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Poverty Inequality 🌱
The activity that stands out most for me happened fall quarter after a house meeting. A staff member pulled the two foster youth aside and informed them that their case managers had gotten them backpacks and school supplies. I later … Continue reading
Posted in Career Journal, Charity, Clinical Supervision
Tagged advocacy, backpack program, charity, Childhood memories, compassion, disadvantaged, ethical dilemmas, foster care, homelessness, How did you get here, Inequality, inspiration, learning, LICSW, lifestyle, Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, mentor, opportunity, outreach, poverty, problem solving, purpose, social worker, speak up, staffing issues
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Host Homes Articles of a Career Journal
Originally posted on Real Life of an MSW:
“We’re clearly filling a role. Let’s not make this more complicated than it needs to be.” -Kim Reinhardt of Mason County Host Rereading this article and this article, I find myself still…
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Tagged adoption, bureaucracy, community, couch surfing, Empathy, family, foster care, homeless, host homes, idealist, kindness, love, neighbors, poltics, redtape, youth
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Benefits of Exercise in Parkinson’s Treatment
I am a naturally quiet observer- it comes with the title of being a clinical social worker. For the last several weeks, I have walked across the hospital campus observing a group of adults doing everything from Thai Chi, lunges, … Continue reading
Posted in Career Journal, Reading
Tagged boundaries, case management, CASE MANAGER, cognitive difficulties, employment opportunities, fatigue, foster care, health and wellness, inspiration, life lessons, mindfulness, New Diagnosis’, opportunity, parkinson, Pilates, promotion, quality of life, Rehabilitation Medicine, research study, self care, social worker, success, Thai Chi, therapy, transformation, treadmill
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Turning 21: Am I An Adult?
As I exited the foster-care system, one thing that would have helped me is having the opportunity to take classes on living independently. I was enrolled in the state’s Independent Living Program (ILP), but it didn’t prepare me to be … Continue reading
Posted in Career Journal, Reading
Tagged Acorns Investment, adulthood, advice, foster care, homeless youth, independnce, investments, life skills, money management, transition
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Host Homes Articles of a Career Journal
“We’re clearly filling a role. Let’s not make this more complicated than it needs to be.” -Kim Reinhardt of Mason County Host Rereading this article and this article, I find myself still shaking my head. EACH year thousands of youth … Continue reading
Posted in Career Journal, Reading
Tagged Annie, community, couch surfing, foster care, homeless, host homes, idealist, neighbors, redtape, youth
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