Monday, August 16, 2010

21 Additional Career Resources for Social Workers

       
Since my prior post on resources for social workers, I found some additional career development resources that I wanted to share with you.

Below are the links to some professional associations, federal government agencies and funding sources that you may find useful for your practice.

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Associations/Educational Resources
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work (AAPCSW)  - promotes and disseminates the understanding of psychoanalytic theory and knowledge within the social work profession.
Association of Oncology Social Work - an international organization with 20 years of service and over 1000 members who are committed to advancing excellence in psychosocial care of persons with cancer, their families and their caregivers.
Classroom to Capitol- a social justice tool for community organizing, policy analysis and advocacy, and organizational development. This is a resource for social workers, instructors and students.
Clinical Social Work Association (CSWA) - a national individual membership organization dedicated to providing services and professional support for clinical social workers.
Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) - an organization whose membership is comprised of directors of established social work/social welfare doctoral programs located in accredited universities. It provides a forum for sharing ideas and strategies, and strengthens doctoral education.
International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW) - a global organization striving for social justice, human rights and social development through the development of social work, best practices and international cooperation between social workers and their professional organizations.
National Organization of Forensic Social Work - provides training programs, conferences, newsletter, networking opportunities and more in the field of forensic social work.
The National Network for Social Work Managers - is comprised of social workers, working at all levels of management, across a broad and diverse range of human services organizations.
The Social Work Policy Institute  - examines issues that relate to the work of social workers, including how to serve people who have multiple or complex needs and how public agencies and other structures deliver health and human services.
Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care - an association with 1300 members dedicated to promoting the universal availability, accessibility, coordination and effectiveness of health care that addresses the psychosocial components of health and illness.

Federal Government Agencies
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - provides essential services for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
Office of the Surgeon General - the Surgeon General serves as America's doctor by providing Americans with the best scientific information available on how to improve their health and reduce the risk of illness and injury.
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention - works to improve the quality of substance abuse prevention practices nationwide.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) - promotes the quality and availability of community-based substance abuse treatment services for individuals and families.

Funding Information/Sources
The Foundation Center
The Grantsmanship Center
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts - official publication for NIH medical and behavioral research grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities.

Journals/Magazines/Newsletters
Current Psychiatry Online
The Psychotherapy Networker
Social Work Today
Weekly Mental Health Newsletter

I hope you find these additional links are useful. Do you know of any additional helpful resources? If so, could you please share them in the comment section below? My goal is to ultimately share all the resources in one post.

Also, do you happen to have any experiences (positive or negative) with any of the associations that you would be willing to share? There are so many of them (please see 34 Social Work Career Development Resources for more professional associations to join). As a social work student, it can be hard to figure out which one(s) it makes sense to belong to...

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2 comments:

  1. Between this post and your prior one (34 Social Work Career Development Resources) you have really done a remarkable job of documenting the Social Work Landscape!

    I only have a couple of recommendations that I would add:

    1) Society for Social Work and Research (http://www.sswr.org), an especially important resource now that so many agencies are looking to do some of their own research on client outcomes. SSWR has an annual conference, holds workshops on research methods, and has just started to publish their own journal.

    2) National Association of Black Social Workers (http://www.nabsw.org. NABSW is an important advocacy and networking organization and they have national and international conferences.

    3) While I am less familiar with the parallel organizations for other diverse social work professional organizations, a quick web search identified these two resources: Latino social workers (http://www.lswo.org) and Puerto Rican Hispanic social workers (http://www.naprhsw.com).

    4) Finally, there is the Social Work Research Network (http://www.bu.edu/swrnet/) that is currently maintained by Boston University School of Social Work. This network is a weekly listserv which alerts social workers about a range of social work-related conferences, information resources and funding opportunities. It's a great source of information.
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  2. Thanks so much, Nancy, for sharing these additional resources!

    These sound like particularly valuable organizations for social workers to become familiar with.

    Thanks again,
    Dorlee
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