The Career & Internship Center’s robust range of virtual services and resources are here to help you navigate an uncertain economy and focus your job search, including virtual resume review, coaching appointments, webinars, and a new “Ask Me Anything” series.

Looking for an Internship or Job? Check out the Career & Internship Center’s Virtual Resume Books! You can submit your resume to any of 14 resume books, and Career & Internship Center staff can pass along your resume to employers with hiring needs. Log in to your Handshake account, navigate to “Jobs,” and enter “resume book” in the search field.

Virtual Career Coaching: Connect with career coaches via Zoom or phone through a virtual appointment or virtual drop-in.

Finding your Path: These resources help you explore career paths that could be a great fit for you:

We are seeking 100 full-time AmeriCorps members to be a part of our United Way Anti-Hunger team, which will help families and youth access healthy meals when school isn’t in session. START/END DATE: 5/26/2020 – 8/3/2020 (must apply by May 12th, 2020). COVID-19 HungerCorps Member will be assigned to a food bank or meals site, where they will prepare and serve meals, pack boxes of food, engage with community members, and conduct grassroots community outreach to get the word out about available resources. They will deliver meals to families’ doors at an apartment complex, serve Grab and Go meals at a park or community center, or distribute groceries to families at a neighborhood food pantry. What we’re looking for: Candidates currently living in the Puget Sound Region Must be at least 18 years old Available 40 hours per week Self-starters who are passionate about supporting Experience working independently in high-energy environments Willingness to engage stakeholders and design programs response Strong communication & outreach to families and community members Creativity and cultural humility in working with vulnerable populations Apply Now Benefits and Compensation $1,658.72/month stipend (prorated by day during partial service months of June and August) $1,311.11 AmeriCorps Education Award (OR a cash stipend of $345.80) after successful completion of the summer Public transportation pass to and from your site (ORCA Card) Receive your food handler’s permit Becoming part of the AmeriCorps Network and a part of a high impact team Receive special consideration for United Way’s Fuel Your Future, Financial Empowerment, Benefits Hub and Streets to Home Teams beginning Fall of 2020

Social workers, like many health and behavioral health professionals, are concerned about the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on their well-being, the people to whom they provide services, their families, and others in the community.

NASW has been working on multiple fronts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and ensure access to services, such as teletherapy. Social workers are in a unique position to promote disease prevention efforts (including disseminating accurate information from trusted sources), and to help address anxiety and other concerns that are arising as a result of this public health crisis.

Website: https://www.socialworkers.org/COVID19

Resources for Undocumented Immigrants and their Families During COVID-19

Resources Impacting You, the Field, and Society

This is an extraordinary time for psychology, for those served by our field, and for all of us as individuals. APA is ensuring that the work of our field is supported, and that we’re addressing the needs of psychologists and society today, and anticipating the issues you will face in the coming months and years.

We are emailing you today to share some of the COVID-19 resources that APA has developed and collected thus far:

Resources for Applied Psychologists

• Ethical guidance for the COVID-19 era
• The Journal of Applied Psychology call for papers directly related to the pandemic
• Psychologists’ advice for remote workers

Telehealth Resources for Psychologists

• State-by-state guidelines for telehealth
• Language for practitioners to use in their informed consent for telehealth services
• An office and technology checklist for setting up a space in which to perform telepsychology
• New billing instructions from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
• Medicare updates on coverage, enrollment and payment

Resources for Students

• Free access to the Publication Manual and more than 160 other APA books
• Student loan management tips during this global pandemic
• Advice on coping with COVID-19-related stress as a student
• Webinar series providing expert insight on graduating on time, how to apply for internships, how research is changing and adapting, and more

Resources for Researchers

• Funding opportunities to study the impact of COVID-19
• Advice on conducting research during global pandemic
• Free access to COVID-19-related psychological research published in APA journals

Resources for Educators

• Complimentary unit lesson plans for high school psychology teachers
• Free access to APA teaching/learning resources for educators, such as the Publication Manual and PsycLearn
• COVID-19 education FAQ’s addressing issues impacting grad students, postdocs, interns and faculty with supervision responsibilities

Impacting the Public

APA is striving to ensure that psychological science is applied to this critical societal challenge and the many issues intertwined into it, such as xenophobia, toxic stress, and crisis leadership. We are working closely with close to 30 international psychological associations from around the world, sharing resources and learning from one another to better serve those in our own communities.

Significant work still lies ahead for APA and the field, but educating and empowering others with psychological knowledge is a critical step towards a safe and healthy future.

Visit their continuously updated COVID-19 resource page for more tools and information.

We want to share an opportunity for you to participate in a special Interprofessional Ethics Lab, Public Ethics in Public Health Emergencies: Standards of Care During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has raised a number of difficult questions about scarce resource management, how to provide care for individual patients while protecting the well-being of the community, and the professional obligations of healthcare workers.  During this ethics lab we will provide an overview of the ethical framing of public health emergencies, and students will work with future colleagues from across professions to apply ethical decision-making tools to prominent questions of the pandemic.

May 11, 2020 from 5:30-7:30pm

Via Zoom

Please sign up here.

Space is limited!

Labor Market Updates

Last week we hosted a student Ask Me Anything session on the labor market.  I updated the PPT deck yesterday and you can view it here.  Feel free to share the deck with students.  I am going to *try* to update and re-upload it each Monday.

Resource Updates

• Our Student FAQs: COVID 19 + Career now has a short section geared towards international students.  It also has the labor market slide deck I mentioned above.
• Our new Connecting with Employers Virtually page highlights all the different ways employers are eager to engage with students for recruiting and educational purposes.  It also contains links to helpful student-facing resources produced by Handshake, and a Handshake widget that highlights remote/virtual job opportunities
• Some new events:
  • Virtual Interview Set Up Feedback Fest, April 17th
  • AMA Series: Continuing my education during COVID 19 – Should I go to Grad School now, later or never?, April 30
  • Pending final contract review, we hope to host a Virtual Job & Internship Fair on May 13^th.  More to come as details come together.
• We have plenty of availability for students to have their resume reviewed, meet with someone for quick advice during drop-ins, and meet with a coach for a scheduled appointment so please send students our way!

Free online course from Indiana University School of Social Work: Telehealth Basics for Social Work Educators and Clinicians

Click on the link below to access:
https://expand.iu.edu/browse/socialwork/courses/telehealth-basics-for-social-work-educators-behavioral-health-clinicians-responding-to-covid-19
You’ll need to sign up for a guest account and verify your email address before you can sign in.

The Indiana University School of Social Work is offering a free introductory program titled ‘Telehealth Basics for Social Work Educators and Clinicians’ responding to COVID-19.  The program is online and self-paced. It includes 3 modules that provide help with risk-management, ethical guidelines, service policies, social media, and strategies and skills for engaging with clients online. Participants that complete the program can earn 2 CEU’s.

 

The three modules in this course were adapted from our IUSSW e-Social Work Practice Certificate

Community-building Events this Quarter
In order to continue to come together as a community – and to better distribute information to students – we have plans for the following meetings to take place this quarter. Again, please be on the look-out for Canvas notifications announcing these sessions. They will also be added to the Canvas calendar.

• Graduation meetings: We’ll be hosting meetings for cohorts that will be graduating this year (Day 2, EDP 3) to review important information regarding degree conferment and discuss specific supports needed as you finish the program.
• Concentration meetings: Day 1 students will be gathering together in your concentrations next month to orient you to your advanced year, talk about transition planning, and discuss next year’s course of study and practicum. Day 2, EDP 2 and EDP 3 students should hear from your individual concentration chairs about online meetings this quarter.
• SAC event: The “Lightning Talks” that were scheduled for April 3^rd will still be happening this quarter! Please be on the lookout for a rescheduled date to be announced soon.
• Other webinars and workshops: We’re planning other webinars and workshops to address students’ concerns around job searches, self-care, and specific areas of practice. Please share your feedback on additional programming and support you’d like from the School here: https://forms.gle/nqLLe2jTrGjBbBaQA.

Drop-in Hours
Student Services, the Office of Field Education, and our office will all be hosting virtual drop-in hours. Student Services’ drop-in advising hours are posted on their Canvas homepages for Day and EDP students. OFE and the MSW Program office will send out our drop-in schedules soon.

Commencement
President Ana Mari Cauce announced yesterday that UW Commencement will be webcast on June 13, 2020. Our School of Social Work celebration will also move online and we’ll be seeking input from students to help us shape a meaningful and connective ceremony. Our planning team will be in touch soon with further information. Graduating students should be sure to attend the EDP 3 and Day 2 cohort meetings that will be scheduled soon in order to learn more.

Summer Quarter
Because UW announced that Summer Term A (minimally) will now take place online, SSW Summer registration will not begin on April 13^th as planned. We will be pushing it off at least 2-3 weeks in order to make sure we have enough offerings in the time schedule to meet students’ needs.  The bulk of our summer courses are full-term, so we anticipate most/all will be online.  We are looking at how this will play out for practicum, especially for EDP students starting new placements, and we’ll be adding options to make sure that all of our students will be able to qualify for financial aid and continue progress towards your degrees as we plan.

Additional Resources

• Conference funding: As the University has suspended travel for students, faculty and staff, we are opening our conference funds to be used for online workshops, webinars, and trainings taking place through June 30th. Please apply here by April 25^th to be considered: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/sswstsrv/384317.
• Online job fairs: Many organizations are moving their social work job fairs online and we’ll continue to share information as we receive it. One large social work job fair is online through today and can be accessed here.
• Mental health resources: While the University is on modified remote operations, many mental health services will still be offered this quarter from the Counseling Center and Hall Health Mental Health, including one-on-one therapy, groups, and workshops. Additionally, you may find this resource on coping with stress related to COVID-19from the UW Counseling Center helpful. Many community-based services have moved online and are taking new clients as well. Please see a list of organizations here: https://wellbeing.uw.edu/mental-health/off-campus-resources/

CAIIS has student emergency grants available now for undergraduate and graduate students for up to $1,000.  Students enrolled in at the UW for Winter and/or Spring are eligible to apply.

Grant applications will be reviewed on April 13, 2020, but the application period will remain open until the funds are exhausted.

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Virtual Let’s Talk provides free, drop-in support with experienced therapists from the UW Counseling Center and Hall Health during designated hours. Visit letstalk.uw.edu to learn more.

How it works
Students complete a questionnaire on our website. Once they finish, the website displays a link to participate. They also receive an email with the link. During designated Let’s Talk hours, a counselor will be staffing the videoconferencing “room.” If demand increases, we may have another counselor or two pull students into other “rooms.” As always, Let’s Talk is confidential and secure.

The caveats
Let’s Talk isn’t counseling, it’s a way for us to provide low-barrier informal support and resources. To access short-term therapy or groups, students should contact the Counseling Center at 206.543.1240 or Hall Health at 206.543.5030. Services are currently provided through Zoom and/or by phone.

The 2020 Social Work Student Emergency Fund for BASW, MSW, and PhD students who have been affected by COVID-19.  The fund provides one-time funding to cover a range of needs, from assistance with living expenses to help with educational costs.

To apply for funding, students in good academic standing can simply reply to this Catalyst survey.  PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY MIDNIGHT, APRIL 9^TH and awards will be announced by April 15^th.

If you have any questions about the fund, please contact Vicki Anderson-Ellis, Assistant Dean of Finance & Administration at vaellis@uw.edu.

The 2020 Social Work Student Emergency Fund has been made possible by the generosity of donors and friends—and the dedication, quick thinking and ingenuity of SSW staff from the Dean’s Office,  Office of Admissions, Office of Student Services, Office of Advancement, and the BASW, MSW, and PhD program. I want to thank the following heroes who came together to conceptualize, plan and launch the fund in record time:

• Vicki Anderson-Ellis, Assistant Dean for Finance & Administration, Dean’s Office
• Saul Clifasefi – Office of the Dean
• Nicole Guenther – BASW program
• Jennifer Maglalang – Office of Admissions
• Lin Murdock – Office of Student Services
• Hoang Ngo – PhD program
• Lidia Sanchez – Office of Admissions
• Julie Sun – Office of Advancement
• Aliyah Vinikoor – MSW program

EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

A new seminar featuring UW researchers, covering topics from testing and response measures to vaccine development and social & economic impacts.
Join us for this exciting new lecture series that is open to both UW students and the public. This series consists of six sessions, one per week from April 13 – May 18.

Are you a UW student interested in taking this course for credit?
This 1-credit course is available for UW graduate and professional students only. This course meets via Zoom Mondays, April 13 through May 18 from 4 – 4:50 p.m. In order to enroll for credit, participants must be able to participate live during the scheduled Zoom sessions. If interested, please register for GH 590 B (SLN: 21809)

Learn More

Are you a UW student not enrolling for credit?
Please view the recorded sessions here. You can view each seminar via video, which will be posted on that page every Thursday (starting April 16).

Financial support for students is more important now than ever. The Bridges Center has a wide variety of scholarships and funding available to undergraduate and graduate students, with applications that are currently open! The deadline for applications is May 1st, 11:59pm.

By submitting our single online application, you will be considered for up to seven different awards (viewable here: https://labor.washington.edu/scholarships-and-prizes).

Please reach out to the Bridges Center for support, whether it is help with your scholarship application, course work, or other support. If you are seeking community resources in relation to support with COVID-19, or interested in conducting worker-oriented research during this time, please take a look at our Labor Responds to COVID-19 page on our website for a list of community responses, mutual aid efforts, and more.

https://www.socialwork.career/2020/03/covid-19-resources-social-workers-therapists.html

Roundup of over 50 free resources that may be of help to you as a social worker, mental health professional and/or social work educator during the COVID-19 pandemic.

These include free on demand trainings (some of which offer free CEUs), resources to assist with hospice and palliative care, protecting immigrant families, and several social work and higher education specific resources.

In addition to these resources, there is a 30 free self-care tools such as meditations and workouts, and 50 more resources to help you serve your clients and educate/entertain your children.

The Active Community Treatment Team has created a Virtual Discussion Forum to help organize information, resources, and strategies used across teams. You can participate in the forum as a guest, or sign up as a member. Within the Discussion Forum are specific board topics:

• Support for ACT Service Recipients;
• Support for ACT Team Staff;
• Info and Updates: Federal Sources;
• Info and Updates: State and Local Sources; ACT Fidelity and COVID-19 Pandemic; and Words of Encouragement.
• Click on a board of interest to read existing threads, react to threads, post new threads.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is a multidisciplinary, team-based model that provides intensive community-based and outreach-oriented services to people who experience the most severe and persistent mental illness. The vast majority also have a co-occurring substance use disorder and many experience comorbid medical illnesses as well as homelessness. This is a vulnerable population and their providers – ACT teams – are at elevated risk themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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