Have you ever been asked on a job interview for a prospective new social work position: How would you react to a person who just walked in and appears to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol? To help you be prepared for such a question, I consulted with two social workers who are currently […]
Free Webinars for Mental Health Professionals
Are you a social worker or other mental health professional who is interested in keeping up-to-date with the latest research on mental health? Listening and/or participating in various webinars, webcasts or podcasts is one way of doing so. Webinars (or webcasts) are essentially presentations given live online, via the web and teleconference. Webcasts are often […]
How to Manage Your Career When Unemployed
Have you been out of the job market for awhile? Are you wondering what are the necessary steps to take in order to get your career back on track? As some of you may know, there was a period of time after I completed my studies for my Master’s in Social Work that I was unable to take […]
Continuing Education: Optional or Obligatory?
Do you find the whole continuing education maze a bit confusing? Are you wondering whether you need to need to fulfill continuing education requirements to maintain your LMSW or LCSW license? Figuring out your continuing education (CE) requirements can be a bit puzzling, particularly because the answer varies according to your jurisdiction. Association of Social […]
Best Twitter Chats for Mental Health Professionals
Would you like to participate in a twitter chat about mental health? A twitter chat = a real-time chat where you get to talk with others about topics of interest to you via twitter by using tweets that include a predefined hashtag to link those tweets together in a virtual conversation. And if you’ve never […]
