Firwood Community House is a residential treatment facility for mentally ill clients.They are having a hard time filling our swing position for the weekends, presumably because of the odd hours. They are in need of students to apply for this particular position (usually class schedules are free weekend nights). This position is Friday, Saturday, Sunday 3pm-11pm. This position is a part time case manager. Training for the weekend swing will start as soon as possible. They are also looking for a full time swing case manager position Monday-Thursday 3-11pm. Training for this position would start January 11th and is benefited. Both of these positions would be best filled by applicants who have some education or training in the social work field, but it is only required for the full time case manager position. They are also looking to add some staff to our on-call list. These staff members would be expected to work at least 3 times a month at our facility for when staff take time off. As an applicant you do not need any experience or training. Please email your resume to sbuchanan@chmha.org if you’re interested in this position.

If you have any questions please contact Shelby (sbuchanan@chmha.org) or Tryniti Smith (trynitissmith@gmail.com)

Application Deadline:  February 1, 2016 12 noon (PST)

The University of Washington Retirement Association has endowed a fellowship to support graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

This fellowship will provide a monthly stipend equivalent to the PDTA 2 level (currently $2,378/month), GAIP health insurance, and a waiver of state-tuition (except for U-PASS fee and international student fee).  The fellowship must be used in 2016-17 academic year.

At the time of application, students must be matriculated in a UW graduate degree tuition-based program and not in their last year of study.  (Students in fee-based programs are not eligible.)  The recipient of the award must be enrolled in full-time credits (at least 10) during the quarter in which he/she takes the fellowship.

Please see our website at http://www.grad.washington.edu/students/fa/uwra/index.shtml for further information.  Detailed on that page are also the application requirements and process (statements, letters of recommendation, etc.) as well as criteria for selection.

The selected recipient(s) will be invited to attend the UWRA luncheon in late April.  They will also be asked to give an informal presentation to UWRA members on their research/academic and personal interests related to aging during the year of the award.

Questions regarding this opportunity may be directed to The Graduate School, Office of Fellowships and Awards, megray@uw.edu or 206-685-4248.

Winter Quarter 2016 programming:

*   Funding Workshop: Thursday, January 7 @ 12:00 pm, Research Commons, Green A

*   Funding Webinar: Tuesday, January 12 @ 3:00 pm, AdobeConnect (http://uofw.adobeconnect.com/gfis)

Details about these events will be available via the Research Commons events calendar: https://www.lib.washington.edu/commons/events/calendar

Reminders:

*   GFIS description and scope

GFIS works with current and admitted UW graduate students, helping them identify and locate funding opportunities for graduate school-related expenses including tuition, research, and travel. Students can visit GFIS during drop-in advising hours, schedule individual appointments in-person or via Skype, and request information by email. Students can also visit the GFIS Funding Resources Guide and blog  to learn about funding opportunities (internal and external to UW), databases, search strategies, and events. GFIS hosts regular workshops in the Research Commons, and also works with UW departments to design discipline-specific workshops and resources for their graduate students.

*   Advertising assistantship openings

The GFIS blog is a major channel through which students learn of assistantships open to applicants from across the University. If your department has an assistantship available, please consider emailing the details of that opportunity to gfis@uw.edu

QUEER I AM: An LGBTQ+ Student Summit Exploring Culture & Pride

Call for WORKSHOP proposals

WORKSHOP proposal Priority Deadline December 18^th, 2015

ACCEPTING PROPOSALS Through January 10^th, 2016

$100 Honorarium per Workshop

The 2^nd Annual Queer I Am LGBTQ+ Student Summit Exploring Culture & Pride is now seeking workshop proposals. Queer I Am aims to create a liberating space that engages Queer individuals and their many communities in developing a sense of belonging and pride in Queer culture.

The workshop committee encourages proposals featuring a wide variety of topics that align with our values, goals, and intended outcomes. We welcome proposals from faculty, administrators, staff, students, community members, and other professional educators. We are looking for presenters of all experience levels and co-facilitation is encouraged. Workshops will be 75 minutes in length and are scheduled for Day 2 (March 26^th). A $100 honorarium will be provided per workshop, which may be donated back to the summit at the presenter’s request.

We especially encourage topics connected to Queer Culture & History, Skill Building, Intersecting Identities, Self-Preservation, and Community Healing.

Previous workshop titles include:

• Trans 101
• LGBTQ 101
• Our Stories, Our Voices: Insights into lives of lesbians 70 and older
• Building a Better Masculinity for Our Movement
• Queer Performance, Theatre, and Abjection
• So You Want to Be An Ally
• Effecting Positive Change Using Established Systems
• Poetry for the Revolution
• When the World Asks You to be Either Queer or Asian American, Do You Choose Only One?
• Shifting the Paradigm: How We Influence and Change Our Places of Work and Education
• Self-Preservation in Times of Oppression
• Butches, Femmes, Daddies, Bois, Tops, Bottoms, Bulldaggers, & Lipstick Lesbians: Queering Gender & Sexuality, Historical & Contemporary “Queer”ies

SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL

Proposals must be submitted in electronic format (send as a Microsoft Word document or as a PDF file) with the following document title format: Last Name First Initial (Coordinating Presenter) Workshop Title (first 2-3 words only) (e.g., JohnsonRBeforeStonewall.pdf). The proposal form is attached as a fillable .pdf and as a .docx for your convenience—please choose the format that works best for you. We encourage all proposals be sent on or before the December  18th, 2015 priority deadline for fullest consideration. We will continue to accept proposals until January 10th, 2016. You are strongly encouraged to submit proposals as soon as possible. Send to the QIA Committee at queeriamsummit@gmail.com.  Notifications will be emailed on or before January 31^st, 2016. Students seeking coaching or advice as they craft a workshop proposal are encouraged to contact Mimi Alcantar (alcantam@evergreen.edu). For general information about the summit, please contact Karama Blackhorn (kblackhorn@spscc.edu).

While we will offer a $100 honorarium per workshop (not per presenter), it is not possible to waive registration fees for workshop presenters given our budget restrictions. If you are not planning on attending on the summit other than to present your workshop, please contact the summit coordinators to request a registration waiver. Presenters not registered by the presenter registration deadline (February 15^th) will have their presentation removed from the conference workshop.

When two or more people are presenting, the contact presenter is responsible for notifying all co-presenters of the status of the proposal. Sessions selected for the conference should not have the content significantly changed once accepted. Presenters are responsible for providing session handouts.

In addition to workshop alignment with summit mission, values, goals, and intended outcomes, the Workshop Committee will consider balance in the range of topics, level of expertise, interests covered, and professional and geographic distribution of the workshop presenters when accepting proposals.

SUBMISSION TIMELINE:

• November 15^th, 2015  Call for proposals
  • December 18^th, 2015    Proposals are due
  • January 31^st, 2016  Presenters notified of proposal status
  • February 15^th, 2016  Deadline for presenters to accept and confirm summit registration

Please direct workshop questions mae stephenson (mstephenson@tacomacc.edu)

For more information about the summit, please contact Karama Blackhorn (kblackhorn@spscc.edu)

The Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the UW. Starting in 2015-16, 100 juniors, seniors and graduate students will be named each year to the Husky 100. One of them could be you! Applications are due Feb 2, 2016. For more information and to apply, visit https://www.washington.edu/studentlife/husky100/

As part of this awesome group, students will receive:

• Recognition at a Husky 100 event in spring quarter, and individual profiles on a Husky 100 website
• Opportunities throughout the following academic year to expand networks with UW students, alumni, faculty, staff and business leaders
• Membership in an exclusive LinkedIn group that will help build connections with employers
• Customized career counseling from the UW Career Center

Please join us to find out about the Washington State Department of Health CDP-T requirements, licensure, application process, and how Seattle Central can help you achieve your goals!

When: December 16, 6:00P-7:00P

Where: Room BE 3193

Please RSVP to: edwyna.ho@seattle.colleges.edu

Applied Behavioral Health Programs
1701 Broadway Ave, BE 3220
Seattle, WA 98122
206-934-6900

This list is up-to-date as of Dec. 9^th 2016 (please remember to look at other blog posts for more classes):

The following Social Work Classes still have space:

• Soc W 552: Financial Management for Human Services (3 credits)
• Soc W 561: Policy Analysis (3 credits)
• Soc W 586: Policy Advocacy (1 credit)
• Soc W 598A: Digital Story Telling (3 credits)

Courses from other departments:

Students are eligible to take up to 3 credits in another department to count towards their elective requirements. Classes must be 400 level or above.

For your convenience, we have also provide an extensive list of classes that may be of interest to you. We also encourage students to check the Time Schedule.

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FAMED 540 Topics in Health and Human Services in Rural Communities (1) Shin
Explores topics important to rural clinical practice. Includes rural health research, rural health policy, cultural competency, models of rural health practice, and others. Includes panel discussions, a case study, and a required field trip to a rural community.

Class meets Mondays, 5:30-6:50pm

There is a field trip and $50 fee.

Students wanting add codes should email somserve@uw.edu and let them know your interest in topic.

Conj 570A: Transgender Patients

SLN 12678

Tuesdays, 5:30-6:50pm

Open to UW medical students and other grad students in the health sciences (including MSW)

Students should be able to register just using SLN.

DESIGN 581 – Post-disciplinary Design Studio (5 credits)

T/TH 11:30am – 2:20pm

First Contact: Connecting the Chronically Homeless with Vital Services

The Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC) is a nonprofit organization that offers services and consultation to Seattle’s homeless population. It a nationally recognized leader in developing innovative and effective approaches to homelessness. DESC provides effective and affordable solutions to homelessness for our community’s most vulnerable men and women through a nationally recognized  network of care, housing, and support. It offers emergency shelter and permanent housing placements, and operates a comprehensive daytime service center that provides vocational training, veterans outreach and hygiene facilities. DESC also offers mental health and chemical dependency treatment programs, and provides creative and holistic approaches to client care through partnerships with public agencies, health care providers, and low-income housing organizations.

For chronically homeless men and women, DESC is the front door to the most comprehensive array of services in the Seattle/King County region. Through street outreach, emergency shelters, and it’s daytime drop-in facility, DESC  continuously works to connect homeless men and women with vital services that address immediate needs and bring safety and stability to their lives.

This studio explores ways that design can help make “first contact” experiences more comfortable and effective for outreach workers and clients. Working with DESC, students will examine material, informational, and organizational aspects of outreach service provisioning. Students observe current practices, and will survey emerging technical and social trends. Based on this research, students will develop proposals for new products and services that can more effectively meet the needs of Seattle’s homeless and the people who serve them.

PSYCH 543 Advances in Child Clinical Psychology (3) SLN: 19351
Evidence-based practices: Extreme and Complex Cases

Thursdays, 2-4:50pm

Instructor: Terry Lee

A number of MSW students have taken this class in the past and really felt it was valuable.

To register, you’ll need to email Terry Lee to get an entry code for the course at: drterry@uw.edu.

Still time to apply for winter quarter.  Two fantastic instructors who are graduates of our program.  Jullie Gray and Bonnie Schultz!

The Certificate in Care Management will begin again in January 2016 and there are still a couple of weeks left to apply!

Here is a recent video made about the program and an article about Careers in aging—serving older adults that highlights the certificate as well:

http://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/care-management/video/instructor-perspective.html

http://www.pce.uw.edu/career-insights/careers-in-aging-serving-older-adults/

Please let me know if you have questions, or go to the certificate webpage http://www.pce.uw.edu/certificates/care-management.html to learn more!   – Kate Lorenzen, MNA| Assistant Director, Academic Programs| Professional & Continuing Education |206.685.6375| klorenzen@pce.uw.edu

 

NOTE FROM LIN: This is a NON-Academic Certificate program.  You can take these courses to get the certificate, but you’d be getting continuing ed credits, not academic credit, so the courses could NOT be used for electives towards your MSW degree.

ATTENTION All Associate and Student Members of WSSCSW!

 

Please join us for our Annual Associates Event

Thursday, January 28^th, 2016

7:00-7:30pm Networking over Food and Beverages

7:30-9:00pm Program: Addiction and Recovery

Guest Speakers: Zane Behnke, LICSW, CDP and Lara Okoloko, LICSW

University of Washington School of Social Work

4101 15^th Ave NE, Room #305A

 

As clinical social workers, we encounter addiction in every practice setting. Learn how to work with people with addictions and their loved ones

and what it takes to become a Chemical Dependency Professional.

RSVP: Melissa Wood Brewster, Associates Committee Chair

woodbrewster@gmail.com or 206-409-1266

 

**If you can’t make the annual event, join us for the Associates Quarterly Meetings for networking, mentoring and licensure resources:

April 24^th, June 23^rd, and September 22^nd, 2016

Recovery Navigator- MHP  full time up to $48,000 a year paid every two weeks.

Essential duties include (but are not limited to):

• Provide recovery centered services in the home, community and office
• Provide intake and counseling with skill building techniques
• Provide on call services in coordination with program manager
• Clinical liaison with other providers in Pierce county
• Thorough understanding of DSMV and diagnosing of individuals with serious and persistent mental health issues
• Emergency services: on-call shared with Program manager
• Marketing to other agencies for referrals to the program
• Group services
• Progress notes, intakes, and treatment plans in recovery voice

Requirements:

• MSW from accredited university or college
• Must be 25 years old to drive company vehicles
• 36 month clean driving record
• Proof of valid insurance

This is a brief outline of the position.  For more information of this position please look at website for Recovery Innovations or RI International

 

The ASUW Student Health Consortium is excited to announce the 8th annual Everybody Every Body Fashion Show! This event aims to start a conversation about body image and self esteem and raise awareness about eating disorders. This year, our goal is to expand the conversation to include race, ethnicity, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, (dis)ability, and how these identities shape a person’s body image. Each year, we have hundreds of models and volunteers who make this event happen, and we have a handful of “supermodels” who participate in photoshoots, promotional videos, performances, and so on.

This year, we are hoping to find supermodels who are interested in sharing their story about how racism, sexism, fatphobia, heterosexism, transphobia, ableism, and other isms have impacted their self-image and their relationship with their body. Help us celebrate body positivity, self-love, local fashion, and diversity by signing up as a volunteer or a model! Sign ups are due January 8th and the Fashion Show is on March 7th.

Model Sign Up: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/asuwshc/287174
Volunteer Sign Up: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/asuwshc/287178

The West Coast Poverty Center is pleased to announce the WCPC Winter seminar series!

As a reminder, graduate students and advanced undergraduate students (with instructor approval) can sign up to take seminars as a class (SOC WL 556, 1 credit on a credit/no-credit basis).  Enrolled students participate in seminars, meet with speakers,  network with students from other departments, and complete a brief professional development activity.  Students can take the seminar in multiple quarters.

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This advanced undergraduate and graduate course explores current themes in the anthropology of Southeast Asia. Our readings center around case studies from from Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, and we attune to Inter-Asian and transnational connections, whether through development, war, diaspora, national imaginaries, or images.

Tuesday & Thursday, 3:30-5:20pm
Savery Hall (SAV) 155
5 credits

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Department of Global Health Fellowships Information Session

When: Friday, December 4, 2015, 2 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Where: South Campus Center, Room 303

Come learn about the Department of Global Health’s five funding opportunities for travel support and fieldwork experiences for graduate and professional students, and medical residents at the University of Washington.

• George Povey Social Justice and Activism in Global Health Fellowship
• Global Opportunities in Health (GO Health) Fellowship
• Strengthening Caring Opportunities through Partnership in Ethiopia (SCOPE) Fellowship
• Stergachis Endowed Fellowship in International Exchange
• Thomas Francis, Jr. Global Health Fellowship

These funding opportunities are administered by the Global Health Resource Center and provide assistance for costs associated with doing fieldwork outside of Seattle. Applications for each may be submitted via a Common Application and Catalyst Dropbox. Visit the Funding for Fieldwork page to learn more!

The application will be available beginning Monday, February 1, 2016 and will close Monday, March 14, 2016

The school of Nursing is offering an interdisciplinary class for anyone interested in social determinants of health and health disparity reduction among vulnerable populations.

NSG 511 is open to any graduate student; class takes place on Tuesdays, 9:30 am to 12:50 pm in the Health Sciences complex, room E-214.

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NSG 511 Prevention Issues in Community Health (3 cr.)

This course is open to graduate students. It may be of particular interest to those in nursing, medicine, public health, education, social work and psychology.

In this course we will examine both theoretical and practical aspects of implementing community-level prevention programs and policies to promote health and prevent health disorders. This interdisciplinary overview of community prevention approaches will focus on the social determinants of health and health disparity reduction among vulnerable populations. The course involves analysis of community and population preventive strategies across the life course, with a focus on the design and presentation of a prevention approach to a community health problem of interest to the student. The roles of prevention leader and consumer of prevention information are emphasized.

Class takes place on Tuesdays 9:30 am to 12:50 pm At least one class session will involve on-line activities rather than classroom attendance

For more information

Contact:

Carole Hooven PhD

Psychosocial and Community Health University of Washington School of Nursing

Email: chooven@u.washington.edu<mailto:chooven@u.washington.edu>