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• Social Work Month 2013
  • Social Work Month 2013 Toolkit Homepage
  • History
  • Calendar
  • Logos
  • Statements
  • Theme
  • Questions: socialworkmonth@naswdc.org
  

  Social Work Month 2012
  Social Work Matters - Resources to promote eight core social work practice areas: youth, veterans, mental health, poverty reduction, health, aging, child protection, and communities.

  Social Work Month 2011
  Social Workers Change Futures - Targeted outreach and promotional ideas, including tips for securing endorsements, hosting events, publishing articles and marketing your private practice.

  Social Work Month 2010
  Social Workers Inspire Community Action - Visual guides to three social work public education websites, profiles of inspiring social workers, and tips for promoting the profession.

  Social Work Month 2009
  Social Work: Purpose and Possibility - Information and tools for social work student recruitment, sample consumer radio PSAs, and specific tips for working with the media.

Ways to Promote Social Work Month

• Host a leadership roundtable with educators, advocates and employers.
• Register your social work private practice in an online directory.
• Join a professional social work association for one year.
• Sponsor a student scholarship at your social work alma mater.
• Identify yourself first as a professional social worker.
• Take a business course in marketing, finance, economics or technology.
• Join the local Chamber of Commerce or another civic group.
• Attend a community event to network with non-social workers.
• Give the NASW Code of Ethics or Standards of Practice to an employer.  
• Lead a coalition through work, at school, or in the community.

Resources

2010 Social Work Congress	Donate to the Social Work Public Education Campaign	NASW Code of Ethics