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April 2013 • Volume 39, Number 7
I Am A Social Worker By Tera Stefani, NASW-CA Director of Membership and Communications
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am a professional social worker. I received my training and degree from a university accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE); therefore, I am a social worker. I don’t have anything against people in other helping professions; I just think that you should only be allowed to call yourself a social worker if you were trained at, and received a degree in social work, from an academic institution accredited by the CSWE. This is why I am in support of Assembly Bill 252: Social Worker Title Protection. I went to the doctor recently with horrible allergies (Spring has sprung here in Sacramento) and found out I had a sinus infection and flu symptoms. Needless to say, I was miserable. As the doctor and I discussed a strategy to help alleviate some of my symptoms, I never thought twice about his training and if the school he attended was accredited. I don’t think that anyone sitting down with a social worker, mapping out a treatment plan, should have to wonder about that person’s education background either. Clients that are served by social workers range in characteristics and personal issues, but all have a common thread; a crisis that urges them to seek support from a social worker. With enough already on their plate, shouldn’t the last thing they have to worry about is whether their social worker is truly, in fact, a social worker?
NASW-CA staff and members at the Capitol Rotunda for March Social Work Month on March 11, 2013. Assembly Bill 252 (AB 252): Social Worker Title Protection states that only those individuals trained and receiving a degree from and academic institution accredited by the CSWE may call themselves a social worker. Nothing more, nothing less. Currently, 37 other states have some form of social worker title protection. Through the Chapter’s legislative team’s research, other states’ enforcement costs were reported as extremely low. I expect, as society becomes more accustomed to only assigning the title social worker to those trained and educated according to the requirements of the bill, these costs will decrease to zero. This year, at our annually held event, Lobby Days, AB 252 has already been identified as one of the three bills we will present to California legislators.
This event is already sold out, but if you would like to join 1,200 other social workers to fight for title protection, please meet us for the rally on April 22 at 11:00am, on the steps of the Capitol. Here, we will join voices to raise awareness about this important issue. If a trip to Sacramento isn’t feasible, you can still get involved by visiting the advocacy link on the Chapter website at www.naswca.org/displaycommon. cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=111. Here you can learn more about how to let our legislators know that social worker title protection is important to us as professionals, as well as the clients we serve. Clients deserve for their social workers’ training and education be a given, not an unknown. /
In This Issue Online Classes....................................... 2
Political Action....................................... 8
Chapter Election Statements................. 10
President’s Message.............................. 3
Legal Issue of the Month........................ 8
Councils.............................................. 14
Executive Director’s Message................. 4
Opinion.................................................. 9
BBS Highlights..................................... 15
Licensure Classes.................................. 6
Around the State.................................... 9
Regions............................................... 16
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he United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child states, “Children should grow up in a family environment, in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding.” (Social Work Speaks, p. 46) We, professional social workers, are taught that prevention should be at the front end of all interventions. This is the ideal, but unfortunately with today’s problems in society such as work stress, poverty¸ mental health concerns, substance abuse and domestic violence, parents are experiencing difficult times and the needs of the children are not being met. Many times when social workers become involved with these cases, they come in after dangerous situations occur. Miller and Greenwood (2004) pointed out, “If we could invest in proven pre-
vention programs and strategies designed at the local level to meet individual, family and community needs then we could reduce the expenditure for costly back end crisis services.” (Social Work Speaks, p. 46) In addition to today’s children being neglected in their family environment, we are witnessing increasing cases of abuse by others: people in positions of authority, whom we trust as we place our children and youth in their care. These offenders are members of the clergy, teachers, and youth leaders. When the most vulnerable members of society, our children and youth, suffer from abuse and neglect, their future is affected as they become adults. We social workers need to be vigilant and proactive to keep our children and youth safe./
We, professional social workers, are taught that prevention should be at the front end of all interventions.
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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Connecting Lobby Days By Janlee Wong, MSW
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ecently I spoke with some policy professors at San Jose State University’s social work program and we discussed how to better connect the policy experience with the classroom. We were talking about Lobby Days and our ageold problem that by the time the bills are selected for lobbying at Lobby Days, the school year is almost out. Faculty doesn’t have very much time to integrate those bills in their classes. While content, especially wording, is critical in the legislative process, it’s more important for students and social workers not in school to learn how to frame the policy argument and critical junctures on when to lobby. Lobby Days provides an experience and an opportunity but doesn’t equate to what a lobbyist must do throughout the legislative year (the critical junctures).
While Lobby Days participants learn about the critical junctures, it probably takes hands-on experience to fully learn the process. NASW provides the talking points and how to frame the policy argument at Lobby Days. What participants need to do is follow the process to the end of the legislative year to experience actual critical junctures. This year, we plan to develop a way through legislative alerts and action plans to keep Lobby Days participants involved with the progress and schedule of the bills. If possible, we’ll ask participants to advocate after lobby days at critical junctures. To address this problem for the next academic year, perhaps we’ll be able to provide critical juncture methods that can be fit into the actual dates as the legislative year progresses. /
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any of you have received letters over the past few months regarding malpractice insurance. At least one of the carriers soliciting your business emphasizes you do not need to be an association member to have their coverage. The implication being that their coverage is all you need to protect yourself as a social worker. Do not be lulled into thinking malpractice insurance is enough to protect your practice and profession. Beyond malpractice every social worker needs “Career Insurance” and that is what NASW membership provides you. Without a strong NASW, our profession will lose ground, our jobs and your ability to practice will slowly erode, taken over by “related degrees” because everyone thinks they can do social work. Regardless of where you choose to purchase malpractice insurance you still need the “career insurance” that comes with maintaining your NASW membership. What is “Career Insurance” you may be asking yourself and why do I need it? “Career Insurance” is having a professional association with the vitality to protect the practice of social work. Why is malpractice insurance not enough? Because your malpractice insurer will not do the following—but NASW-CA will: • Fight for Social Worker Title Protection legislation. • Make sure we keep social work licensure and expand it to new graduates. • Defeat legislation that removes the third-party reimbursement law that includes LCSWs. • Defeat legislation that would let insurers sell insurance in California without mental health coverage. • Assure that the Social Work Confidentiality Law remains intact. • Promote school social work and new school social work jobs in the wake of Newtown. • Expand social work jobs opportunity by making sure the State of California hires degreed social workers. • Fight to allow LCSWs in private practice to be covered by MediCal. • Always be a vigilant voice for social work practice at the State Capitol. When your NASW renewal comes due remember you are not just renewing a membership—you are buying yourself “Career Insurance” from the best available source! Your NASW membership assures a strong California Chapter and a strong California Chapter assures that we are here to fight for you.
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Theories/Lead Figures
Extended Family Systems:
Main Idea (Primary Concepts) Extends family systems beyond nuclear family – multigenerational.
• Virginia Satir • Carl Whitaker
Structural Family Therapy: • Salvador Minuchin
Strategic Family Therapy: • Haley • MRI • Madanes
Narrative Therapy (Post-Modern): • Michael White • David Epson
Current and extended family therapy. Long/short term.
• Murray Bowen
Experiential/ Communication:
Unit of Focus/ Length of Treatment
Primary concept is self-esteem – an innate drive either fostered or not fostered as a result of the communication and early experiences a child receives from his/her parents.
Family.
Directive, change-oriented therapy, concerned with symptoms in terms of family system dynamics – assumption that if you change the organization or structure of the family, then the family’s symptoms will be alleviated.
Nuclear family only.
Three main models: MRI, Haley and Madanes, the Milan Model. Relationships are characterized by a struggle for power to see who will define or redefine relationship.
Participants in the problem.
Focus on the stories of people’s lives and is based on the idea that problems are manufactured in social, cultural and political contexts. Externalize problem. Deconstruct story. Create new story.
Individuals, couples, families and groups.
Long term/short term.
Short/brief term.
Short/brief term.
No time line. Depends on clients and process of retelling story.
Therapist’s Role
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View of Maladaptive Behavior
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Goals
Differentiation of self and fusion, emotional triangle, nuclear family emotional system, emotional cutoff, sibling position, family projection process, multigenerational transmission process, genogram, family ego mass, society emotional process.
De-triangulated coaching. Supervisor.
Insight gained through rationale/cognitive processes leading to differentiation and understanding of family of origin.
Behavioral disorders are the result of a multigenerational transmission process in which progressively lower levels of differentiation are transmitted from one generation to the next.
Beginning: Evaluation, trans-generational exploration, identification of individualized member. Early/Middle: Teach differentiation, individuation. genogram, therapy triangle, relationship experiments, coaching and “I” statements. End: Reporting back. Closure.
Reduce the level of anxiety and alleviate symptoms. Self-differentiation within the context of the family.
Self-esteem, self, primary triad, mind, soul, body triad, maturation, seed model, threat and reward model, placating, blaming, computing, distracting. leveling, rescue games, coalition games, lethal games, growth games, sculpting, family reconstruction, labeling assets.
Active facilitator of communication and growth. Promotes spontaneity, creativity, autonomy and ability to play. Coaches and teaches.
Family possesses all resources needed for growth. Looks for suppressed feelings and emotions that block growth & fulfillment. Experiential awareness important for growth.
Dysfunctional behaviors are conceptualized as resulting from failure to fulfill one’s potential for personal growth.
Beginning: Assessment: family history/key relationship issues. Develop relationship and establish goals. Early/Middle: Treatment focuses on growth: sculpting, family reconstruction, teaching and modeling effective communication, use of metaphors, use of drama, role play, therapist use of self, art therapy, “I value you” statements, labeling. End: Provide closure.
Raise selfesteem, improve communication, growth, identify family roles and how they promote symptoms.
Family structure, subsystems, boundaries/degree of permeability, diffuse boundaries and enmeshment, rigid boundaries and disengagement, alignments, triangle, power, coalition, joining, mimesis, tracking, enactment, re-framing, unbalancing.
Active director of therapy. Promoter of change in family structure.
Behavioral change is based on action – action precedes understanding.
Individual symptomology or family dysfunction are viewed as the result of an inflexible family structure that prohibits the family from adapting.
Beginning: Acceptance of therapist by family. Evaluate/assessment. accommodating, mimicking, joining, mapping, challenging the symptom. Early/Middle: Enactment, reframing, unbalancing, redirection. Challenge the family structure. End: Review progress made. Reinforce structure and reorganization and provide tools for the future. Setting up referrals or groups.
Primary long-term goal is to “restructure” the family.
Circular questioning, neutrality, hypothesizing, complementary, double bind concept, first order change, metacommunication, paradoxical communications/ prescription, positive connotation, prescribing the system, relabeling, second order change, symmetrical.
Active, take-charge role. Power based.
Focus of therapy is on alleviating current symptoms through altering a family’s transactions and organization. Insight considered counterproductive as it increases resistance.
Focus on how communication is used to increase one’s control in a relationship. Symptom is interpersonal rather than intrapsychic. Struggles for control become pathological when control issues produce symptomatic behavior.
Beginning: Identify the problem. Plan a strategy for change. Four Stages: Social stage, problem stage, interaction stage, goal setting. Early/Middle: Direct interventions/straight directives/assignments/tasks. Paradoxical directives to change dysfunctional behavior. Circular questioning, neutrality, hypothesizing. Address power struggles within family. Relabel dysfunctional behavior. End: Terminate. Presenting problem solved.
Change occurs through actionoriented directives and paradoxical interventions.
Life stories, externalizing, who is in charge, reading between the lines, reauthoring the whole story, reinforcing the new story, de-constructing dominant cultural discourses.
Collaborative listener/ investigator reporter. Strong interest in client’s story. Uses questions.
Change and insight occur when a person’s story helps him to regain his life from a problem in the end. Process of uncovering key values, strengths and skills that lead to an alternate direction in life.
There is no one objective “truth” and there are multiple interpretations of any event. People are not their problems and can develop alternative empowering stories once they are separated from their problems.
Beginning: Assessment. Externalizing – Client tells their problem-saturated story. Therapist asks questions/encourages clients to ask questions. Early/Middle: Externalizing – the person is not the problem. Mapping the influence – problem’s effects rather than causes. Determine how problem disrupts/dominates family? Discuss examples of unique outcomes when clients could overcome problem. Reauthoring the story. Reinforcing the new story. Deconstruction. End: Document and support new story. Make referrals.
Reauthoring the whole story.
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NASW LEGAL ISSUE OF THE MONTH
POLITICAL ACTION
Government Relations Update By Rebecca Gonzales, Director of Government Relations and Political Affairs
Social Work Month Congratulations to everyone who organized or attended a March Social Work Month Event! Here in the State Capitol we hosted our second annual Social Work Month Reception. This year we were able to honor not only one, but two legislators who are also social workers, Assemblymember Mariko Yamada, MSW, and Assemblymember Susan Talamantes Eggman, MSW, LCSW, PhD. This reception was attended by volunteer leaders, local NASW members and interested legislators. This reception was preceded by the passage of HR 10 (Eggman and Yamada), a measure which recognizes March 2013 as Social Work Month. This resolution was accepted on the floor of the Assembly by a delegation of NASW volunteer leaders and staff. Senator Jim Beall also presented us with a resolution later in the month. All of this “recognition” is instrumental in heightening the awareness of professional social workers and the communities that we serve. This year, it is especially important to raise our professional profile because of AB 252 (Yamada and Eggman), which restricts the use of the social work title to those with a degree from an accredited school of social work. We are lucky to have two legislators who understand the vital role that social workers play in our community and the importance of our education and training.
Bill Update Currently we are in the process of completing our list of bills that we will support or oppose this year. Next month check back for summaries and updates of our priority legislation for the year. /
Social Workers and Labor Strikes By Sherri Morgan, Associate Counsel, LDF and Office of Ethics & Professional Review and Carolyn I. Polowy, NASW General Counsel. © January 2013. National Association of Social Workers. All rights reserved
Introduction This article addresses ethical and legal implications for social workers who consider engaging in an organized work stoppage as part of or in support of union action. It also considers situations where there may be the potential for harm to clients where services are withheld in support of a union called strike.
Social Work Ethics and State Licensing Boards The NASW Code of Ethics and state social work licensing laws are two crucial sources of standards for social workers to review when contemplating an activity that may have a negative impact on clients. The professional standards for licensed social workers are published by each state’s social work licensing board (e.g. Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, etc.). Generally, state licensing boards implement a core mission of protecting the public by assuring high standards of professional practice. Activities that may have the effect of harming the public are suspect. For example, Illinois law (225 ILCS 20/19) indicates that disciplinary action may be taken for actions by licensees that are harmful to the public in a manner defined by the rules of the social work licensing board.
It is noteworthy that many state social work boards have adopted the NASW Code of Ethics as a standard of conduct for licensed social workers (in addition to the state’s own standards). The NASW Code of Ethics (2008) contains a mix of provisions that address labor-management disputes without providing a bright line rule (see Reamer, F., 2006). Standard 3.10(a) states, “Social workers may engage in organized action, including the formation of and participation in labor unions, to improve services to clients and working conditions.” However, this is tempered by sub-section (b) which references social work professional values and ethics and states, “Reasonable differences of opinion exist among social workers concerning their primary obligation as professionals during an actual or threatened labor strike or job action. Social workers should carefully examine relevant issues and their possible impact on clients before deciding on a course of action.” Other provisions of the Code of Ethics point to social workers’ primary commitment to clients’ interests (Standard 1.01), commitment to employers (Standard 3.09) and the need to engage in advocacy to improve the general welfare of society (Standards 6.01–6.04). / To read the rest of this article, please visit www.naswca.org/associations/7989/ files/4_13_legal_issue.pdf.
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CalWORKs: Empowerment or Oppression? By Christine Le, Julie Le, Ashley Pipes, Joyce Witcher and Lisa Vu, CSULB Master of Social Work Students
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alifornia’s welfare program known as CalWORKs stigmatizes and stereotypes poor unwed women, especially minority women, keeping them at a disadvantage within our society. The legislation, federally known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was a welfare reform created in 1996 based on the conservative belief that welfare causes unemployment, divorce and illegitimacy. Since the reform, there have been dramatic shifts in the views about dependent women and their children who receive welfare. During his State of the Union Address, President Obama addressed the importance of empowering women and strengthening the family in order to eradicate extreme poverty. However, the current policy oppresses women rather than providing them with new opportunities to strengthen their families. CalWORKs stipulates that recipients must participate in the Welfare to Work Program (WtW) in order to continue to receive public assistance. This reform fails to consider that single parents, typically women, have no other means to care for their children. Being forced to work means these women must put their children in daycare, creating further financial strain. CalWORKs dismisses the notion of the unpaid work required to raise a family and views women as needing paid work outside the home, regardless of the circumstances for employment opportunities. This idea that domesticity and child rearing at home are not appropriate forms of work means that women are forced to rely on others to provide care for their children, limiting their economic freedom. / To view the rest of the article, please visit www.naswca.org/associations/7989/ files/4_13_opinion_calworks.pdf.
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada; NASW-CA Past Presidents Barbara Brown, Stacie Hiramoto and Mary Kay Oliveri; current NASW-CA President Shirley Gentilini and Assemblymember Susan Eggman, at the second annual Social Work Month Reception at the Capitol on March 11, 2013.
Stana Stefani, Tera Stefani, Pete Stefani, Shirley Gentilini, Sgt. Morgan, Mary Kay Oliveri, Rebecca Gonzales, Lindsay Slama, Gagan Gill, Deanna Bennett, Jill Kelly, Shelly Kalmer at the Capitol Rotunda for March Social Work Month at the Capitol, March 11, 2013.
At the Fresno State Social Work Legacy Dinner on March 15, 2013. Left to right: Gagan Gill, Tony Yamamoto, Charlene Bright, Dr. Roger Simpson, Joe Torres, Juan Garza. Seated: Â Dr. Betty Garcia and Dr. Jane Middleton.
Social Work Month at Sutter Lakeside Hospital in Lakeport on March 19, 2013. Left to right: Cherie Hensley, Jerry Mundel, Heather Olds, Nicole Bullock, Cheryn Chips and Lou Denny.
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CHAPTER ELECTIONS
2013 CANDIDATE ELECTION STATEMENTS STUDENT DIRECTOR NORTH MSW Julian Garza, BSW As Student Director North, I would help educate, mentor and assist urban American Indians and descendants to become their own advocates and successfully navigate the K-12 system into higher education. I will continue to educate non-Natives in the community and in the classroom, and advocate on the issues urban American Indians face, including the effects of relocation policies, historical trauma, the effectiveness of ICWA, and positive partnerships between tribal and non-tribal agencies and groups. I am currently a Tribal TANF site manager for Owens Valley Career Development Center’s largest site serving more than 160 American Indian families in Fresno. I am Fresno State’s Title IV-E MSW student representative, and have a leadership role on the Fresno State ICWA Tribal Partnership Committee. Previously, I coordinated K-12 and higher education programs for my tribe, Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, for nearly three years, connecting youth to a college bridge program—Maricopa ACE—and worked nine years in the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community prior to that in Youth Services, Detention and Education where I was recognized for my outstanding work with SRPMIC children. I am a veteran of the USAF and proud single parent, most of all.
Nalleli Sandoval My name is Nalleli Sandoval and I am a first-year MSW student at UC Berkeley in the management and planning concentration. I am passionate about issues related to education, youth, and social justice as evidenced by my involvement in various nonprofit, community and student organization settings. My strongest passion lies in the immigrant student movement
in which I have served as a fervent advocate for the passage of the DREAM Act and the advancement and retention of marginalized youth in higher education. Such trajectory has led me to pursue a career path in social work through which I can engage in systems-changing work that challenges oppression and injustice wherever it is felt. Currently in my role as School of Social Welfare Graduate Assembly’s NASW representative, I hope to catalyze my peers to engage in legislative action by participating in NASW Lobby Days 2013. As the next generation of professionals, we are charged with addressing a vast array of social problems and only by raising our collective voice can we address this. If selected for the Student Director position, I hope to weave all student voices together in a manner that represents the interests of our most underserved communities.
STUDENT DIRECTOR SOUTH BSW Kurt Wellman To me, social work is much more than a job; it is something I feel on a very deep level. My life experiences, which include being adopted, growing up in an abusive home and making some poor choices early in life, give me a unique vantage point to help others. Having overcome these obstacles has given me hope and motivation to help others for I have truly “walked in their shoes.” If given the honor of serving the NASW as Student Director South, I promise to give you no less than 100 percent of my time, energy and resources. I am charismatic, motivated and a successful networker. A couple of my goals, if elected, are to create effective and sustainable lines of clear communication between all the schools of social work. I plan to keep my finger on the pulse of the issues that are relevant to students and to actively listen to what it is they want and need to succeed. I also want to estab-
lish a mentor-mentee program matching students and new professionals with seasoned social workers. I am confident that serving as NASW Student Director South would be an enriching step in my career as a social worker.
REGION A DIRECTOR Shelly Keenan-Kalmer, MSW, ACSW It has been my honor and privilege to serve as the appointed Region A director these past six months. I’ve enjoyed working with my fellow Region A leaders in promoting our profession and the role and importance of the NASW, as well as creating more networking and CEU opportunities for Region A members. As the Region A director, I’ve worked with former leader Mary Ann Swanson in establishing a Region A MSW student scholarship fund as well as chairing a chapter board subcommittee to establish a chapterwide Native-American scholarship program for indigenous undergraduate and graduate social work students. If elected, I will continue to work to energize the region with more CEU and networking opportunities, improved ways of communications, and recruiting and outreach to a more diverse population of social workers. I’ve been a member of the NASW since completing my undergraduate degree at Humboldt State University in 1989. I have an MSW (CSU Sacramento, ’92) concentrating in community organization and planning. I am a strong team player and team leader. I focus on my key assets that create success: being friendly, passionate and empathic while keeping my perspective, aided by a great sense of humor.
Elizabeth Noble, MSW I am running for the position of regional director because the NASW must make stronger connections to those people and organizations that provide social work services without having the requisite train-
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ing and support to do so. Additionally, as California begins to recover from decades of budget cuts, it will be essential to have a strong voice at the state level, ensuring that social work jobs are funded. I graduated from San Jose State University’s MSW program with a specialization in school social work in 2008. While attending SJSU, I served as the co-chair of the Social Work Graduate Student Association and was on the leadership team during the School of Social Work’s reaccreditation process. Shortly after graduation, I was recruited to work as a special education teacher and case manager in an inner-city high school in San Francisco. I quickly realized that all of the skills, ethics and community networks and resources I had gained were as important in teaching as they had been as a social worker. I have been called on time and again to provide counseling, create lists of community services, and be familiar with state laws that pertain to my students.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION B Marv Gross, LCSW I am your current assistant Region B director and have more than 50 years of social work experience and extensive NASW involvement on both the unit and state levels going back to being chair of the San Luis Obispo County chapter in 1973, to more recently legislative chair and currently membership chair for the San Luis Obispo unit. I served three years on the Cal-PACE committee, frequently attend Lobby Days as a team leader, have been your alternate and now assistant region director, and am currently on the state membership committee. I have formed a membership committee for Region B with representation from each unit and maintain monthly contact to promote membership and program activity. I wish to continue the above involvements and assist the Region B director as needed to help Region B increase its membership and service to its members.
Emily Nicholl, LCSW I have worked for Monterey County since 2001, first as a child welfare social worker for five years, then as a social work supervisor and now as a program manager. I have been an NASW member for 19 years. My NASW service started as the graduate student representative to the Texas chapter board. As a Region B member, I served as financial chair for seven years, after having served two years as Region C’s financial chair. I also was the acting chair for Region B’s Central Coast unit several years ago and have continued to serve on the Central Coast unit’s planning committee for several years. I most recently was the treasurer for the NASW-CA board of directors. I would be happy to take on a broader role again in Region B and have developed a good working relationship with NASW staff and volunteer leaders.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION D NORTH Jennifer Capitolo, MSW Hello! My name is Jennifer Capitolo and I am running for Assistant Regional Director North for Region D. I am running to offer my time, energy and experience to you, the members of NASW, an organization that has given me so much over the years. With your support, I am excited to use my experience to enhance the support and services that NASW provides its members. I am asking for your vote because I believe I can help boost membership and participation in our region, which is essential to NASW’s ability to provide the support and services you need most. I have my MSW from the University of California, Berkeley and my BSW from Colorado State University. I have served NASW as the financial chair for Region D, a member of the Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification, and a member of the Political Action committee. I am currently employed as a senior policy advisor at Nossaman, LLP, in Sacramento. I assist clients with a wide range
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of issues including grant funding, housing, economic development and advocacy for local governments. I have also served as a senior district aide to U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, also an MSW, and former California Assemblymember now Senator Ellen Corbett. If elected, I look forward to hearing from you regarding your interests in NASW and ideas for professional development programs. Working together, I am confident that we can grow our region through new and renewed memberships. I kindly ask for your vote.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION D SOUTH Christopher D. Cole, MSW I have been working for Fresno State University with the Department of Social Work Education as a faculty liaison/lecturer since 1997. I have also worked as director of social services for a 79-bed locked skilled nursing facility; a clinical case manager in public mental health; and as a social work practitioner and training supervisor for public child welfare. I also served as the co-chair for the Fresno County Child Welfare self-evaluation team for many years, focusing on outcomes and racial disparities. I hope to add some energy and enthusiasm to the South Central Valley of California. The presence of the NASW in this part of the state is limited at best, as is my actual experience with the NASW. I have lived and worked as a professional social worker in Fresno for the past 23 years. I am genuinely invested in my community, the needs of this unique part of California, and wish to enhance the professional image and the genuine need for professional social workers in this part of California.
Julie Vong I am a soon-to-be MSW graduate who is passionate and enthusiastic about advocating for the needs of others. From a very young age, I always knew I wanted to help others. I received my bachelor of science degree in human services from CSU, Fullerton. After graduation, I worked with special needs children and their families in
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providing developmental services, advocating, and educating others on the special needs community. My drive and passion for the special needs community moved me to pursue my MSW. While in my MSW program at CSU-Bakersfield, I was exposed to the many facets of social work. I had the opportunity to work closely with the Kern County Public Defender’s Office and Kern County Mental Health, attend Legislative Lobby Days, and collaborate with my professors advocate for funding toward Lobby Days. I am currently the president of the Social Work Club for the MSW program. I hope to bring social workers in Kern County together to network and begin to build a stronger presence within the Central Valley.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION F ORANGE COUNTY Leslie Wind, PhD, LCSW, ACSW I have worked within the field of social services since 1985 and have been a professional social worker since 1988. My practice experience includes extensive work as a clinical social worker, administrator and trainer in out-patient and inpatient mental health settings, and in for-profit, nonprofit, and private practice arenas with specialization in trauma and resilience. In addition, I have taught in three top-rated university schools of social work, focusing my teaching, curriculum development, and research on trauma and mental health, nationally and internationally. I am currently clinical associate professor and director of the University of Southern California School of Social Work’s Orange County Academic Center and a research associate with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network’s Terrorism and Disaster Center. I have been a member of NASW since 1987, Region F Orange County unit chair for three years, and interim assistant regional director this year. I have been an active participant in NASW activities in Texas, Massachusetts and California.
As Orange County unit chair I have initiated a structured continuing education program annually that welcomes students and professionals and encourages both an increase in membership and active participation and professional development. As assistant regional director I will be able to integrate my clinical and administrative practice background as well as my skills as a teacher and researcher to continue to support our professional organization and our profession. I look forward to serving the NASW and our profession with commitment, passion and integrity.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION F INLAND EMPIRE Ed Walsh, MSW I have been a member of NASW for more than 30 years and have supported Region F Desert Cities unit as unit chair for a two-year term. I received my bachelor degree from York University in Toronto in 1974 and master of social work degree from CSULB in 1992. I have been supportive of social work education and development and have served as field instructor for the University of British Columbia, CSULB, Loma Linda University and CSUSB. I have an extensive background as a front-line social worker and in senior and executive management with nearly 40 years of experience in the field of aging services. I have recently retired from the County of Riverside where I served as the director of the Office on Aging with previous positions of deputy director for senior services and coordinated care program manager. I have a history of individual and collaborative legislative and policy advocacy work at the local, state and national level and recognize this as an essential component of social work practice. Should I be elected, I look forward to serving the NASW members in Region F as assistant regional director and supporting the regional director.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, REGION H S. Jolene Hui, MSW, ASW Being a social worker is and will always be a large part of my life and a part of my identity. Prior to deciding to pursue
my MSW at UCLA, I worked different jobs and volunteered for many nonprofits, but did not truly find a passion until I entered the social work field. My second-year internship was on a clinical team at Twin Towers Correctional Facility and after I graduated in 2011, I began my career as a psychiatric social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health with the Men’s Jail Linkage Program. I assist in linking men to programs, housing and agencies that help them get their lives back on track and keep them on the road to recovery. I have been part of the Region H steering committee since 2011 and am currently serving as the region’s assistant director. I want to continue to focus on professional opportunities for social workers and to keep social workers informed about issues that can affect us and our communities on micro and macro levels. Region H has a diverse list of agencies and an even more wonderful mix of social workers.
Lauren Permenter, MSW I am currently pursuing my MSW at UCLA and expect to graduate this June. I am interested in community mental health, particularly in reducing stigma and increasing access to services, and believe NASW can play a crucial role in advocating for this. I have more than five years of experience working with families and adolescents, in both a case management role and currently as an MSW clinical intern at El Centro Del Pueblo in Echo Park, where I provide therapy services in both English and Spanish.
CNLI CHAIR Joan Merdinger, DW, LCSW, ACSW I am honored to be nominated to serve in the position of chair of the Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification of the NASW California chapter. As a long-time NASW member and a recent retiree from the School of Social Work at San José State University, I know
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how important it is to grow and develop the next generation of leaders for our profession and for our chapter. I am committed to reaching out, connecting with and working with new and continuing NASW members who are interested in advocating for our profession and our client populations with the support of our national professional organization. I have enjoyed being an elected member of the NASW California Chapter Board as well as a representative to the Delegate Assembly. I would welcome the opportunity to serve in this new capacity on the Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification. Thank you for your consideration of my candidacy.
Evaon Wong-Kim PhD, MPH, LCSW I am a licensed clinical social worker and work full time as the department chair and professor of social work at CSU East Bay. I am fully committed to training future generations of social workers and promoting social work values. Because of my professional and personal connections, I am very privileged to have the opportunity to meet and work with a wide range of excellent social workers and future social workers. If selected to chair the Committee on Nominations and Leadership Identification, I will work closely with the committee to identify social workers to lead our organization. My past clinical work experience as an oncology social worker has allowed me to serve many nonprofit organizations. I am a lifetime member of the Asian Pacific Islander Social Work Council. I am also one of the founding board members for the Intercultural Cancer Council, a national cancer advocacy organization that aims to eradicate cancer disparities among minority and underserved populations diagnosed with cancer. I also served as the president of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure, San Francisco Bay Area Affiliate and chaired the API National Advisory Council.
CNLI Region A Representative Dr. Eileen F. Levy, MSSW, PhD I am currently in my eighth year as director of the School of Social Work at San Francisco State University, where I have been on the faculty since 1991. I have been a member of NASW on and off since 1974, when I received my MSW degree, and have participated in many NASW activities over the years. Although I have not previously held leadership positions in NASW, I have been an active leader in the social work education community during my 32 years as a social work educator. I served on the boards of the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work (NADD), California Association of Deans and Directors (CADD), and CalSWEC, as well as various commissions in the Council on Social Work Education. At the university, I held leadership roles on the University Academic Senate, and chaired the university-wide Faculty Affairs Committee and Curriculum Review and Approval Committee for several years. I believe that I can make a significant contribution on the Committee on Nominations and Leadership for Regions A&C. I have many connections within the social work profession as a result of my tenure at SFSU. I have worked with numerous community-based part time faculty and field instructors, and have maintained lasting connections with former social work students who have become leaders in the community. These and other academic and professional experiences position will enable me to serve NASW-CA by identifying social workers for future leadership positions.
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My background is in both macro and clinical social work. For more than 15 years, I did macro level social work for social and economic justice with low-income, people of color and immigrant communities in both northern and southern California, where I worked on countless legislative and community organizing campaigns. I’ve continued to work with these same disenfranchised populations, but now as a clinical social worker at El Centro del Pueblo—a community-based mental health organization. I provide psychotherapy and case management to advocate for and link families to resources in the community. I provide this background to share the range of experiences I’ve had and the broad network of relationships I have developed across both macro and micro social work fields, in northern and southern California. If elected to the Nominations Committee, I will draw upon my personal and organizational experiences and relationships to recruit a diverse set of future NASW candidates to carry out the NASW’s broad mission.
Robert Holguin, MSW, LCSW I work for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health in Specialized Foster Care. I’m a member of the NASW and attended Lobby Days. I’m a leader at the Department of Mental Health, active with the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSME) advocating for equal pay for social workers. I was an active leader at the University of Southern California School of Social Work where I was one of the founding members of the Men in Social Work Caucus. /
CNLI Region G, H & I Representative Lisa Gallegos, MSW, ACSW I’m from northeast Los Angeles and my roots remain in California, as I received my BA degree from Stanford University, an MA in urban planning from UCLA and my MSW from USC, with a concentration in mental health.
IMPORTANT NOTICE As of April 1, 2013 supervisors of ASWs must be 2 years post licensure. Those now supervising, who are not 2 years post licensure, must stop supervising until they are.
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Correcting Public Misconceptions About Our Clients, Our Work and the Social Work Profession By Dr. James Patrick Mace, CSU, Chico, School of Social Work
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any of us get our news of the world, country, state and region from online sources. I am one of those people. On March 5, I came across a story on MSNBC News entitled “Poverty in America: A problem hidden in plain sight” by Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC News. It is the lead-in to a series of articles on the issue. The article gives the basic numbers and a brief history of governmental attempts to deal with the issue. It was interesting but did not give as much information as social workers get in an undergraduate social policy course. However, of acute interest were the online comments made by the readers of the story as these represent some of the opinions people have about the issue. When I first read the article there were 367 comments posted. After an hour, there were 426 postings. Opinions were wide and diverse with much blaming. Much of them were negative characterizations of low-income people. Some were sympathetic while others were harsh in their opinions. Some criticized foreign aid and thought the money would be better spent at home. Some blamed the wealthy for taking too much. The majority of comments
blamed low-income people for not working hard enough or making bad decisions that cause their poverty. Most all opinions were short and one-sided. Most showed a complete lack of knowledge and understanding of the basic facts of the issue and individual and social complexity that creates poverty in our society. Now, this is not a representative sample of opinions and perhaps we should not be concerned about these opinions, but these are people who take the time to publicly share their opinions. It was disheartening as a social worker to read the comments. The defenders of low-income people were a very small minority of the comments. Social workers should not sit back and let these false and derogatory comments go unchallenged. We have an ethical obligation to take action. We need, at the very least, to challenge the misconceptions and stereotypes the public has about low-income people and the nature and causes of poverty. / To view the rest of the article, please visit www.naswca.org/associations/7989/ files/4_13_misconceptions_about_poor.pdf.
The Importance of Networking By Gena Truitt
Walking across the stage accepting my MSW degree was one of the most exhilarating and liberating experiences in my life. But once I left the safety of academic environment and entered into the professional field of social work, I was scared and excited. I was scared because I have a family and had to get a job right away and navigating the employment market was—to be honest— depressing. But I was excited because now I would be able to get paid to do what I learned in school. I realized that networking is key to finding good jobs. A fellow social worker, Tera Stefani, told me that NASW Region E Director Jennifer Tinsley was looking for ideas for
NASW meetings. I contacted Jennifer and tried to provide some new ideas for potential meetings, but it was hard because of my schedule to attend. While I may not attend all the NASW meetings, I will try to stay in contact with NASW members because in the end it is about relationships and finding support from fellow social workers. It is a very small social work world and you never know when you will need help, whether it is for your professional career or if it is to provide service for a client, you will always need help. I am proud to be a member of the NASW because I have opportunities to meet other social workers in the San Diego area and look forward to new adventures. /
COUNCILS WOMEN’S COUNCIL
Inadequate to the Task By Marilyn Montenegro
Evelyn showed up looking disheveled and sounding confused. After several futile attempts to decipher the meaning of her words, I could only begin to imagine her reality, her experience of demons roaming unpredictably through her mind. She had lived briefly at the Parolee Service Center while she was being “treated” by a parole office psychiatrist, but the medication didn’t effectively banish her demons. Often she tried crack. Possibly self-medicating made her feel more in control or allowed her a few minutes respite from the fiendish echoes in her mind. I could only conjecture. Evelyn has just been released from one in a series of 5150 holds. While she was admitted with a variety of diagnoses, she said they always “shot her in the butt with Haldol.” Sometimes she was offered the option of voluntary hospitalization or guardianship but refused because she said she couldn’t trust anyone. I found a DSM disorder that seemed to fit but it didn’t help me in any way to better serve Evelyn. I helped her apply for SSI but she didn’t qualify; the SSA disability evaluator determined that “while she suffered from a psychiatric disorder” it did not prevent her from working. I could only observe her struggle. Evelyn remains homeless, usually hungry, often unwashed and psychotic interspersed with brief periods of involuntary hospitalization. / The Women’s Council addresses a variety of practice issues at its bimonthly meetings held in the greater LA area. For more information please call (800) 538-2565, ext. 57, or email womenscouncil@sbcglobal.net or mujerista@ All2Easy.net.
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t its February 27, 2013 meeting, the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) reported continued delays on renewal and application processing due to staffing shortages. Renewals and applications are taking from four to six days to process. LCSW exam applications are taking from 104 to 134 weeks to process. ASW registrations are taking 45 to 48 days to process. NASW is monitoring the staffing issues and is supportive of the BBS’s efforts to reduce these times. The LCSW exam restructure is moving forward and scheduled to begin January 1, 2014. Check NASW-CA’s or the BBS website (www.bbs.ca.gov) for more information. Continuing education rules are also proposed for revision which would essentially remove the BBS provider approval process and replace it with national continuing education approval bodies including NASW. The BBS is proceeding with proposed legislation to give them automatic access to child custody evaluation reports when they receive a complaint about a child custody evaluator with a BBS regulated license. The American Association of Marriage Family Therapists presented a proposal to change the Penal Code regarding the definition of sexual abuse under child abuse reporting laws. /
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Contact us at: MedCareers@cdcr.ca.gov or 1-877-793-HIRE (4473) Learn more at: ChangingPrisonHealthCare.org *Through June 30, 2013, full-time employees’ monthly pay will be reduced by 4.62% in exchange for eight (8) hours of leave. Part-time employees shall be subject to the pay reduction on a pro-rated basis consistent with their time base. The salary above does not reflect this reduction. EOE
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Setting Sail for New Horizons in Psychosocial Oncology Registration is now open for the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Oncology Social Work, “Setting Sail for New Horizons in Psychosocial Oncology” in San Diego, Calif., June 5-7, 2013. In our continuing effort be “green,” the AOSW conference brochure will not be printed and mailed. To download the brochure and view the complete up-to-date program details please visit www.aosw.org/docs/AOSWConfBroch2013.pdf. Please visit https://secure.proaccess.net/aosw-pf2/conf-reg/ conf-reg.php to register today! The Annual Conference will be held at the Loews Coronado Bay, a premier waterfront location just minutes from numerous attractions and points of interest. For more information on Coronado Bay, The Loews, or how to make hotel reservations, please visit www.aosw.org/html/conference.php. If you have any questions please feel free to contact the AOSW main office at (215) 599-6093 or email info@ aosw.org.
Leadership Institute – Offering 5 Friday, June 7, 2013 1:10pm to 2:00pm In Support of Our Patients and Our Profession: Social Work Leadership to Advance the Goals of National Health Reform in the Post-Election Era Stacy Collins, MSW; Janlee Wong, MSW The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the “ACA”) holds the promise of health insurance coverage for 30 million previously uninsured Americans, many of whom struggle with cancer and other devastating diseases. Several components of the law currently in effect—such as the expansion of dependent coverage to age 26 and the removal of lifetime benefit limits—have been enormously beneficial for cancer survivors and their families. But three years after passage of the law, full implementation of the ACA faces stiff resistance in many states. Health reform implementation will move forward—and social workers have a role to play to ensure that coverage expansion, payment reform and practice transformation happening throughout the country will benefit our profession and the patients we serve.
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REGION REPORTS the launch of a Humboldt unit chaired by Humboldt State University Social Work student Debra Patton. Debra, along with help from social worker Sherry Skillwoman, will be organizing continuing education events and networking opportunities for Humboldt area social workers, social work students and others. Please contact her at ddp35@ humboldt.edu with ideas and suggestions. Stay tuned to CalSwift, our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/NASWCaRegionA.SFtoDN) and your email inbox for upcoming events throughout the region.
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San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo CONTACTS
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Director Glenn Thomas, LCSW, BCD
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Assistant Director Marvin Gross
San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, Del Norte
Director Shelly Kalmer NASWRegionA@gmail.com Assistant Director Mark Thoma, EdD, MSW ThomaMSW@gmail.com Mendocino Unit Contact Nancy Nanna carrianna@saber.net Sonoma Unit Chair Daniela Bravo NASWSonomaunit@gmail.com Carla Schwartz NASWSonomaunit@gmail.com Humboldt Unit Chair Debbie Patton ddp35@humboldt.edu
Region A Report By Shelly Kalmer
Region A sends thanks to Assemblymembers Yamada and Eggman for introducing AB 252, Social Work Title Protection. As stated in the bill’s fact sheet, “Many private organizations and public agencies … continue to and(/or) classify caseworkers as social workers, leading the public to believe they are receiving services from a professional social worker—someone with a degree from a CSWE accredited school of social work. “Clients should be guaranteed that their service provider with the job title ‘social worker’ has the extensive training and education that comes with a degree in social work. This bill protects the public from misrepresentation by ensuring only social workers have the right to represent themselves as social workers.” Several members of Region A have committed to work on supporting this important legislation by attending Lobby Days 2013 and doing outreach to our local private and public organizations. We ask that you contact Region A assembly members and senators to tell them about your job and why it is important to protect your title as a social worker. In other exciting news, Region A is proud to announce
glennthomas@loveandencourage.com marvlus@sbcglobal.net Central Coast Unit Lynne White Dixon, LCSW
lwdixon@sbcglobal.net Silicon Valley Unit Chris Lum
christopherglum@gmail.com Alternate Director Amy Gregor amy.gregor@va.gov San Luis Obispo Unit Ly-Lan M.V. Lofgren, MSW, LCSW
LyLanMVLofgren@gmail.com San Mateo Unit Suh-Liang Ou suhliangou@yahoo.com
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Alameda, Contra Costa, Napa, Solano CONTACTS
Regional Director Natasha Paddock
regioncdirector@yahoo.com Assistant Director Rachelle Jackson
mzjaxon@hotmail.com Student Representatives University of California at Berkeley Nalleli Sandoval nallelisandoval@gmail.com California State University, East Bay Cara Fisher fishercara@gmail.com Ashley Carrion ashleycarrion@yahoo.com By Natasha Paddock
Social Work Month was a success! Region C hosted two CEU events in the month of March. On March 18, a presentation was given by NASW-CA Executive Director Janlee Wong on the Affordable Care Act in Pleasant Hill at JFK University. On March 27, a second presentation
was given by Meghan Murphy on burnout and compassion fatigue in Fairfield at University of Phoenix. Region C hosted an awards luncheon with the social workers of Solano County’s Children and Family Services department honoring dedication to service and commitment to the field of social work. Special thanks to all of our host sites, dedicated members and NASW staff who assisted the region in making March’s events possible. You are appreciated! For more information on Region C events and activities in your area, please contact regioncdirector@ yahoo.com. Join the region on Facebook www.facebook. com/pages/NASW-Region-C/129624850402761 and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
REGION D
Central Valley: Chico, Kern, Fresno, Merced, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus; Sierra Foothills: Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Tuolumne CONTACTS
Regional Director Tracy Kelly Harrison NASWRegionD@hotmail.com Alternate Director South Charleen Bright charleen.bright@cdcr.ca.gov Financial Chair Laurie Pence lpence@robla.12.ca.us Chico Unit Chair Christina Wong, LCSW naswcachico@yahoo.com Kern Unit Co-chair Evelyn Eterno eeterno@co.kern.ca.us Northern Gateway Susan Thompson sthompsonlcsw@att.net Sierra Foothills Chair Andrea Hayes ndzbiz@sbcglobal.net Stanislaus Chair Kathy Sniffen, MSW kasniffen@sbcglobal.net
REGION E
San Diego, Imperial CONTACTS
Director Jennifer Tinsley, MSW naswcaregione@gmail.com Assistant Director Bera K. Sekhon, MSW ad.regione.nasw@gmail.com
Region E Report Region E will be celebrating Social Work Month at our annual NASW awards dinner on March 15 at Phil’s BBQ Event Center, located 3750 Sports Arena Blvd. in San Diego, CA, 92110. For more information, please contact Jennifer Tinsley at jtinsley76@gmail.com. Hope to see you there!
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REGION REPORTS REGION F
San Bernardino/Riverside, Orange County, Palm Desert CONTACTS
Director Cameron Galford, LCSW, BCD cgalford@naswdesertcities.com Assistant Directors John Forand, LCSW jforand@dc.rr.com Leslie Wind, PhD, LCSW wind@usc.edu Palm Springs Unit Chair Peter Shorts, MSW pcs.socialwork@yahoo.com High Desert Unit Chair Kimberly Cox, MSW, LCSW profiler2k@msn.com Inland Empire Unit Chair Julie Griffin, MSW jg10172003@yahoo.com Orange County Unit Chair Leslie Wind, PhD, LCSW wind@usc.edu
Orange County Unit Region F Orange County unit was pleased to celebrate Social Work Month on Saturday, March 16 from 9:00am to noon, where we announced our Social Worker of the Year! We also had a CEU training by USC faculty member and 2011 Social Worker of the Year, Pat Lenahan, who will present Upcoming Changes in the DSM-5. Then, please plan to join us for our next CEU event on May 25 from 9:00am to noon, presented by OC Accept’s Hieu Nguyen and entitled Working with LGBTQ Youth. Both events will be held at the USC School of Social Work Orange County Academic Center, located 2300 Michelson Dr., Irvine 92612. The events are FREE to social work students. NASW Members: $10; Nonmembers: $25. Each presentation includes 3.0 CEUs and a continental breakfast. To RSVP, please email Dr. Leslie Wind at wind@usc.edu. Also visit us on Facebook at www. facebook.com/NASW.OrangeCounty. Inland Empire Unit Report By Christy Crespin
Please join us on Monday, May 6, at Denny’s restaurant, 1180 Alabama Street, Redlands ((909) 798-2475). Our networking dinner is at 5:30pm and our meeting and/or speaker begins at 6:30pm. Come and support our fellow social workers in the Riverside/San Bernardino areas. For more information please contact Glenda Gordon at Gurl4gsus2017@gmail.com or Julie Griffin at jg10172003@ yahoo.com.
REGION G
San Fernando Valley, Ventura County, Antelope Valley, Santa Barbara County CONTACTS
Director Jerry Lawrie jerrylawrie@yahoo.com
Assistant Director Debbie Allen debbielcsw@gmail.com Santa Barbara Unit Kimiko Kuroda, MSW kimikokuroda@gmail.com San Fernando Valley Unit Co-Chairs Judith M. Harris, LCSW jmharrislcsw@sbcglobal.net Ventura County Unit Maryellen Benedetto marbobben@aol.com
San Fernando Valley Unit
By Judith M. Harris, LCSW Unit Chair
Greetings social workers! The NASW-CA San Fernando Valley unit sponsored a very successful Social Work Month awards celebration reception on March 24, 2013 at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Hotel in North Hollywood. The event brought together social workers from our unit and all around Southern California to enjoy delicious appetizers and desserts, networking and celebrating with our accomplished Social Work Month award recipients. Jerry Lawrie, Region G Director, attended and helped our unit host. This year SFVLU honored USC School of Social Work Professor Heather E. Halperin, LCSW, where we announced our Social Worker of the Year! We also had a CEU training by USC faculty member and 2011 Social Worker of the Year, Pat Lenahan, who presented Upcoming Changes in the DSM-5. We were privileged to hear our honorees, together, provide a stimulating presentation on the 2013 NASW theme for Social Work Month, “Waving the Threads of Resilience and Advocacy.” Look for announcements in CalSwift, California News, on Facebook and LinkedIn about SFVLU’s upcoming “Planning Meetings,” and our next CEU event. We will be planning a presentation in collaboration with the Los Angeles area New Professionals Network; a day about self-care.
REGION H
West Los Angeles and Beach Cities CONTACTS
Director Sarah Cummings sarahaustinc@gmail.com Regional Alternative Director Jolen Hui s.jolene.hui@gmail.com
REGION I
San Gabriel Valley, East LA, and South Bay – Long Beach CONTACTS
Director Paul McDonough paultmcdonough@gmail.com Assistant Director Shammeer Sorrell shammeer.dawson@gmail.com Long Beach/South Unit Chair Dr. Brian Lam brian.lam@.csulb.edu Visit http://www.naswca.org/displaycommon. cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=125
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FACEBOOK LINKS Regions and Units Region A https://www.facebook.com/NASWCaRegionA. SFtoDN Region B San Luis Obispo www.facebook.com/pages/NASW-San-LuisObispo-County-CA/210534319026378 San Mateo http://www.linkedin.com/groups/NASWCA-SanMateo-Unit-4369477/about http://www.facebook.com/NASWCA.SanMateo Region C www.facebook.com/pages/NASWRegion-C/129624850402761 Silicon Valley Unit www.facebook.com/ groups/316727771773901/#!/ groups/178032362231010/?fref=ts Region D Chico Unit www.facebook.com/groups/NASWChicoUnit/ Region E www.facebook.com/groups/NASWCA.RegE/ Region F Desert Cities and Riverside County Unit www.facebook.com/groups/164034033663929/ Region G San Fernando Valley Local Unit www.facebook.com/groups/nasw.sfvlu/ www.facebook.com/groups/NASW.SB/ Region H West Los Angeles www.facebook.com/groups/regionhnasw/ Region I www.facebook.com/groups/NASWCAREGIONI/ Councils Social Action/Social Justice Council www.facebook.com/groups/316727771773901/ NASW-CA Chapter www.facebook.com/naswca
New Professionals Network (NPN) Los Angeles https://www.facebook.com/NASWCA.NPN Sacramento https://www.facebook.com/NPNSac San Diego https://www.facebook.com/NASWCA.NPNSD
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NASW President Imparts Central Valley Unit Partners to Host Wisdom to Social Work Students Conference at CSU Stanislaus By Gregory Achen
It isn’t every day that a person gets to meet the president of an organization that helped define an entire profession. Yet, as an undergraduate social work student, I had the honor and the privilege of doing just that. On February 18, 2013, Dr. Jeane Anastas, president of the NASW, took time out of her busy schedule to visit San Diego State University. Speaking on a variety of current and topical social work issues, Dr. Anastas provided the students, professors and social workers in attendance with an educational and empowering experience. Dr. Anastas spoke at two formal events at SDSU: one discussing LGBT issues and the other discussing current and future trends in social work. I also had the opportunity to get to know her on a personal level throughout the day. If I had to describe Dr. Anastas in one word, it would be “engaging.” The breadth of her knowledge and experience came across in everything she had to say. Since I am currently being trained in evidence-based practice, it was interesting to learn that it was people like her who were responsible for taking the profession in that direction. Perhaps no more relevant than today, with the NASW-CA advocating for the passage of AB 252 and social work title protection, Dr. Anastas also reminded me that being a social worker is more than just working in social services and that it takes years of education, hard work and practice to hold that special title. Dr. Anastas is one of an entire generation of social workers who have left a positive mark on the world. Meeting her left me feeling proud to be following in her footsteps. /
Dr. Anastas with some of the social work students who attended her presentation at San Diego State University on February 18, 2013. Left to right: Douglas Dalay; Preston Tang, BSW; Dr. Jeane W. Anastas, PhD, LMSW; Kurt Wellman; Gabriel Nicdao; and Gregory Achen.
The newly organized Central Valley Unit of NASW-CA partnered with the CSU Stanislaus Social Work Program, whose director is Dr. Robin Ringstad, and the MSW Community Advisory Board to host a conference about the importance of family in promoting the health and well-being of our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children. “Critical Role of Families in Preventing Suicide and Other Risks and Promoting Well-Being for LGBT Youth” was attended by 170 participants and took place on March 1, 2013 on the Stanislaus State campus. The conference presenter, Dr. Caitlin Ryan, is a clinical social worker and director of the Family Acceptance Project at San Jose State University. The Family Acceptance Project is the first research, intervention, education and policy initiative developing an evidencebased family intervention model to help ethnically and religiously diverse families support their LGBT children to promote their well-being and to reduce risk for suicide, substance abuse, HIV, homelessness, placement in custodial care and other negative outcomes. All of which is done within the context of family, culture and faith. Conference participants received copies of Dr. Ryan’s multi-lingual, evidence-based family education publications to help diverse families support their LGBT children. These publications are designated as the first “Best Practice” resources for suicide prevention for LGBT people by the national Best Practices Registry for Suicide Prevention. Dr. Ryan has trained more than 30,000 health and mental health providers, clergy, families and youth on her research and evidence-based family approach across the U.S. in Mexico, Spain, Latin America and China. She is collaborating with agencies, faith communities, organizations, and providers to develop an international movement of family acceptance to promote wellness and healthy futures for LGBT children, youth and young adults. More information on the Family Acceptance Project is available at http://familyproject.sfsu.edu/. The Central Valley unit formed last fall as a local multi-county unit to connect social
NASW-CA Executive Director Janlee Wong with Catlin Ryan, presenter of the event.
workers in the counties of Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. The CVU provides professional workshops and networking opportunities for social workers as well as community focused events. Workshop locations are rotated so that each county has an opportunity to act as host and offer topics related to local needs. Current CVU leadership includes Lauren McFarlin and Kathy Sniffen, co-president; Matthew Torres, treasurer; Lupita Serrano and Lyzette Navarro, communications; Andrew O’Neill, student liaison; Ronda Shoemaker, Calaveras County liaison; and Elizabeth Breshears, member-at-large. Upcoming Central Valley Unit events include workshops in Calaveras, Merced and Tuolumne counties on current state legislation relevant to social work. Persons interested in staying informed about CVU happenings or who wish to participate in planning events can send their contact information to NASWCV@gmail.com or Kathy Sniffen at kasniffen@sbcglobal.net. /
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