by Linda Could Grobman, MSW, ACSW, LSW
We’re finishing the thirtieth yr of The New Social Employee! I began the journal in 1994 as “the journal for social work college students and up to date graduates.” It developed into “the social work careers journal.” So, we hold going, altering, evolving.
What have social employees been studying over the previous 12 months? This yr’s prime articles record appears on the prime TEN newly-published articles for the yr of 2023, based mostly on the variety of on-line web page views. The listed articles signify what you, our social work readers, have been viewing throughout this yr of continued uncertainty and alter.
High 10 Articles Printed in 2023 by The New Social Employee Journal
Listed below are the hottest articles (based mostly on variety of on-line web page views) of these we printed in 2023. Learn them for your self, in the event you missed them or want a reminder! They’re:
#1: Book Review—Prince Harry’s Spare: The Impact of Long Denied Trauma, Emotional Abuse by SaraKay Smullens
#2: Social Work Month 2023: Thank You for All You Do To Break Barriers by Linda Could Grobman
#3: Your Social Work Career Coach: Do You Need a Social Work Side Hustle? by Jennifer Luna
#4: Ethics Alive! Artificial Intelligence: Tricks or Tools for Social Work Education and Practice by Allan Barsky
#5: Film Review: A Man Called Otto by SaraKay Smullens
#6: Let’s Make a DEAL: A Model for Social Worker Growth and Development by Beverly Wertheimer
#7: Eating Disorder Treatment: What Social Workers Need to Know by Mary Anne Cohen
#8: Daily Doses of Self-Care for September, Self-Care Awareness Month—2023 by Erlene Grise-Owens
#9: Social Work Tech Talk: I, Chatbot—What Does AI Have To Do With Social Work? by Gina Griffin
#10: Self-Care A-Z: Sharing Self-Care “Recipes” by Erlene Grise-Owens
AND the PLUS…The New Social Employee Columnists
After I take into consideration the columnists who contribute recurrently to The New Social Employee, I contemplate myself a really lucky editor. I have a good time their capacity to deal with the essential points dealing with social employees and our world at present. I hope you’ll make time to learn their 2023 columns.
Ethics Alive!
Dr. Allan Barsky has been writing the Ethics Alive! column for The New Social Employee for 11 years. This column actually brings social work ethics to life. This yr, Dr. Barsky wrote about well timed matters resembling job interview ethics, banning of gender-affirming care, synthetic intelligence, anti-DEI legal guidelines, and extra.
Your Social Work Profession Coach
Jennifer Luna is Your Social Work Career Coach. This yr, she wrote about social work side hustles and continued her video sequence for The New Social Employee, Conversations on Social Work Careers, with seven new social work profession interviews.
Social Work Tech Speak
Our expertise columnist Dr. Gina Griffin continued her column Social Work Tech Talk for the second yr. She writes about helpful apps and points associated to expertise in social work apply. Subjects in 2023 included AI, free speech, and extra.
Very important Subjects: Social Work & Movie
SaraKay Smullens writes Vital Topics: Social Work & Film. This yr, she offered commentary on a number of fashionable movies and a e book related to social employees. In 2023, she reviewed A Man Known as Otto, Ladies Speaking, White Noise, and Spare (e book assessment).
Self-Care A-Z Weblog
Erlene Grise-Owens’ Self-Care A-Z Blog celebrated its seventh anniversary in 2023! Dr. Grise-Owens, co-editor of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals, and visitor writers write about numerous points of and methods for self-care for social employees. In 2023, the weblog celebrated Self-Care Consciousness Month, Self-Care Day, Earth Day, Social Work Month, World Social Work Day, and extra.
What About Social Justice?
What About Social Justice? by Dr. Veronica Hardy addresses numerous points of social justice. This yr, she wrote concerning the digital divide, office maltreatment, and environmental justice.
2023: The Entire Yr
Our prime articles present a fast view of what social employees learn this yr, however there may be way more. Need to see what else you’ll have missed? Click on these hyperlinks for every month-to-month difficulty for 2023:
Wanting Ahead to 2024
In 2023, we continued with adjustments that had been put into place in 2022, together with net publishing and new e-newsletter codecs. The New Social Employee has been on a restricted publishing schedule since August, and publication was paused for many of November and December. As I wrote within the October and November Social Work Enews, these adjustments in publication schedule had been because of the passing of my life associate, Gary Grobman, in August. Grief necessitates taking time to pause and course of.
In 2024, we’ll proceed to judge the very best methods The New Social Employee might be helpful in your social work profession. I want you a contented, wholesome, significant vacation season and new yr. I sit up for seeing you in 2024.
Warmly and with a lot appreciation,
Linda
