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The Easiest Hard Decision: When Caregiving Trumps Employment
For someone who has worked their entire life, unemployment is a peculiarly unsettling kind of purgatory. This social work practitioner was not “practitioning” for nearly 16 months, having resigned my position in keeping with a favorite John Lennon lyric that … Continue reading
Once Upon A Client: The Curious Case of Percy Pointer, Part II
In Part I of “The Curious Case of Percy Pointer”… Percy Pointer was my first client as an MSW intern in the Client Advocacy Project (CAP) at Coalition for the Homeless in New York City. The CAP’s goals are to … Continue reading
Once Upon A Client: The Curious Case of Percy Pointer, Part I
Sometimes the only power our clients have is the power to say “No.” Or so they believe. My first client ever as an MSW intern, Mr. Percival Pointer, didn’t want any services of any kind. “If I don’t have anything, … Continue reading
Cultivating “The Gratitude Attitude!”
There seem to be a number of articles going around the web recently on the subject of how to deal with difficult bosses, and endless complaints about feeling underappreciated, overworked, stressed, unhappy, and on and on and on. Fine, I … Continue reading
Once Upon A Client: Boundaries
Welcome to the first in my new periodic series here at The Social Work Practitioner called Once Upon A Client. Once Upon A Client will explore aspects of social work practice through experiences I’ve had with particular clients. These experiences … Continue reading
Why Social Work?
“Social workers are a depressed bunch.” So said a colleague of mine, a social worker himself. We were on break during a training and a few feet away, sipping coffee and popping Dunkin’ Munchkins, was a group of our fellow … Continue reading
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