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Hiring in 2007
http://news.com.com/2100-1022_3-6145941.html
According to this article on cNet, U.S. employers will be hiring more people in 2007, and paychecks will be bigger, too. One of the areas in which more people will be hired is health care. Let’s hope this trend extends to social workers!
Good luck in your job search in 2007. Happy New Year!
A Family’s Guide to the Child Welfare System
Child Welfare League of America
Category: Tool / service
Topic: child welfare system
The Child Welfare League of America has made its complete 140-page A FAMILY’S GUIDE TO THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM available in PDF format for download from its Web site at the above link.
The guide is a comprehensive resource that social workers can use to help answer many of the questions families have when they are involved in the child welfare system. It can also serve as a useful resource if you are a new social worker or thinking about a career in child welfare.
Tags: child welfare, child welfare league of america, families
A social work hero
Are you wondering if you can make a difference as a social worker? Maybe this will inspire you. I came across an essay today on the Teen Ink Web site, in which a student describes her hero–a school social worker. See:
http://teenink.com/Past/2006/November/20670.html
Social worker safety
Boni Frederick, a social services aide in Kentucky, was tragically murdered this week while supervising a home visit.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2006/oct/18/she-had-a-big-heart-slain-social-services-aide/
This situation brings to light the risks that many social workers and social service workers take every day. THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER magazine published an article in Summer 2005 on social worker safety issues. Read the article here:
University Career Center Social Work Pages
The following is a listing of university career centers that have social work pages on the Web. I will be adding to this list as I learn of social work-related career pages.
- Columbia University School of Social Work Office of Career and Leadership Development
- Rutgers University Career Services–Social Work Page
- UNC-Wilmington Career Services-Social Work Page
- University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work–DiNitto Center for Career Services








