Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO) Conference 2018

Social Work Practice with Latinos Conference 2018 in collaboration with the University of Washington School of Social Work (SSW)

March 22-23, 2018 (Registration is Open and Exhibitor/Sponsorships available) 

Special Rate for University of Washington Field Instructors and University of Washington Employees

• Single Day Rate: $65.00
• Full Conference Rate: $130.00

Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO)

www.lswo.org or www.lswo2018.org

The Latino Social Workers Organization (LSWO) will have a 2 day conference at the University of Washington SSW in Seattle, WA.  We are collaborating with the University of Washington SSW and Dr. Gino Aisenberg, founding co-director of the Latino Center for Health. The Conference will take place on March 22 and 23rd, 2018. Join us for 2 days of continuing education focused on Social Work Practice with Latinos.  Great opportunity to network with social workers from Seattle, and from throughout the Northwest United States.

This is one of the few conferences in the nation which focuses on Social Work Practice with Latinos, 2 days filled with Keynotes, Workshops, Student Poster Sessions, and exhibitors.  This conference is open to all human service professionals serving the Latino community.

The LSWO will have Keynote Speakers for this 2018 Conference.  Professor Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Associate Professor at George Warren Brown School of Social Work. Leopoldo J. Cabassa’s dedication and passion for engaging in health disparities research has been shaped by his social work practice and research experiences in Puerto Rico and the U.S. mainland. His work focuses on improving health and mental health care for underserved communities. Professor Debora Ortega serves as director of the University of Denver Latino Center for Community Engagement and Scholarship, an interdisciplinary group of faculty members who engage in scholarship, research and service for the benefit of the Latino community. She also conducts research and teaches multicultural social work courses at GSSW. Her many grant-funded projects include private provider training, programs to assist youth transitioning from foster care, evaluation of a juvenile mediation project and a three-year effort to develop models of effective child welfare with Hispanic families.Professor Roberto G. Gonzales, PhD is professor of education at Harvard Graduate School of Education. His research centers on contemporary processes of immigration and social inequality, and stems from theoretical interests at the intersection of race and ethnicity, immigration, and policy. In particular, his research examines the effects of legal contexts on the coming of age experiences of vulnerable and hard-to-reach immigrant youth populations. Since 2002 he has carried out one of the most comprehensive studies of undocumented immigrants in the United States. His book, Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America (University of California Press), is based on an in-depth study that followed 150 undocumented young adults in Los Angeles for twelve years.

Exhibitor spaces are available for Public/Private/Nonprofit agencies. Many agencies have difficulty connecting with or hiring bilingual staff or professionals who have experience working with Latino families, children, and individuals. This is a great opportunity to market your job opportunities, internship sites, and programs.

We are happy to announce that University of Washington SSW, Smith College School of Social Work, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Portland State University School of Social Work, etc, will be supporting this conference by having exhibitor tables.

National Association of Social Workers – Washington State are sponsoring this conference, and NASW Washington State will be providing the Continuing Education Units. We encourage social work professionals, public/nonprofit agencies leaders, faith based agencies, child welfare professionals, behavioral health agencies, and allied health professionals to share our website at www.lswo2018.org

 

Group rates for this conference are available for human service organizations.

 

If your organization has any further questions, contact Adrian Delgado, LCSW at adrian@lswo.org or 312-925-6959

West Coast Poverty Center (WCPC) Seminar:

“Expanding Participation in Municipal Campaigns: Evaluating the Impact of Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program”

Brian McCabe

Georgetown University

Friday, February 16th

121 Raitt Hall

12:30 – 1:30 pm

co-sponsor with CSDE

Abstract: The Democracy Voucher program in Seattle was designed to broaden representation in the campaign finance system and expand participation from marginalized communities. By providing four, twenty-five dollar vouchers to every registered voter in Seattle that voters could, in turn, assign to the candidate(s) of their choice, this first-in-the-nation public financing system has the potential to dramatically reshape the way local elections are funded. In this talk, Brian evaluates whether the Democracy Voucher program increased involvement from underrepresented groups and created a more representative donor pool for local elections. By comparing the demographic and geographic composition of participants in the program (“voucher users”) to the composition of Seattle residents who made cash contributions in the election (“cash donors”), Brian highlights the impact of this innovative public financing scheme. Overall, Brian reports that voucher users are less likely to be high-income and more likely to come from poor neighborhoods compared to cash donors. However, older residents are over-represented among voucher users, and there is virtually no difference in the racial composition of cash donors and voucher users. Although voucher users remain demographically unrepresentative of the electorate, this analysis suggests that the program is shifting the donor pool in an egalitarian direction relative to the pool of cash donors.

Pacific University’s Master of Social Work Program is committed to social and economic justice, the prevention of conditions that limit human rights, the elimination of poverty, and the enhancement of the quality of life for all persons. As part of realizing this commitment, we are supporting the advancement of human rights and social justice through the MSW Journal of Human Rights & Social Justice.

In response to the current political climate and concurrent contemporary violations of human rights, we are inviting interdisciplinary masters level students nationally and abroad to submit to the 2018 edition. This is a great opportunity for MSW students to collectively take part in contributing knowledge toward addressing human rights and social justice issues.

If you have any questions, please email us at humanrights@pacificu.edu. For submission guidelines visit: http://humanrights.scholasticahq.com.

Journal of HR Flyer 2018

Please join in Odegaard Library’s new project: Recommended Reads for Equity.

Recommended Reads for Equity engages the UW community in critical conversations, reading, critical thinking and community building; all of which are essential to lifelong learning and engaged citizenship. Guided by the UW community, Odegaard Library will collect recommendations for books about equity, diversity, and inclusion and create opportunities to share recommendations and hold conversations and discussions as a whole campus community. The community’s recommendations will be used to build a new book collection in Odegaard Library, ultimately creating a lasting legacy of UW’s commitment to equity.

We are currently accepting recommendations through our online form. We’d love to hear your reading recommendations! Submit online at https://tinyurl.com/reads4equity. 
If you have questions or comments, please contact Odegaard staff members Emilie Vrbancic at vrbancic@uw.edu or Steve Weber at seweber@uw.edu. This project is sponsored by a UW Diversity and Inclusion Seed Grant and the University of Washington Libraries.

Dear MSW program:

Pacific University’s Master of Social Work Program is committed to social and economic justice, the prevention of conditions that limit human rights, the elimination of poverty, and the enhancement of the quality of life for all persons. As part of realizing this commitment, we are supporting the advancement of human rights and social justice through the MSW Journal of Human Rights & Social Justice.

In response to the current political climate and concurrent contemporary violations of human rights, we are inviting interdisciplinary masters level students nationally and abroad to submit to the 2018 edition. This is a great opportunity for MSW students to collectively take part in contributing knowledge toward addressing human rights and social justice issues.

If you have any questions, please email us at humanrights@pacificu.edu. For submission guidelines visit: http://humanrights.scholasticahq.com.

 

I wanted to send out a brief update on some facilities matters in the building.

 

1) On the second floor of the building, all of the restrooms have had their slow releasing door mechanisms removed on account of accessibility issues. Please close the door behind you as you exit/enter the restroom.

2) All lights inside the building were replaced during the Building Maintenance Program that ended February 2nd.  However, facilities is still working on the canned lights on the exterior of the building, on the north end breezeway. Bulbs are on order and should be installed in the breezeway within the next few weeks. Street lights, canned lights (on south end) and sconces should all be in working operation. Please let us know if you see otherwise.

3) Stay tuned for dates of maintenance in the next few months. We will be having all of the windows washed inside and outside of the building. We will also be having parts of the building pressure washed and cleaned due to moss and ivy build up. A brief reminder of these dates will be sent out before the maintenance occurs.

 

Thank you all. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or concerns.

 

Best,

Desi Schatz, schatzd@uw.edu

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/seattle/jobs/1984475/workforce-equity-and-anti-harassment-graduate-intern

I am happy to invite you to the Tumwater Training Center Open House February 27, 2018 from 1pm – 3pm!

The Alliance partnership consists of DSHS Children’s Administration, UW Seattle School of Social Work, Eastern Washington University, UW Tacoma School of Social Work, and Partners for our Children. This partnership is pivotal in progressing Child Welfare training through an innovative, skill-based, and experiential training system serving Washington State’s Child Welfare workforce and caregivers.

Tumwater is our newest training center, joining the Delridge Training Center in West Seattle. We are very excited to now be operating two of our three regional training centers! This open house is representative of our collaboration and commitment to provide the best training possible.

Please join us in celebrating our partnership and learning more about the Alliance at our Tumwater Training Center!

G H 556: Global Mental Health (2 or 3 credits)

In person Monday class or Online/distance learning for either 2 or 3 credits.

Link to time schedule: http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/SPR2018/gh.html

G H 556 Global Mental Health (2-3) D. Rao
Examines the socio-cultural and political forces that impact assessment, manifestation, and treatment of mental illnesses worldwide. Students take a critical view of diagnostic systems and examine cultural differences in presentation of mental illness. Also reviews treatment practices in low resource settings, cultural-specific communication, and stigma. Offered: Sp.

SOC WL 591A: Community-Based Participatory Research (3)

(Note: This course may serve as a substitute for Soc W 506 for MSW students, but students will need to email Lin at linm@uw.edu to get the course pulled into their degree audit manually)

Instructor:                 Bonnie Duran, Dr.PH, bonduran@uw.edu

Instructor                  Myra Parker, PhD, JD, myrap@uw.edu

Units:                        3 credits, graded

Location:                   UW Health Services I-Wing, I-142

Day & Time:             Wednesdays 8:30am – 11:20am

Office Hours:                     By appointment, SSW Room 211-D & IWRI Research Commons

Participants:             UW SSW & SPH Graduate Students,  Fellows

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VA Interprofessional Fellowship Program in PSR and Recovery Oriented Services

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced its commitment to interprofessional clinical care and training in psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery for Veterans with serious mental illness in 2002. Through collaboration between Mental Health Services and the Office of Academic Affiliations, three VA healthcare sites were selected and funded to begin the VA Interprofessional Fellowship Program in Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Recovery (PSR). In 2006, VA announced the expansion of the PSR fellowship program to four additional sites.

More info:  https://www.mirecc.va.gov/visn5/training/interprofessional_fellowship_program.asp

Six VA healthcare sites participate in the PSR fellowship program:

• Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System at Little Rock, Arkansas
• VA Palo Alto Healthcare System at Palo Alto, California
• VA San Diego Healthcare System at San Diego, California
• VA Connecticut Healthcare System at West Haven, Connecticut
• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital at Bedford, Massachusetts
• Durham VA Medical Center at Durham, North Carolina

Health Equity Circle Listening Action: Student Health Care

• Did you know that UW had student health insurance as recently as 2014?
• Are you worried about being able to access and afford health care?
• Unable to find a doctor or clinic that accepts your insurance?
• Worried about access to mental health care?

Add your voice!

Attend this student-organized listening action and share your story. Contribute to an emerging UW-wide campaign about student health care access. We’ll have a teach-in about student health care for the first few minutes of the event, followed by an opportunity for you to share stories about the pressures you face in healthcare access.

February 15, 2018

6:00 – 7:00 PM

South Campus Center 301

RSVP here: https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/ginek

Questions? Contact healthequitycircle@gmail.com or the campaign directly at uwhhi@uw.edu

To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services office at (206) 543 6450 (voice), (206) 543-6452 (TTY), (206) 685-7264 (FAX), or dso@uw.edu, preferably 10 days in advance of event.

Panel on Immigrant Rights and the Northwest Detention Center

La Rond Baker, Maru Mora-Villalpando, & Megan Ybarra

Monday, March 5, 2018 – 10:30am to 12:00pm

HUB 337

Immigrant Rights and the Northwest Detention Center

This panel brings together three speakers to discuss the ongoing human rights violations
against detainees held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. The detention center is a private, for-profit facility that holds immigrants awaiting civil immigration proceedings. In
September 2017, Washington’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against GEO Group, the center’s operator and one of the nation’s largest private prison providers, for violating Washington’s minimum wage laws. Detainees are paid $1 per day—or, in some cases, snacks—to perform tasks necessary to operate the facility, including cleaning, maintenance, laundry service, and food preparation. Over the past year, detainees have engaged in multiple hunger strikes to protest unfair labor conditions, among other things. Panelists will discuss the state’s case against GEO Group, the ongoing hunger strikes, and the environmental hazards of the detention center.

Event Sponsors include: The Center for Human Rights, Comparative History of Ideas,  Jackson School of International Studies, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Simpson Center for the Humanities.

Event will be held on Monday, March 5th, 2018 from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM in HUB 337. For more event information see the Simpson Center for the Humanities’ Event Calendar.

You’ve been invited to participate in a research study!

Click this link or copy it into your web browser to participate in the study: tinyurl.com/UWSexSurvey

The person sending you this email is in no way related to the study other than by simply forwarding this message along.

Participation involves a 10-15 minute multiple-choice questionnaire regarding your sexual experiences. If you complete the questionnaire, you are eligible to be part of a random drawing for 1 of 5 Amazon gift cards (one worth $100, two worth $50, and two worth $20) as a way to thank you for your participation.

If you are interested in participating, you can click on the above link where you will receive more information on the study and be asked to go over a consent form. After going over the consent form and agreeing to it, you will be able to fill out the questionnaire. You can fill out the questionnaire anytime between now and February 24^th, 2018.

Your responses will be anonymous; there is no way for anyone to know who filled out the questionnaire. Your participation is entirely voluntary; you may skip any questions that you do not want to answer. At the end of the questionnaire, you will be directed to a completely different website where you will be asked to input your UW email so that you can be part of the random drawing. Your questionnaire responses will not be capable of being traced to your UW email in any way.

My name is Tomás Narvaja, and I am the lead investigator for a UW IRB approved study being done on UW students’ sexual experiences being conducted in conjunction with Dr. Nancy Kenney, who’s an associate professor within the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies department here at UW. If you have any questions, concerns, or want to learn more about our study, you can contact me by phone at (425) 516-2512 or by email at narvaja@uw.edu. You can also contact Dr. Nancy Kenney by phone at (206) 543-2563 or by email at nkenney@uw.edu.

You are warmly invited to the Social Work Transracial Adoptee Group (TAG) Winter Quarter Gathering!

Potluck and Dialogue

Wednesday February 21st

5-7pm

At the School of Social Work Rm 116

**If possible, Please bring a food item to share **

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.

Please RSVP to Beth Van Fossan (Bethvf@uw.edu) before Feburary 16th. We apologize for the short notice.

Please feel free to contact Charlotte Pfieffer (Pfeifc@uw.edu), Meskie Mize (mmize@uw.edu), or ( JoLee Melink (melinkj@uw.edu) with questions.

The Center of Excellence in Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE)

of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle

announces openings for the

Interprofessional Fellowship in Substance Use Treatment

1-year full-time advanced training in substance use treatment

The goal of the Interprofessional Fellowship is to provide clinical and didactic experiences through which recent professional graduates from several clinical disciplines become more skilled in working therapeutically with individuals with substance use disorders and become more familiar with the unique contributions that their professional disciplines provide.

A biopsychosocial model of substance use disorders provides the rationale for the Addiction Treatment Center’s interprofessional team approach.  As such, it encourages staff to consider physiological, psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors in the assessment, treatment planning, and therapy processes.

We expect to have positions for two Social Workers for the 2018-2019 year.  All fellows must be U.S. citizens.  The fellowship begins Sept. 04, 2018.

* Social Workers must have completed a Master’s Degree from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work education.  

*Applications are due March 12th, 2018.

We expect to select fellows within six weeks of the mailing deadline.

The Fellowship is Directed by John S. Baer, Ph.D.

For Application materials:

Email: Shelley.newman@va.gov 

               Call: 206-764-2608

I am happy to announce our third year of Science Wednesday at the Social Development Research Group (SDRG). This year, SDRG scientist Martie Skinner will kick us off.

February 14, 9-10 am

SDRG

9725 3^rd Ave NE, Suite 401

Cascade conference room

The title of the presentation is:

Positive Youth Development programs in low and middle income countries: What are they? and Do they work?

Rico Catalano and Martie Skinner have been working with an interdisciplinary consortium for the last 2-3 years to a) get a better understanding of what kind of programs are being delivered to youth in low and middle income countries that promote positive development, b) examine any evidence that they work, and c) develop a toolkit to help program evaluators measure positive youth development outcomes.  That work is nearing completed! Martie will share what they found, what we think it means, and what the next steps should be.

The Center of Excellence in Substance Addiction Treatment and Education (CESATE)

of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle

announces openings for the

Interprofessional Fellowship in Substance Use Treatment

1-year full-time advanced training in substance use treatment

The goal of the Interprofessional Fellowship is to provide clinical and didactic experiences through which recent professional graduates from several clinical disciplines become more skilled in working therapeutically with individuals with substance use disorders and become more familiar with the unique contributions that their professional disciplines provide.

A biopsychosocial model of substance use disorders provides the rationale for the Addiction Treatment Center’s interprofessional team approach.  As such, it encourages staff to consider physiological, psychological, behavioral, and sociocultural factors in the assessment, treatment planning, and therapy processes.

We expect to have positions for two Social Workers for the 2018-2019 year.  All fellows must be U.S. citizens.  The fellowship begins Sept. 04, 2018.

* Social Workers must have completed a Master’s Degree from a School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work education.  

*Applications are due March 12th, 2018.

We expect to select fellows within six weeks of the mailing deadline.

The Fellowship is Directed by John S. Baer, Ph.D.

For Application materials:

Email: Shelley.newman@va.gov 

               Call: 206-764-2608

Interprofessional Fellowship Program

S-116-ATC

VA Puget Sound HCS

1660 S. Columbian Way

Seattle, Washington  98108

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