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51 replies on “13 Compelling Social Work Blogs”

  • Excellent post. Thank you for including politicalsocialworker.org. BTW Melinda Lewis, from Class Room to Capital, will be a guest for Social Work Chats on 1/28 where we will be discussing immigration and the DREAM Act. She will also do another chat in May on political advocacy in social work.

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  • Few social workers are engaged in supporting our returning Warriors and their Families with integrative,holistic health practices, battle buddy and resources. Thank you for sharing my website and blogs on this national crisis.

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  • As a social work student, I’m glad I stumbled upon this list! A lot of cool blogs that I can’t wait to read further, thanks :)

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  • I am excited to be in this profession and to see what others are doing to take it to the next level. Seeing the lead and bound that the profession has made in the past decade is energizing. Thank Relando for sharing these blogs.

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    • You’re welcome Dorlee! You do a wonderful job of curating great resources from helping professionals! Recognition can be hard to come by, but week after week you recognize some of the greatest among us by featuring them in your Best in Mental Health Series.

      Oh, and thanks for the compliment anout my website design! I love it too, and I think this one’s here to stay for awhile. Hopefully this layout makes my content more easily accessible and sharable to visitors.

      Thanks for all your support!

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  • Thanks for sharing my blog, Relando! It’s so great seeing all of these blogs and the support that social workers give to each other. I’ll be sure to check out each of these blogs. Thanks again.

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  • Hi, Relando! Thank you for the list—some of these I had heard of, and some I hadn’t. I came across one yesterday that I liked a lot, called http://socialworkerinthesouth.blogspot.com.

    I also have a social worker page that I put together—if it fits on any of your lists, could you include www.socialworkerjobdescriptionguide.com? I interviewed a bunch of my colleagues to put together in-depth descriptions of all the different ways that people practice social work.

    Thank you, Relando!
    Matt

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  • Thanks Relando. I am leading an initiative with the goal of creating social and economic gains through building and recognizing the “wisdom of poor mothers”. Investing in low-income mothers as parents can have immense returns. My site has started as a clearinghouse of ideas, research and products that anyone in helping professions can use to help poor mothers increase their capabilities as parents. It is also going to profile actual wise poor mothers, directing admiration and pride to people who are real heroines but are ignored or disdained in our wealth-obsessed culture. Your suggested sites have already provided me with good ideas.

    If you or any of your readers have suggestions of:
    – programs, products or research that I should consider including on the poormomwisdom site, or
    – a wise low-income woman to profile there
    I will be very glad to hear from you.

    I look forward to enabling and connecting with many others in this wonderful field!

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  • […] For Social Workers, recognition can often be hard to come by. The successes are often private, while failures can often be public. Sometimes, those who are unfamiliar with the profession can be left with a one-dimensional, stereotypical view of who Social Workers are or what they do. Now more than ever, it has become increasingly important to tell our own stories, and there are many Social Workers who have taken to the web to use technology to fulfill this end. In no particular order, here are 13 Social Work Blogs that deliver valuable content, while telling stories and sharing sides of themselves that add a human connection to a technical space, a feat that is not easy to accomplish. JaeRan Kim JaeRan Kim MSW, LGSW writes about Social Work practice, theory, education, research, and a variety of other topics concerning social justice issues. I always enjoy reading her posts! Read one of my favorite posts from her blog entitled: PhD Elitism which resonated with me personally in many  […]

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  • Relando, Thank you so much for this post. I am currently taking a social work course at Miami University and these links will no doubt help not only me, but my classmates as well. One topic in particular that we have been studying that I have been able to find a lot of information with your help is poverty. We have learned that poverty is a cycle and unfortunately promotes generations to stay in poverty. We have also discussed the fact that 7 in 10 Americans face homelessness in their next paycheck. This is simply unacceptable. Hopefully through these blogs I can come up with some more ideas to better educate myself on such issues. Thanks again.

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    • It’s true that poverty can be a vicious cycle, and social workers can play a role in working with, advocating for, and supporting people in poverty. Sometimes I feel as if the field has gotten away from that, but poverty is definitely an issue that should remain at the forefront of our work.

      I will continue to share resources here as I find them.

      Thank you for your comment John! I’m glad these links were helpful, and I am wishing you the best in your studies.

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  • Great post posted by you . I like the section of Social Work Tech and Social Work Helper in this post. I am waiting for the new post from your side. I am manisha bapna work as social worker for women empowerment and children wellfare.

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  • Great Post. I am always looking for fellow social workers and reading about their specialties. We have so many talented people in this field. I also really liked the blog page of The Political Social Worker@poliSW. If you have any time, check out my social work blog at http://www.socialworkology.com. #socialworkology

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    • I agree! Social Work is such a vast and versatile profession, and I feel fortunate to have been able to meet so many talented and passionate Social Workers online since I started this blog. The Political Social Worker is one of those people. I also thank you for sharing your website as a resource. I look forward to checking it out.

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  • Hi Relando,

    Thank you for the hard work and effort that you have put into your blog. I was looking
    at this article and wanted to mention a website that I recently created for your consideration.

    It is called http://www.socialworkadvocacy.com and is a free resource to encourage social workers to understanding advocacy more clearly.

    If you have advocacy related resources that I can link back to, I’d be more than happy to do so.

    Thank you very much.

    -Robbie Singh

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