I recently spoke with a non-social worker colleague who said that she has always been interested in the idea of social work as a career, but that she feels like she isn’t one of ‘those people’ who knows how to help others. I thought about the message underlying her comment: that some people are inherently… Continue reading Gerard Egan: The Skilled Helper
Month: August 2015
Sociology + Social Work = <3
As the title of my blog not-so-discreetly suggests, my social work practice framework is predominantly underpinned by sociology. During the first year of my undergrad, I enrolled in an Introduction to Sociology class. At the time I had only a vague idea of what the word meant, let alone knowledge that the discipline would later… Continue reading Sociology + Social Work = ❤
the sociological social worker 