strength for African Americans
Last week, the idea of using Hip Hop music as a way of establishing rapport with urban youth in Music as a Means of Establishing Rapport was discussed. I thought it would be interesting to extend this discussion by looking at ways social workers can include religion and spirituality into the conversation with a client. To […]
Music as a Means of Establishing Rapport
Yesterday I listened to a Living Proof podcast from the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work. The interviewees were Drs. Raphael Travis and Anne Deepak and they spoke about Empowerment in Context: Lessons from Hip Hop Culture for Social Work Practice. Drs. Travis and Deepak had an interesting point of view about Hip Hop […]
How Much Do Social Workers Earn?
To answer this question, I looked at figures from two sources: the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Indeed.com. Regretfully, both sources seem to provide different numbers… According to a 2009 study commissioned by the NASW (results of which were released in May 2010), social workers with less than 5 years experience have a […]
Occupational Outlook for Social Workers
Based upon the Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, job prospects are expected to be favorable within the social work industry over the next several years. Overall, within the social work field, employment is expected to grow at a rate of 16%, faster than the average (12%) for […]
