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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

Donawa, LMSW. Violeta Donawa, LMSW. One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. I had not imagined myself studying SUD, and hadn’t considered addiction a social justice issue. By Violeta A.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

By Marisa Markowitz, LMSW, CASAC-T. When students leave the halls of academia and decide to venture on their first social work job, there is trepidation. Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. Well, for one, addiction is serious societal issue.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. This scholarship, created by Mary and her late husband, Raymond, will provide financial support to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program.