My career path was not clear to me until the fourth year of my undergrad program. I was a member of a club that volunteered in the community. Specifically, we volunteered at a group home, and ever since that experience, I knew I wanted to work with that population. Volunteering there led me to work ..Read More…
By Janlee Wong,
NASW-CA Executive Director
When I started my MSW program at San Francisco State University 45 years ago, I wanted to change a world filled with racism, inequality, poverty, and injustice. My classmates and I thought that we could make a significant difference with what we could learn in a professional social work program. We would ..Read More…
NASW-CA’s Annual Conference is going virtual this year! Registrations are now open to attend our conference on October 16th and 17th, 2020. For the month of august we have a 30% discount when you register to attend with promo code: VIRTUAL30
Social workers and social work students from all over the country are welcome and ..Read More…
By Daniel Pollack and Lori Karlblum
[This article was originally published in Youth Today. Printed here with permission from the author]
The phrase “peer on peer child sexual abuse” is well known. It implies an exploitative sexual relationship of one minor by another. But who is a “peer”? From the Latin word par the term ..Read More…
Join NASW for a virtual Social Work Roundtable Town Hall on Racial Equity on August 14th, 2020! Join a conversation about #BlackLivesMatter: What are social work organizations doing to Advance Anti-Racism.
This event will be on Friday August 14th, from 11am – 1pm PDT/2pm – 4pm EDT available to stream on NASW’s national Facebook page. ..Read More…
Submitted by Elizabeth Juarez,
MSW Candidate at CSU Dominguez Hills:
The MHSA WET Stipend Program supports diverse communities and meets their professional needs. This stipend program was developed in efforts to support strength-based Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Nurse Practitioners, and Psychology students who will be entering the public mental health workforce upon graduation.
In our current political climate, it is crucial that we defend marginalized communities. CalPACE is a non-partisan political action committee formed to elect social work candidates and candidates that support social work values.
Unfortunately, campaigns cost money. Every dollar raised will help elect candidates that will fight harmful immigration policies and other issues of concern.
NASW Specialty Practice Sections (SPS) help members stay in-the-know in their specific area of practice and offers individual online communities of committed, like-minded peers. Along with the trusted communities, SPS offers more than 45 additional CE opportunities through live practice-specific webinars, newsletters, continuing education and other professional development activities.
We’d like to invite you to our upcoming Zoom meeting this Sunday, May 3, 2020 at noon. The purpose of the meeting will be to check in on how everyone and the communities we serve have been doing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone is welcome to attend! Please register by sending an e-mail to ..Read More…
