Hourly administrative assistant

School of Social Work

Job posting ID is 124026

Specific Duties

Act as a main contact for all incoming visitors and employees to the School of Social Work Dean’s office.  Answer incoming calls; respond to email messages; greet visitors; sort and distribute incoming and outgoing mail; and maintain a professional environment for communal business use.

Maintain accurate record keeping/filing systems for fiscal records that pertain to the School’s main programmatic operating budget, all equipment inventory and insurance systems, space management systems, and various facilities systems including classroom scheduling, and records management.

Unlock and lock all main entrances, large conference rooms and hallways in conjunction with business hours in order to maintain a safe working environment for all community members.

Liaise with UW Custodial Services and Physical Plant on any facilities needs that arise during business hours within the School of Social Work premises including interior and exterior spaces.

Coordinate use of conference and multi-use facilities for both School of Social Work and community using Microsoft Outlook. Create invoices for reservations of conference spaces. Ensure facilities are in operable condition.

Maintain UW sanctioned practices that ensure proper security regarding distribution of petty cash checks, UW payroll, UW reimbursement, budget barcodes and parking passes.

Distribute keys to employees. Coordinate and maintain records for office keys in inventory log system.

Check in items from online purchase requisitions and e-Procurement orders. Create UPS Shipping Labels and manage UPS receipts.

Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.

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Dear SSW Community,

On behalf of the students in our inaugural course on Engaging Latinas and Latinos in Practice, I wish to invite you to 4 special presentations that the students will make on March 8^th from 5-7pm in Room 305.

The four presentations center on:  1) Juvenile Justice and Latinx queer youth, 2) Undocumented Latinx adults, 3) Community-based drug interventions for Latinx youth and 4) Latinx Youth Coalition.

Come and support our amazing MSW students!  Community members are also being invited to learn about and discuss Just Practice in Latinx communities. 

Light food will be provided.

Thank you!  Muchas gracias!

Hello, School of Social Work!

The UW-BASW Organization of Student Social Workers is looking to host several

events in the next few months. In order to help facilitate the upcoming

Game Night with ROOTS Youth Adult Shelter, a BBQ social, and the Senior

Send-off for the BASW program, we are auctioning off a $400 gift card to

Canlis restaurant! The earnings from the fundraiser will go toward buying

things like food, decorations and advertising for these events.

If you would like to help support OSSW and bid on a gift card to one of the

best restaurants in town, please click here!

https://tinyurl.com/OSSWauction1

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Join KCTS 9 for a free preview screening of the first 60 minutes* of the new PBS documentary DOLORES! Screening to be followed by a discussion with the film’s director Peter Bratt and founding member of the Washington Migrant Council and former member of the WA House of Representatives, Phyllis Gutierrez Kenney. Moderated by Enrique Cerna.

Where: El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98144
When: Thursday, March 15th, 2018
Time: Doors at 5:45 p.m. | Start at 6:30 p.m.
Program: Enjoy a 60 minute preview of DOLORES followed by a discussion with Peter Bratt and Phyllis Guitierrez Kenney.
This event is free and open to the public but please RSVP in advance in order to reserve your spot!

RSVP NOW!

About the film: With intimate and unprecedented access, Peter Bratt’s Dolores tells the story of Dolores Huerta, among the most important, yet least-known, activists in American history. Co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, she tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice, becoming one of the most defiant feminists of the 20th century.

The University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Palliative Care Program announces a twelve month, full time post graduate fellowship in Clinical Social Work in Palliative Care, to begin on or about July 1, 2018.  For a program description and application please visit https://www.fairview.org/services/palliative-care-and-support/palliative-care-social-work-fellowship-program or contact me at 612-273-6191 or bkaney1@fairview.org.  The deadline for applications is April 16, 2018.

Please forward the above information to any interested people and local MSW programs.

Please contact me if there are any questions.

Thank you!

Brooke

Palliative Care Clinical Social Worker
University of Minnesota Medical Center
Palliative Care Service
420 Delaware St. SE
MMC #181
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Bkaney1@fairview.org
612-273-6191

 

Reclaiming Common Ground: A Cross Border Social Justice Conference

NWTSJ is excited to share this upcoming event for educators. From the organizers at http://crossborderconference.weebly.com:

We are excited to have Naomi Klein and Seth Klein as our keynote speakers, a rare opportunity!

We are pleased to invite you to register for our conference. Recent history in the US and Canada records multiple attacks on public education in many forms. Public education as a common space, the foundation of a democratic society, has lost ground over the past 10 years. It’s time to reclaim the space that’s been lost to the voices of hate, bigotry and neoliberalism.  It’s time for teachers to re-engage in their important role in the process of social transformation.

Teachers from British Columbia, Oregon, and Washington will come together to connect across borders in the face of common threats.

We have just picked most of our workshops and will post the roster on our website next week. We would still like workshop submissions on feminism, undocumented students (border issues), and environmentalism, if there are activists among you who would like to submit. Please visit our event website for details and to submit proposals.

A Benjamin Rabinowitz Symposium in Medical Ethics

Date: Friday April 13, 2018, 9.45am-5.00pm

Location: Waterfront Activities Center of the University of Washington, Great Room

Medical Ethics has often focused on the relationships between patients and healthcare workers. And yet much healthcare and social support comes from, or is expected from, family, friends and the community. Additionally, treatment decision-making does not fall to patients alone – e.g. guardians may make decisions about continuing or halting treatment. How should we understand the roles of these groups in providing care and support? Which communities or forms of support are most meaningful? What role should the state and citizens play in comparison to families and friends? Who should be included in medical decision-making? Who counts as ‘family’ and should ‘family’ really count?

This one-day interdisciplinary symposium poses and aims to answer questions of these kind, focusing particularly on patients or care-givers who are vulnerable, marginalized or oppressed.

To register, please click on this link: Registration. Or email ponvins@uw.edu for access to the link.

Schedule:

09.45-10.15am: Welcome

10.15am-12.15pm: Who Cares? Images and Realities of Family Caregiving

• ‘Decision-Making in Neonatal Intensive Care: Determinants of Parental Preferences’, Elliott Weiss (Seattle Children’s Hospital and Research Institute)
• ‘The Myth of the Omnipresent Informal Dementia Caregiver’, Elena Portacolone (University of California, San Francisco)
• ‘Friendship, Citizenship, and Abandonment: Older Adults with Dementia without Family Caregivers’, Janelle Taylor (University of Washington)

1.15-3.15pm: Support and its Lack: Race, Gender, Diversities

• ‘Race-Related Stress and Hopelessness: Social Support a Protective Mechanism?’, Mary Odafe and Rheeda Walker (University of Houston)
• ‘Gendering Capacity: The Two-Sided Vulnerability of Survivors of Abuse’, Gina Campelia (University of Washington)
• ‘Meaningfulness within Voice-Hearing Communities’, Laura Guidry-Grimes (University of Arkansas for Medical Science)

3.30-5.00pm: Keynote Speech, Spring Philosophy Colloquium and Charles W. Bodemer Lecture:

            ‘Why Families Matter’, Hilde Lindemann (Professor Emerita, Michigan State University)

Organized by: Carina Fourie, Gina Campelia and Blake Hereth (University of Washington), in conjunction with THINK – The Health and Inequality Network

The generous sponsors of the Symposium are: the Benjamin Rabinowitz Endowment in Medical Ethics, the Program on Values in Society, the Charles W. Bodemer Fund at the Department of Bioethics and Humanities, and the Department of Philosophy, all at the University of Washington.

Interested in joining King County’s most comprehensive provider of behavioral health services? Join Sound on March 10 for our upcoming job fair! This event, happening in our administrative headquarters in Tukwila, will feature an opportunity to meet some of our clinicians, learn more about our programs, and discover how YOU can be a part of our growing, ever-developing team. Learn about Reaching Recovery and how we are implementing a new model with lower caseloads and higher job satisfaction!

When: Saturday, March 10, 2018
10:00am-1:00pm

Where: Sound
6400 Southcenter Blvd
Tukwila, WA 98188

What to Bring: Resume.

More info and RSVP at: https://www.sound.health/job-fair-2018/

QSC Newsletter
Week 8 | Winter 2018
Hello everyone! Thank you so much to all of you who came out to our Bi Panel last Thursday. We’re incredibly happy to have seen so many turn out for such a needed conversation here at UW. A discussion group will be spinning off from last week’s panel, so make sure to keep up with us come spring quarter – the group will be meeting then!

In the meantime, check out our events and opportunities happening below, and follow us on on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (@asuwqsc) to stay updated!

Email
Office hours
Sign up to be a freelance volunteer
Submit an event idea

Below are some upcoming events:

The Body Is Not An Apology. Let’s Discuss This Thursday

We’ll begin in the D Center from 3:30 to 4:00 with an arts and crafts session, followed by a panel discussion from 4:00 to 5:00 on the experiences of being queer and disabled. We hope to see you there! Please feel free to reach out to us about any questions regarding accessibility.

Facebook event page available here

Come Be A Performer At Our Spring Drag Competition!

The QSC is getting ready to throw our annual Drag Competition! Stop by for a night of the fiercest drag performances imaginable, as hosted by Seattle’s own Aleksa Manila. This event is free, open to public, with food and refreshments available to all. More info to come – but for now, save the date for April 5, 2018 in the HUB North Ballroom!

If you’re interested in performing, please fill out this form. Thank you for your interest, and we’re excited to collaborate with you!

Help Make The IMA More Gender Inclusive

The IMA is currently looking into renovating their facilities to include an all gender locker room inside the building. They’re looking for student input and opinions, so if you have any feedback about the project, fill out this anonymous survey here.

Yesterday, the QSC passed R-24-12: A Resolution in Support of the IMA’s All Gender Locker Room and Pool Renovation, in the Student Senate. Thank you to everyone who came to discuss the bill, especially in regards to how the IMA can best maintain student input for the ongoing project! Please feel free to reach out to us or the IMA if you have any questions about the renovation going forward.

Survey About A Proposed “X” Gender Marker On University Documents

The state of Washington recently established a new policy that allows one to mark their gender down as “X” on their birth certificates. If you have any opinions about the policy, particular in regards to how you would feel about a similar policy being established at the UW for university-related documents, please feel free to fill out this anonymous survey here. Please email us if you have any questions!

To view other events, please follow (@asuwqsc) Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to stay updated!

Contact: Kamaria Hightower, Mayor’s Office, kamaria.hightower@seattle.gov

City of Seattle Launches Community Input Survey to Kick Off Public Outreach for New Permanent Police Chief

Seattle (Feb 20) – To help select a permanent Chief of Police to lead the Seattle Police Department, the City of Seattle is kicking off public outreach by launching an online Community Input Survey to allow Seattle residents to provide their input during the search process. Seattle community members can visit http://www.seattle.gov/policechiefsearch to complete the survey. In the upcoming weeks, a series of community events and workshops will be announced to allow Seattle residents to share their thoughts in person on the personal characteristics and professional experience that are most important for the individual leading our police.

“The next police chief must be able to lead our rank and file and be committed to an accountable, diverse police department focused on meaningful and lasting reforms and building trust in the community they serve,” said Mayor Jenny Durkan.  “To find our next police chief, our Police Search Committee is committed to listening to all our residents, including those in communities that have the greatest distrust of police and the criminal justice system. The input and leadership from Seattle neighborhoods and communities is critical to helping recruit the right Chief, so I hope our residents will take this quick survey to ensure their voice heard.”

“The next police chief will be critical to the City’s ability to continue advancing critical public safety initiatives and police reforms, as well as, continuing to build trust with historically underrepresented and over-policed communities. Members of the Chief of Police Search Committee care deeply about the public safety and reform priorities of our community members. I strongly urge people from all backgrounds to complete this survey and tell us what you want to see in your next police chief,” said Council member M. Lorena González (Position 9, Citywide).

The 25 member Police Search Committee is comprised of a broad range of community leaders, including many with extensive and unique experience in criminal justice reform and policing. Led by four co-chairs, this diverse Search Committee is leading a national search process to find the best candidate for Seattle’s next police chief and is working with a national search firm, Public Sector Search & Consulting, to gather and screen applications. Following the community engagement process, the Police Search Committee will conduct interviews with applicants, the Search Committee will submit their recommendations to Mayor Durkan.

COP Community Survey Announcement (Word Document of this information)

Student Travel Award Program

Thank you for your interest in applying for the Latino Center for Health Travel Award Program. The Latino Center for Health provides leadership to promote the health and well-being of Latinos in Washington State, regionally and nationally, across the lifespan. We promote sustainable changes in Latino health through research, mentorship and training opportunities for both students and faculty members.  Specifically, we aim to provide opportunities for the next generation of researchers by offering travel awards for graduate students to present their work at local, national and international conferences. Multiple travel awards are expected to be awarded in 2018 for amounts up to $1000.

Application are accepted on a rolling bases, but we have developed specific deadlines to review the submissions. The entire application is due at 5 pm PST on October 10^th and March 10^th.

Application Instructions

Travel awards are intended for University of Washington graduate students from any of the UW campuses that have had an abstract accepted to a local, national and international conference. We offer one travel award per person per academic year (September 1 – June 30). The research being presented should address Latino health issues and the research can be conducted under any discipline (e.g., social work, medicine, public health, dentistry, behavioral science, nursing, etc.). The award is intended to support travel and travel-related expenses (e.g., airfare, transportation, registration, lodging, meals.).  We ask students to look for other sources of funding as well in order to support as many students as possible. Travel award funds must be used by the end of the conference and deliverables (i.e., photo and summary) should be submitted to the Latino Center for Health (latcntr@uw.edu) no later than one month after the conference.

For information on funding allowances, please refer to the UW Travel Policies and Procedures page: http://f2.washington.edu/fm/travel/lodging#allowance

Eligibility Criteria

• Be a graduate student enrolled at any of the three University of Washington campuses and be in good standing according to the UW Graduate School.
• Preferred research projects will address a local, national or international Latino health issue(s)
• Be accepted and invited to present at a local, national or international conference. (Preference given to scientific poster and oral presentations.)
• Preference will be given to abstract primary-authors, but non-primary authors may apply

Application Materials

• Travel Student Request Form
• Current resume or CV
• An ‘unofficial’ UW transcript
• A statement of purpose of not more than one single-spaced page in which you explain:
  1. How your project connects to Mission of the Latino Center for Health
  2. How your project impacts Latino health
  3. Your future short-term and long-term career goals
  4. How attending the conference fits within your career goals
• Acceptance letter (or email) to attend the conference

All materials should be emailed to the latctr@uw.edu by the deadline.

Deliverables

The following materials should be submitted no later than one month after attending the conference:

• Summary of experience (300-500 words)
• 1-2 photos during the conference
• Receipts

For copy of the travel student request form and additional information on the travel awards, please contact the Latino Center for Health at latctr@uw.edu or 206-616-9365.

We are pleased to share about three different funding opportunities through the Center for Human Rights for graduate and undergraduate students from all three UW campuses.

1. Dr. Lisa Sable Brown Endowed Fund for Human Rights. $1800 available. Graduate students only. For studies or research.
2. Peter Mack and Jamie Mayerfeld Endowed Fund for Human Rights. $5000 available. Graduate students only. For studies or research.
3. Abe Osheroff and Gunnel Clark Endowed Human Rights Fund. $4500 available. Undergraduate and graduate students (including professional studies). For hands-on human rights project through direct action.

US citizenship/permanent resident status is not required.

More information:  https://jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/funds/

We’re happy to talk to students about whether their projects may or may not be a good fit and answer any questions they may have (contact uwchr@uw.edu).

UW students, staff, faculty – got 5 minutes for a survey about “green games”?

We are seeking responses from anyone in the UW community – students, staff, postdocs, and faculty at all three campuses – regardless of your gaming or environmental background. The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and is intended to evaluate interest in environmentally-themed games (“green games”) at UW. All respondents that complete the survey by Feb 28th can be entered into a drawing for one of five $25 gift cards (must provide a UW email address).

Link to survey: https://tinyurl.com/uwgreengamesurvey

Dear Advisers,

Please remind students about online courses for this quarter.

Students may take some of the most popular online credit classes as part of their normal tuition load with an additional fee of $120 per class. These select online courses are offered in a group-start format, which means students interact with their classmates and complete the course during normal quarterly calendar. Below is a message that can be shared with students before registration begins:

Register Now for Online Courses

Enjoy the convenience and flexibility of the University of Washington’s online courses. As a UW matriculated student, you may take some of the most popular online credit classes as part of your normal tuition load and pay an additional fee of only $120 per class. These select online courses are offered in a group-start format, which means you can interact with your classmates and complete the course during the normal quarterly calendar. Online courses help meet graduation requirements and allow you access to the university when you need it. Check out the following courses on the Seattle Time Schedule*. Simply register as you would for any other class using MyUW.

*Online courses are housed at the UW Seattle campus. UW Bothell and UW Tacoma students should check with advising staff at their home campuses before enrolling in classes they expect to count towards their degree program. These courses do not count as residence credit; consult with your adviser if you have any questions.

The following courses feature the group-start format (and require the $120 fee):

Abbrev.	Number	Course Title	Credits	Instructor	General Ed Requirements	SLN
ARTH	272A	French Impressionism & Post Impressionism	5	Melanie Enderle	I&S, VLPA	10508
ASTR	101B	Astronomy	5	Oliver Fraser	NW, Q/SR	10585
ASTR	150E	The Planets	5	Nicole Kelly	NW, Q/SR	21482
DANCE	100A	Understanding Dance	5	Stephanie Liapis	VLPA	12938
DRAMA	103A	Theatre Appreciation	5	TBA	VLPA	13136
GEOG/JSIS	123A	Introduction to Globalization	5	TBA	I&S, DIV	GEOG: 14676 JSIS: 15641
JSIS E	113A	Modern Greek 3	5	Heracles Panagiotides		15799
MUSIC	116A	Elementary Music Theory	2	Kevin Baldwin	VLPA	17346
MUSIC	131B	History of Jazz	5	Matthew Carr	VLPA	17357
MUSIC	185A	The Concert Season	2	Anna Barbee	VLPA	17361
PSYCH	101D	Introduction to Psychology	5	Judith McLaughlin	I&S	18878
PSYCH	203A	Intro to Personality and Individual Differences	5	Jonathon Brown	I&S	18892
STAT	311B	Elements of Statistical Methods	5	Tamre Cardoso	NW, Q/SR	19829
ESRM	100A	Introduction to Environmental Science	5	Rob Harrison	NW, Q/SR	14102

Inclusive. Impactful. Inventive.

If you have an idea that enhances the UW student experience, we’ve got the funds to make it happen. The Husky Seed Fund provides up to $5,000 for you to pursue your passions and bring your projects to life. At the same time, you will develop your leadership and project management skills with support from the Husky Experience Student Advisory Council (HESAC). Examples of previous projects have included the The Vulnerability Collective and Husky Adapt.

Here’s how to change your ideas into reality:

Information Sessions & Application Writing Workshops

• February 27, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Gerberding 142
• March 1, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Allen Research Commons Green A

Eligibility

• All UW undergraduate, graduate and professional students from any campus are encouraged to apply
• Applications can be individual or team-based
• All team members must be in good academic standing (minimum GPA of 2.5)
• Project must include a UW faculty or staff member mentor

Dates

• Applications open 2/14/2018
• Initial application due 3/12/2018
• Semi-finalists will be contacted on 3/28/2018 and invited for interviews

 

Apply here:  https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/seedfund/348345

Visit https://www.washington.edu/strategicplanning/husky-seed-fund/ for more information. Feel free to email seedfund@uw.edu with any questions.

 

2017-18 HESAC Members

Christine Betts, Computer Engineering Undergraduate (Seattle), 2019
Chris Cave, Business Undergraduate (Seattle), 2018
Daniel Colina, Informatics Undergraduate (Seattle), 2019
Kate Jung, Business Administration Undergraduate (Seattle), 2018
Christine Kang, Chemical Engineering Graduate (Seattle), 2021
Moya O’Grady, Computer Science Undergraduate (Bothell), 2018
Maya Sullivan, Economics and International Studies Undergraduate (Seattle), 2019
Hannah Thoreson, Political Science Undergraduate (Seattle), 2018
Prince Wang, Neurobiology & Journalism Undergraduate (Seattle), 2018
Jay Zheng, Economics & International Studies (Seattle), 2019

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