The Chapter Newsletter, Currents, highlights cutting edge developments in social work, by field of practice, the impact of policies on the profession field, and by communities served. You can access back issues right here.
National NASW Resources
Below are three web-based resources from National NASW.
The National Social Work Public Education Campaign: Changing Perceptions. Improving the Profession.HelpStartsHere.org
Click here to see how you can influence how social work is viewed by the media and what NASW is doing about it.
NASW Members: click here to see what upcoming *free* lunchtime teleconferences are available.
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News
Deadline for Agencies to Apply for a Waiver to Employ Licensed Social Workers has been extended to February 1, 2012. For information on authorizing the employment of licensed social workers, click here.
Get the latest updates in our January/February 2012 issue of Currents by clicking here.
NASW-NYC PACE: NASW's Political Arm
PACE endorses candidates who espouse social work values and who work to promote goals such as loan forgiveness and licensing. The Committee’s mission includes educating and involving social workers in the political process. Click here for more information on PACE.
Institutional Racism & The Social Work Profession: A Call to Action Inspired in large part by the “Undoing Racism” Workshops in NYC, led by the People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, this Call to Action identifies what individual social workers, schools of social work, and service agencies all need to do to address the effects of racism. Specific examples of how racism plays out in social work are included.
Blog
NASW-NYC Connections: Read our latest entry by NASW member Sue Matorin, entitled: "The Challenging Climate of the Mental Health System: Enormous Stresses for Clients and Dedicated Social Workers" by clicking here.
If you are interested in the possibility of guest blogging, please click here.
We honored 21 amazing social work leaders throughout NYC on Thursday, December 1. 2011. Top, mid-career and emerging social work leaders from all across NYC were highlighted.
For photos from the event, click here. To see a PDF of our program journal, click here.
2011 Annual Meeting
NASW-NYC thanks the many organizations that co-sponsored our Annual Meeting. Please click here to view our supporting agencies.
We presented our Chapter Service and Social Work Image Awards at our Annual Meeting. Click here to read about our awardees.
2010-2011 Chapter Circle of Support. We would like to thank our members who have helped to support the Chapter over the course of the last year. Click here for a listing.
Social Work Month 2011 was celebrated throughout NYC in March. Click here to see pictures and read about how some agencies celebrated the work of their social workers.
If you have something you want shared on this page from your agency, please email us.
Resources
On Any Given Day, Social Workers Help
The National Social Work Public Education Campaign has created tools for social workers to use to educate people about the breadth and depth of the profession. We have created advertising, public relations and marketing materials that tell people about the profession. Now, we have a video (see above) that will show people that, on any given day, social workers help in so many ways.
