See attached flyer for more info:

Final (Link and Colors)

If you still need to sign up for or renew your health insurance for 2018, there are a couple opportunities to do so next week. We have found a professional health insurance broker to come and do a free workshop for BASW and MSW students. Her name is Mary Athappilly and she has a lot of experience helping people with both Apple Health enrollment as well as the individual plans purchased through the ACA Health Plan Finder marketplace.

 

The workshops will be:

• Wednesday, November 15th, 5-6pm
• Friday, November 17th, 12-1pm

 

Mary will give a 10ish minute presentation on the enrollment process and then there will be work time on computers for you to complete your online application. If you get out of class at 5:20 or 12:20, it’s fine to come halfway. Mary will repeat the brief presentation for those who come halfway. You can also leave early if needed.

 

If you’re interested in coming, please sign up here by Monday, November 13th. Let me know if you have questions! Details on attached flier.

Study Abroad Fair

Thursday, January 11 – 10am to 2pm
HUB Ballroom
Explore over 500 study and internship opportunities! Come by to chat with students from around the world and study abroad alumni.

WORKSHOP: RACIAL IDENTITY ABROAD

Thursday, November 16 from 5-7pm at the ECC
Returning and future study abroad students are welcome to join our workshop exploring the complexities of race and identity through the lens of studying abroad.

RSVP

WORKSHOP: FINANCING YOUR STUDY ABROAD

Learn what study abroad costs, the basics of financial aid and scholarships, and get budgeting ideas.
The next workshop is Wednesday, November 15 from 3-4:30pm in the ECC-Asian Room.
Check our calendar for more workshops and info sessions!

CALENDAR

Do you have an interviews coming up this year or next year or sometime in your life? Want to feel more prepared?

We currently have 8 people signed up for the Interviewing Skills for your Social work Job Search workshop, scheduled for next Tuesday. The presenter, Alison, would prefer to have at least 10-15 people signed up in order to run the workshop. If you’d like to participate, please sign up by this Friday so I can confirm or cancel this workshop as needed. I hope we can run it since Alison’s workshops have been helpful in the past!

“Inteviewing Skills for your Social Work Job Search” 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14,  5-5:50pm

The School of Social Work has arranged for Alison S. McCarty, Senior Career Counselor from the UW Career Center, to present a workshop for us. To participate, RSVP here.

Hello SSW Students, Faculty, and Staff,

If you are a Transracial Adoptee and would like to connect and build community with other Transracial Adoptees at the SSW, please join us for our first (ever) SW Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) gathering on Monday, November 20, 2017. If you can’t join us on Nov. 20th, we do plan to have future events.

Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) is a group offering support, mentorship and community building to Transracial Adoptees in the UW School of Social Work. It is open to BASW, MSW and PhD students who identify as Transracial Adoptees. This group has participation and support from Transracially Adopted faculty and staff in the UW School of Social Work.

SSW TAG Faculty and Staff Advisors: Michelle Bagshaw, Jennifer Brower, Beth Van Fossan, Kelly Hoeft, and Saul Tran Cornwall.

Please feel free to contact Beth Van Fossan (bethvf@uw.edu) or Saul Tran Cornwall (saultran@uw.edu) with questions.

SW TAG Happy Hour

DATE: Monday, November 20, 2017

TIME: 5:30-7:00pm

WHERE: Shultzy’s Bar & Grill, 4114 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, http://www.shultzys.com

Lights appetizers will be provided.

Please RSVP to Saul Tran Cornwall (saultran@uw.edu) before November 16, 2017. We apologize for the short notice.

Thank you,

SW Transracial Adoptee Group

Wanted: Student who can accompany and coach 18 year old female 6 to 15 hours a week.  My daughter is a smart and charming person who has ADHD and some minor challenges.  She recently returned from a residential treatment center and needs company and a bit of guidance as she starts in school and employment.  We are located near a convenient bus route in Lake City. Contact Mary at maryvwilson@hotmail.com or 206-595-5903.

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Position: UW Livable City Year Report Editor

Application Deadline: Position open until filled. Full consideration will be given to applications received on or before November 21, 2017.

Start date: December 1, 2017

Compensation: $20/hr for graduate students, $16/hr for undergraduate students

The UW Livable City Year (LCY) report editor is responsible for overseeing the written development of roughly 30 reports (roughly 10 per quarter) for UW’s Livable City Year initiative, a university-wide partnership with the City of Tacoma. The LCY reports cover a diverse range of urban issues, including but not limited to: housing policy, pollution, stormwater, homelessness, food justice, infrastructure, and environmental justice. The LCY editor is responsible for editing, proofing, and the critical development of student written reports on a specific issue. Editors must possess an exceptionally strong command of the English language and have experience working with writers to develop their thinking in clear terms. Cogency, accessibility, and articulation are paramount. The editor is responsible for directly overseeing the editing process beginning with meeting and introducing students to the report writing process and expectations.

The LCU editor must be well-organized, a strong communicator in written and verbal formats, and be comfortable working independently and with teams, particularly in partnership with the graphic designer and program manager.

Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of contemporary issues affecting cities, both those particular to the Pacific Northwest and nationally. Awareness of urban issues is important to helping students develop their specific research and writing in relevant, accurate, and clear ways. Ideal candidates will also have extensive experience working with student writers: working in writing centers, professionally as an editor, or as a TA in writing and research extensive courses.

Duties include:

• Work with LCY team to develop writing and report style standards (the student writing guide) for student report writers.
• Meet with each group of student writers near the end of each term to discuss professional report writing, the student writing guide, expectations regarding content and timing, and the editing process.
• Review and provide feedback on student drafts, requesting edits or additions as needed.
• Receive and provide style and content edits for the final document.
• Coordinate with Report Graphic Designer to deliver written content for final report compilation.
• Meet with LCY team as necessary to assess work progress.
• Meet LCY deadlines for drafts and final edits.

Conditions of employment:

• This position is part-time, with the expectation of variable hours depending on the stage in the report process (estimated around 15 hours per report plus meeting time). This would likely average approximately 12-19 hours per week.
• Undergraduate and graduate students will be considered, with a strong preference for graduate and PhD students. Strong writing and editing skills required. Prior experience supervising students and/or teaching writing or composition desired.
• Compensation estimated at $20/hour for graduate students and $16/hr for undergraduates. The employee must complete weekly timesheets and submit them for approval.
• The position runs through July 2018, with an opportunity for rehire in the 2018 – 2019 academic year.

To apply:

Submit resume, cover letter and at least two editing samples showing Track Changes to Teri Thomson Randall, LCY Program Manager, terir@uw.edu.

For questions, contact:

Teri Thomson Randall

UW Livable City Year Program Manager

terir@uw.edu

206-221-9240

Just a reminder that The Organization of Student Social Workers (OSSW), is in the process of creating new t-shirts for the 2017-2018 year, and would

love to see your designs. The winner will get a $15 gift card, as well as a free t-shirt. Please submit these designs in PDF form (while retaining your

original file) no later than Wednesday, November 15th to https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/cmk35/41127.

The only requirements for the design is that it mentions School of Social Work somewhere (Due to copyright, we can’t actually use the official logo). Some examples from previous designs can be viewed here

https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/14352514_1155023264559493_5406882300324055997_o.jpg?oh=3cf3d026b5fe17ac93502c60314d1dfa&oe=5AA01636

and here http://i63.tinypic.com/23mmy6o.png.

Feel free to contact ossw@uw.edu if you have any questions.

For National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, the UW Chapter of WashPIRG has coordinated a panel of social workers, people studying homelessness, and people currently/formerly experiencing homelessness coming to speak at the university. The panel will be on Nov. 14th, from 5-7 p.m. in Smith 211. The speakers come from DESC, Real Change News, WeCount, Street Soccer Seattle, Capitol Hill Housing, and REACH, and will speak on the “definition” of homelessness, the criminalization of homelessness and poverty, the housing affordability crisis, and intersectionality in homelessness.  The panel will include an MSW alum.

Questions?
Rosa Mai
Hunger and Homelessness Campaign Coordinator
WashPIRG – UW Chapter
206.822.7321
rosamai@uw.edu

(TW: The following program pertains to the topics of violence and anti-trans bigotry.)

The Q Center and the Queer Student Commission are hosting a week of programming in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance: a day in memory of trans lives lost to violence. Below is a full list of programming.

Reflections in the Q
Nov 13 | All week | Q Center
Honoring trans lives through art, togetherness, and candle lightings.
Stop by to pay respects to the altar, which will be built up over the week.

Gender Discussion Group
Nov 14 | 4 to 6 pm | Q Center
A weekly confidential, drop-in group centering trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming experiences. Gender Discussion Group emphasizes community and connection as we process all things gender in a safe and welcoming space.

Legislative Panel
Nov 15 | 5 to 6 pm | Q Center
An open discussion about the state of trans and non-binary student rights at the UW. All concerns, issues, and plans of action will be discussed.

Open Mic
Nov 16 | 6 to 8 pm | Q Center
Come celebrate trans lives through poetry, dance, music, and other forms of art. Bring your friends  and – if you feel comfortable – come with art to share.

Sign Making & Community Vigil
Nov 20 | Sign making: all day, group walk: 6:30 pm | Q Center
Come make signs in the Q Center for the night’s community vigil at King Avenue UMC. At 6:30 pm, we’ll gather together in the Q Center to walk to the vigil beginning at 7:00 pm.

West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) Seminar:

“The Shift Project: Unstable Schedules in the Service Sector and Worker Health and Wellbeing”

Kristen Harknett

Sociology

University of California – San Francisco

Monday, November 13th

Social Work Building, Room 305A

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NURS 548: Frameworks in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health

Winter 2018: ONLINE 3 credit COURSE

Open this quarter to graduate students across campus!

 

DESCRIPTION:

NURS 548 Frameworks in Infant Mental Health provides a survey of the interdisciplinary field of infant and early childhood mental health(IECMH). Emphases on infant and early childhood development, including prenatal and neonatal factors, social/cultural/economic/societal influences, and treatment approaches to support healthy caregiver-child relationships. This course provides background in how risk and protective factors can impact social-emotional, physical, and cognitive growth. Students will learn to integrate relationship-based principles into their practice and will use reflection to deepen their learning of IECMH principles and practices.  100% online, interdisciplinary, flexible learning collaborative.

• Enrollment in the Winter 2018 quarter is limited to 20 graduate students.
• Please contact faculty directly if you have questions and/or need a registration ADD code: Colleen O. Dillon, PhD (codillon@uw.edu)

 

INSTRUCTOR:

Colleen O. Dillon, PhD is faculty in Family and Child Nursing at the University of Washington. She is a licensed, clinical psychologist with advanced expertise in infant and early childhood mental health. She also teaches in the Early Childhood and Family Studies program in the College of

Education.

We would like to invite you to volunteer at our largest upcoming event Admissions Workshop Weekend (AWW) on Saturday, November 11th hosted by the University of Washington Dream Project. We have a lot of students signing up and we still need volunteers!

What is AWW?

AWW is a one-day getaway for high school seniors to finish personal statements and college applications, as well as participate in a resource fair, workshops, and receive information about many post-high school plans. In past years, students have responded that the event provided support and resources that they found beneficial.

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Hello students,

I am from Health & Wellness and along with Patricia Atwater in Hall Health, we would like to provide an opportunity for students who are doing work in the areas of health, well-being, safety and social justice to get together. The purpose of the meeting is to get to know each other, hear about events and programs that are planned throughout the year and find ways to collaborate. Our proposed agenda is:

1. Introduction and a UW student leader perspective
2. Speed meeting activity
3. Student Well-Being Collaborative overview
4. Mapping the events and programs throughout the year
5. Time to connect and collaborate
6. Decide how this group can be helpful going forward

Let us know if you have any thoughts, comments, questions and please fill out this doodle to get the meeting scheduled by the end of the quarter. Food will be provided!

We look forward to meeting you all and working together this year.

Talk soon,

Melissa

Melissa Tumas, MPH

Training and Education Coordinator

Health & Wellness | Student Life

University of Washington

109 Elm Hall | Box 355600

206.221.7187

www.livewell.uw.edu

HRSA’s Office of Regional Operations in Seattle is actively recruiting for a HRSA Pathways Public Health Student Intern/Trainee. This will be a great opportunity for a graduate student in public health, social work or a related field.

The vacancy for the Regional HRSA Pathways Public Health Student Intern/Trainee, GS-0699-04/05 has been posted on USA Jobs. The open period of the vacancy is Wednesday, November 01, 2017 to Wednesday, November 8, 2017.  Pay is $31-46K/year for 16-32 hours/week.  Both DAY and EDP students eligible to apply.  Please follow the link below in order to view the announcement.

HRSA-PW-18-2020912: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/482941800

Register here

Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion

co-sponsored by the West Coast Poverty Center, the School of Social Work and the Multi-Gen Concentration, and the Healthy Generations Hartford Center of Excellence

 

Wednesday, November 8th

4:30 pm – 6:30 pm 

 

School of Social Work, Room 206

 

We’re all aging. And if we’re lucky enough to live a long life, most of us will need help. 90% of Americans want to age at home, but who will provide the care we’ll need?

 

CARE pulls back the curtain on the largely unseen world of home elder care. With a verité eye, it follows the stories of care workers and their clients. We meet undocumented Vilma, who lovingly cares for 93-year-old Dee—long an independent businesswoman, who lives 3,000 miles away from her closest family. We go to work with Laurie, mother of 5, who tends to wheelchair-bound Larry in a tiny rural town. We meet Toni whose husband, a CBS executive, suffers from severe Parkinson’s disease. “Peter would die in a nursing home,” Toni says, but keeping him home requires 24/7 help.

 

CARE depicts the beauty and social importance of home-based care. It also reveals a broken system, where workers make poverty wages and families struggle to pay for the care they need. The film sounds the alarm about a rapidly aging population and an impending crisis of care.

 

 

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