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NASW Florida Chapter
1931 Dellwood Dr.
Tallahassee, FL 32303

(800) 352-6279
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2009–2010 NASW-FL Year End Summary

NASW-FL’s year runs from July 1st until June 30th. As we finish 2009–2010 and begin a new year, we are proud to reflect on the last year.

  • NASW-FL held 105 continuing education events statewide with approximately 2500 participants. We held our most successful conference, with 640 participants.
  • Social Work Month included 17 local social work celebration events, presenting 62 social work awards.
  • NASW-FL advocated for jobs for social workers, providing free employment ads in the website and newsletter, sponsoring a call-in in January on employment, and hosting a Career Development seminar and Job Fair in June.
  • In advocacy, NASW-FL successfully advocated to reduce cuts to social services and in favor of a bill including homeless status as a hate crime. We hosted our largest ever Lobby Day with 645 participants in Tallahassee.

NASW-FL thanks the 2009–2010 Board of Directors, including outgoing President Amanda Evans, for their hard work, and we look forward to another amazing year!

We welcome your input—call or e-mail the Chapter Office with your suggestions.


Gulf Oil Spill—Traumatic Stress

The Gulf Oil Spill is involving thousands of workers, paid and unpaid, who are assisting in the clean up or dealing with those impacted by the explosion. Many of these workers will show signs of traumatic incident stress. Click here to review an article prepared by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) that can be distributed to oil spill workers describing traumatic stress, identifying the symptoms, and providing tips and suggestions.

 

 

Social Work Public Education Campaign

The National Social Work Public Education Campaign has created tools for social workers to use to educate people about the breadth and depth of the profession. We have created advertising, public relations, and marketing materials that tell people about the profession. Now, we have a 5-minute video that will show people that, on any given day, social workers help in so many ways.

Goals of Video:

  • Educate the public about what social workers do;
  • Demonstrate the depth and breadth of the profession;
  • Provide another tool for social workers to reach out to the public.

Where can I see On Any Given Day?

... On PBS. NASW has secured sponsorship placement on public broadcasting stations across the country through Spotlight On programming.

... On the Internet. On Any Given Day is on www.SocialWorkers.org and on www.HelpStartsHere.org, as well as popular video Web sites such as www.YouTube.com.

On Any Given Day is an excellent tool to educate people about the breadth and depth of the social work profession. If you are willing to show the DVD at your agency or in your community during March, the NASW-FL Chapter Office will provide you a copy at no cost. Please contact the Chapter Office to request your copy at 1-800-352-6279 or naswfl@naswfl.org.



The Social Work Reinvestment Initiative (SWRI) taskforce has established two major goals for social work reinvestment:

  • legal and advocacy strategies;
  • marketing the social work profession in Florida.
 
 
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