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Speaking so the Message is Heard

Gary Direnfeld

When something on Facebooks irks, triggers or or simply rubs the wrong way and you seek to comment or reply, how do you do so, particularly when it’s something you feel passionate about? There are many ways and tones with which to deliver information. Are you sarcastic, using some bitter humor to cut, yet inform?

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Developing a Personalized Social Media Policy for Social Work Practice

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

Because there are no set standards for what should be included in a social media policy or how it should be communicated with clients, colleagues, or constituents, this step will help students identify common issues addressed in social media policies and the overall tone of the policy (i.e. If so, share it with me in the comments below.

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Understanding Resistance

American Board of Clinical Social Work

Because resistance usually presents in a defensive tone, it often provokes counter-resistance in the therapist. But the natural following question or comment might be something like, “It’s very important to me to know what you think your problems DO have to do with.”

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How to improve your social work interviewing

Save the Social Worker

Then a professor would comment on the films of us. Initially I thought it was strange that there were comments on whether we opened up or closed our palms. This means that when you ask your question, it’s not about whether you can understand it. But it’s whether your client can , too. This can cover: Pitch. Inflections. Non-verbal.

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Religious chauvinism in hospice

Hospice Social Work

When members of the hospice team serving my grandfather commented on the situation based on their religious terms, such as by speaking about reincarnating, they were being selfishly unrelatable to the people they were supposed to be relating to. What actually happened. What was actually said: Nurse: “Is your father a believer?”.

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7 things I wish social work in university taught me

Save the Social Worker

Or does your tone sound harsh and cutting? Something neutral, unthreatening, safe. It’s also about how you sound over the phone. How do you introduce yourself? Do you sound warm and inviting over the phone? How do you put down the phone? Are you the last one to say ‘bye’, or do you cut the line? It’s about dancing in the rain. Share it below!

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Anti-racism in Social Work 2021: Patiently Waiting

The Critical Blog

I’ve commentated widely about how many Social Workers of colour feel unsupported during fitness to practice investigations. I’ve previously commentated on how the legacies of slavery are not just outdated ideas; but are actually woven into the very fabric of modern society. Niceness’ is often weaponised against people of colour.