Social Work: Web Resources

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Social Work Websites

National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Founded in 1955, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world. NASW works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain professional standards, and to advance sound social policies.
Social Work Licensure
At SocialWorkLicensure.org, we offer detailed information about licensing requirements for social workers anywhere in the country. Our state-specific guides answer questions about postgraduate training, licensing exams, and other key components of the licensure process.

Careers, Internships & Volunteer Opportunities

BLS Occupational Outlook: Social Workers
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook is the government's premier source of career guidance. It includes information about the nature of work, working conditions, training and education, earning and job outlook.
Be A Social Worker
The Social Work Career Center website enables social workers to search national job listings and find professional development resources that span the life of their careers.
How to Find the Right Social Work Internship
Applying for internships is like applying for jobs. You have to send your resume and cover letters to supervisors, pleading for a position at their facility and/or program, and you don’t actually get paid for the work. Be at peace with this cuz it aint gonna change any time soon.
Oregon DHS Internship Program
Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) assists individuals with disabilities to get and keep a job that matches their skills, interests and abilities. VR staff work in partnership with the community and businesses to provide services that are individualized to help each eligible person receive services that are essential to their employment success.
Oregon DHS Volunteer Services
Volunteers are an integral part of the Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS). There is a broad range of volunteer opportunities that help serve ODHS clients and staff. Volunteers are recruited and placed in jobs that help to meet community and customer needs. Volunteers provide personalized ways to help clients, staff, offices and communities in a wide variety of ways.

At Harvard Medical School in the 1970’s cardiologist Dr. Herbert Benson, editor of the Harvard Medical School Special Health Report wrote a piece that everyone should read: Stress Management: Approaches for preventing and reducing stress. In the article, he wrote about relaxation responses to oppose the effects of stress and evoke resilience.

Breathe focus. Taking long, slow, deep breaths through your belly and trying to disengage your mind is a great way to calm your central nervous system down. It’s a way to pay homage to sensations that you are accustomed to ignoring as you move throughout your busy day. Try setting a timer to remind yourself to breathe a few times a day for a minute or two at a time and record with one or two words or with a smiley face scale how impactful the practice has been for you over a span of a few weeks to measure the results.
Body scan. You can just pay attention to each body part one at a time from head to toe, looking for points of tension to release, or you can be a little bit more active with the approach by implementing progressive muscle relaxation (PMR). PMR includes tensing each muscle group and relaxing it 5 seconds later to increase blood flow and focus.
Guided Imagery.
Visualize yourself within an environment that helps to calm you down, inspire you, or help you to focus for a few minutes at a time. Creating a habitual routine around this process can be helpful for both impact and maintenance.
Mindfulness Meditation. There are so many types of meditation, from repeating a mantra to a guided practice. Here are some mindfulness/meditation apps that help me: Omvana, Breathe, Headspace, Calm.
Yoga, tai chi, and qigong. These physical exercises are just as much about the mind as they are about the body. They help with mental focus, flexibility, and balance. They reduce your anxiety and improve your physical health and are so important to integrate throughout your busy day, even if for a few minutes. Here are some Yoga and exercise apps that help me: Abs, Yoga 201, Yoga 301, Quick 4, Yoga Quickies, Power Yoga, 7M Workout.
Get Enough Sleep. I can’t stress this enough- your body needs on average 7.5 hours every night. Go to bed early and wake up early, exercise in the morning, eat a smoothie for breakfast that is high in veggies and low in sugar and start your day off strong. When you are sleepy, you won’t get as much done and the loss in sleep comes at a cost to your health, satisfaction, and even safety as people sleeping behind the wheel can cause severe car accidents. Start to wind down by reading an interesting book for 10-20 minutes and then shut off the lights.

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