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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

Research shows that early exposure to the social work profession through family and friends, community projects, summer jobs, and other positive experiences increases student interest in social work careers.  To make a difference in how young people see social workers:

• Make a career day presentation about social work.
• Present social work research at a local school board meeting.
• Host a lunch for prospective social work college students.
• Become a mentor.
• Offer an internship to a civic-minded high school student.
• Lead a youth enrichment or young leaders group.
• Send schools of social work materials and videos to guidance counselors.
• Nominate a school social worker for a community awards program.
• Develop tips and tools for parents and teachers to help struggling teens.
• Send profiles of outstanding social work college students to the media.

Resources

On Any Given Day, Social Workers Help Video	Days in the Lives of Social Workers	Social Work Career Development