Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW
The Political Social Worker
It has been a very difficult day for many. 26 innocent people, 20 children and 6 adults, shot dead in Connecticut. We still do not have all the facts but it is clear that we need to do something…
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Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW
The Political Social Worker
A few months ago I wrote a post for socialworkhelper.com about modern day social work distancing itself from politics. The post touched on many issues including lack of community practice courses and…
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Rachel L. West, MSW, LMSW
The Political Social Worker
As I discussed on Wednesday in Election Night Recap: Onward & Forward, all five Social Workers up for re-election on the Federal level won their seats. There was also one state legislative race I had…
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The other day I wrote a post about the lack of CEUs for community practice social workers. I wanted to ask what, specific, types of courses would you like to see offered in the area of community practice? Let me know in the comments section.
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I have posted a lot about the difficulties of being a macro social worker. One of the things I find most frustrating of all is the lack of continuing education courses addressing community practice. In the five years since graduating I have found it…
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Join me, @poliSW, tonight in live blogging the presidential debate on Twitter. The rest of the Social Justice Solutions Team (@SJSworks) and Social Work Helper (@swhelpercom) will be there at 9pm #swunited.
Marriage Equality: Federal Appeals Court Rules On DOMA
Rainbow flag. Symbol of gay pride. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The New York State Federal Appeals…
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The current electoral count from the Huffington Post has Pres. Obama with 275 electoral votes and Romney with 206. Clink the link above for a detailed state by state brake down.
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A blog dedicated to community practice (macro) Social Work; owned & run by Rachel L. West, MSW,LMSW. You can find the main site at politicalsocialworker.org. Email Rachel at rwest@politicalsocialworker.org