Sometimes I feel like being a social worker is much like working on the stage crew of a musical. Both social workers and crew members play integral roles in the teams they are members of. Social workers help others sort through problems and find solutions that they otherwise might not have found. Stage [...]
Check out how one of our grads has used her individual beliefs and interests and incorporated them into her own practice and therapy with clients in a successful 22 year practice. Remember, this is a field that is open to your interpretations of it. Be creative…this is a quality in some of the most successful [...]
This week I wanted to discuss this particular practice model because it’s one I recently encountered in classes, and I find it to be both extremely helpful and interesting. I am currently taking a course entitled, “Family Assessment and Intervention”. Each week usually entails reading and discussing a new model or practice theory for social [...]
Crisis intervention training is an important area where social workers offer training in schools, law enforement, and to the public. CIT is a 40-hour education program which empowers officers and others to effectively respond to mental health crises. Encountering someone with a mental illness is a daily occurrence for most officers. Through officer education on [...]
This week I wanted to share some of my experience with “the tough stuff” in social work. I won’t be giving advice or sharing any kind of resource. But I hope that what I share will resonate with you, the readers, and that you’ll be able to relate and take something to help you in [...]
As January presses on and the weather becomes more treacherous, there’s one thing you can bet on. We are ALL going to get sick at one point or another. The kind of sickness I’m talking about, however, cannot be remedied with a flu shot or over-the-counter medicine. The illness I’m speaking of is feared by [...]
Interview with Krystal Cox, LSW, IMPACT Program in Kankakee, IL.
- Describe what an average day would look like for a social worker at an alternative school.
“The average day is varied depending on the day. Some days, I can see students and follow a schedule. Other days, there are numerous crisis situations that occupy my day. [...]
Since this is my first blog post for 2012, I thought it would be highly appropriate to write about a social work issue directly related to the new year. As I prepared both physically and emotionally to return to my school internship after the new year I quickly came to the harsh realization that many of my [...]
By this point in my educational career I’ve basically gotten the hang of school, but there’s one thing that always seems to hold me up. This phenomenon could be referred to as the “end of semester slow-down”. Inevitably the last two weeks of the semester are the most difficult. The end of first semester brings [...]
Kate received her MSW from Loyola in May 2008. She is now a LCSW working as a social worker for Passages Hospice, Inc. I decided to interview her on her job search and her current career in Social Work.
Was it hard to find a job after you graduated?
No, I was lucky enough to find a job before I [...]
Upon witnessing clients directly benefit from her work done at the master’s level, Deanna knew she wanted to do more. Soon after graduating from Loyola’s MSW program in 2006, she transitioned into Loyola’s PhD program with the encouragement and guidance of influential faculty members. Now in her second year of doctoral studies, she is focusing [...]
Read about the launch of our new substance abuse counseling certificate – also known as the CADC.
David Franczyk is not your typical social work graduate student. After spending more than 30 years working in the financial industry, he decided it was time for a major career change. A resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, David enrolled in Loyola University Chicago’s MSW program through the Carthage College cohort back in 2004—at the age of [...]
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