Tag Archives: foster care

Restructuring🌱

Posted on February 9, 2019 by msw blog

Description of learning this quarter _ is still in the process of re-negotiating its contract, by not renewing its foster care beds. The agency is contemplating replacing this contract with a federal contract that will provide safe beds for _ … Continue reading →

Posted in Career Journal, Clinical Supervision | Tagged analysis, community, decision making, foster care, How did you get here, Negotiation, nonprofit, Organization, outreach, Policy Practice, research, Restructuring, Social Welfare, social worker, structural change | Leave a comment

Poverty Inequality 🌱

Posted on January 19, 2019 by msw blog

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 | Leave a comment

Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Host Homes Articles of a Career Journal

Posted on October 6, 2017 by msw blog

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…

Posted in Reading | Tagged adoption, bureaucracy, community, couch surfing, Empathy, family, foster care, homeless, host homes, idealist, kindness, love, neighbors, poltics, redtape, youth | Leave a comment

Benefits of Exercise in Parkinson’s Treatment

Posted on April 21, 2017 by msw blog

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 | 4 Comments

Turning 21: Am I An Adult?

Posted on May 24, 2016 by msw blog

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 | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: foster care

Neighbors Helping Neighbors: Host Homes Articles of a Career Journal

Turning 21: Am I An Adult?

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