Our Reason For Existing
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
  This month Social Worker Success is celebrating our three year anniversary… The SWS team (Nate& Jen) wants to say a huge thank you for being a subscriber, reader, webinar attendee — a member of our tribe. We need a group high five please:   As we reflect on the past three years and plan ahead, we want to share our SWS origin story with you. We believe in lots of things at SWS, and we think you can agree that knowing and deeply believing in your “why” is essential when navigating life. In today’s article we are going to share with you the SWS why. Our Why Nate is a clinical so ..read more
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What Social Workers Need At The Center Of Their Self-Care Plan
Social Worker Success
by Jen Crowell
3y ago
Social workers that succeed with self-care do two things well: First, they know what elements make a good self-care plan. Second, they focus the majority of their self-care resources on essential practices. In today’s article we’re going to share with you the most essential element of a healthy social worker self-care plan and how you can put it in practice today. Let’s dive right in. What is mindful awareness? It happens to all of us. You are driving to work, arrive, and realize you remember no details of anyone or anything you passed along the way. Raise your hand if this has happened to yo ..read more
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21 Social Work Champions Leading The Way In 2018
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
The theme for NASW Social Work Month 2018 has been all about social workers who are leaders, advocates and champions. As we wind down the month, we are taking time to highlight some of our favorite social workers  In today’s post, you’re going to read about 21 social workers who are currently rockin’ it. You ready… Let’s do this. Brené Brown  Image Source Brown, lovingly known as “Bre-Bre” at the SWS office, is a researcher, professor, international best-selling author and presenter of one of the most popular TED talks ever. We’re starting this list with Brown because we are huge ..read more
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How To Start Your Year Right
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
If you’re like me, you love the beginning of a new year…so much possibility lies ahead. One question keeps coming to mind: How can I make this year awesome? I love learning about what works (and doesn’t work) for high achievers. Then I try to apply their best practices in my life as a husband, father, and social worker. Michael Hyatt is a New York Times best selling author and blogger with an über popular course 5 Days To Your Best Year Ever. In Hyatt’s short e-book Achieve What Matters In 2018, he interviews and shares strategies that high achievers and influencers in different ind ..read more
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How A Social Worker Can Pay Yourself First
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
We’ve all been that social worker who says…“I don’t have enough time… there are not enough hours in the day.” Am I right? I know because I’ve said those words many times too. And complaining about time never magically made more of it appear. I know…I’ve tried. All of that changed when I started looking at my time differently.In today’s post I’m going to share with you some simple tools I use to “find” more time. You ready? Let’s do this. Time Paradox About a month ago I pledged to do three things more to help social workers: Write Everyday Teach Everything I Know Work In Public Last we ..read more
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5 Must Read Social Worker Self-Care Books
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
Are you teetering on the edge of personal and professional burnout? Is your social worker self-care plan a mess? I hear you. . . I’ve been there before. Good news. You can do something about it. Education is a first step in prevention and treatment for burnout. Reading what subject matter experts have to say about self-care is a great place to start learning. Today I’m going to share with you five books (not ranked in preferential order) you should read if you want to prevent or recover from social worker burnout. Are you ready? Let’s do this. 1. The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social ..read more
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3 Things + Social Worker Success Update
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
In today’s video I’m going to share with you three things that are going to help you do better work, finish projects you’ve started, and update you on what we’ve been working on at Social Worker Success. My family and I took a long break this summer from the website and the blog. We traveled with our church to Costa Rica where we served families in impoverished communities outside of San Jose. It was an amazing trip for us. My daughter turned six years old, and we got to go zip lining on her birthday. The whole experience was great mixture of service, fun, and a much-needed break from the dai ..read more
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12 Practical Strategies To Finally Overcome Procrastination
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
This is a little frustrating. I have a habit of putting off doing things I know I need to do . . . a lot. Let me know if this sounds familiar to you: You’re a social worker with progress notes to write, treatment plans to review, and return phone calls to make. What are you doing instead? Checking your Facebook newsfeed, pinning something on Pinterest . . . . . . Or maybe you’re reading a blog article about procrastination instead of getting work done. (oh the irony ) And that’s just at the office. Wait until you get home. You’ve got laundry piling up, dishes to wash, and dinner to make ..read more
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9 Must Watch Commencement Speeches For Social Work Graduates
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by Nate Crowell
3y ago
It’s May and graduation for social workers is happening across the country. Your grades are in, and you’re set to walk across the stage . . . hopefully. If you’re lucky, you get to be present at an awe-inspiring commencement address on your big day. In case your alma mater’s commencement speech leaves you wanting,  Social Worker Success has got you covered. You have two choices: A. You can spend hours searching through 350+ commencement speeches . . . OR B. You can keep reading to see the list I made for you of some of the best commencement speeches ever. I suggest option ..read more
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How To Make The Most Of Your Time As A Social Worker
Social Worker Success
by Nate Crowell
3y ago
This is the dream if you’re a social worker, right? You just finished your progress notes, treatment plans, and appointments for the day. You look at the clock and have three hours left in the workday to as you please. And then you feel it . . . that glorious and elusive feeling of being “caught up” on work. I love that feeling! Here’s the problem: The feeling is all too elusive. The majority of the social workers I know (and I know many) feel overwhelmed with things to do and not enough time to get everything done. In fact, last summer Social Worker Success surveyed hundreds of social worke ..read more
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