Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
Who do you consider to have strength? Every individual, family and community has strengths that help them face life’s difficulties.
Everyone can use help overcoming challenges, and that’s why many turn to a social worker. Social workers help identify, harness and build upon strengths and abilities to overcome challenges.
Social workers support American families and communities by providing connections between the areas from which people draw their strength – home, health, family friends, and community. Social workers provide assistance with mental health issues, disaster relief, cancer care and much more. Each challenge brings the opportunity for social workers to help families and communities to understand their strengths and to use them to overcome obstacles.
Throughout the year and during National Social Work Month, social workers encourage individuals, families and communities to focus on the strengths and resources they have to solve problems and to achieve their goals. This year’s Social Work Month theme – “Building on Strengths: Help Starts Here” – highlights the unique education and training of the nation’s 600,000 social workers to work with individuals, families and communities to assist them during challenging times.
Information about social workers and strengths can be found at www.HelpStartsHere.org.
Signed,
[Name]
[Title]
[Chapter/Organization Name]
[Phone Number]
[E-mail address]
|
