The Social Work Podcast

Provides information on all things social work, including direct practice (both clinical and community organizing), research, policy, education... and everything in between.

About Your Host

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW: I'm a Professor of social work at Loyola University Chicago and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with children and families. My Twitter handle is @socworkpodcast. I have always been an advocate of technology. In the 1990s, I created a number of “first” Web sites for social service agencies in Austin, Texas. In 1996 I developed the first electronic medical record for my agency, ATCMHMR, leading to my involvement in the selection and pilot testing of the first agency-wide remote EMR program. From 1996 – 2002 I worked for ATCMHMR as a bilingual social worker providing individual, family and group therapy to children and families. From 1997 - 2000 I was co-owner of a group therapy practice specializing in conjoint family therapy. From 2002 – 2004 I was the lead therapist for Jewish Family Service and an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. As an adjunct at UT-Austin, I developed and taught the school's first Crisis Intervention course. Between 2009 and 2015 I was an assistant professor of Social Work at Temple University. I write for academic and popular publications.

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The Social Work Podcast

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An Update of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Interview with Tia Dole, PhD

Self-care and Cultural Humility in the 2021 NASW Code of Ethics: Interview with Allan Barsky, MSW Ph.D.

Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Interview with Holly Oxhandler, Ph.D.

2018 NASW Code of Ethics (Part 3): Interview with Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD

2018 NASW Code of Ethics (Part 2): Interview with Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD

Sex, Relationships, and HIV: Interview with Gail Wyatt, Ph.D.

Identifying and Responding to Sex-Trafficking Victims in Social Service Settings: Interview with Rebecca J. Macy, Ph.D.

Psychodynamic therapy with vulnerable and oppressed populations: Interview with Joan Berzoff, M.S.W., Ed.D.

Religious Child Maltreatment: Interview with Janet Heimlich

Cultural Considerations in Military Social Work: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan

The Training and Education of Military Social Workers: Interview with Dr. Anthony Hassan

Coming Out, Coming Home: Interview with Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D.

Adoption Policy and Practice in the U.S.A.: Interview with Ruth McRoy, Ph.D.

Concerns of Parents of Lesbians and Gays: Interview with Cynthia Conley, Ph.D.

The Wisdom To Know the Difference: Interview with Eileen Flanagan

Incorporating Religion and Spirituality into Social Work Practice with African Americans: Interview with Nancy Boyd-Franklin, Ph.D.

Suicide and Black American Males: Interview with Sean Joe, Ph.D.

Interview with Dr. Edward Sites: Women in Social Work

Interview with Kya Conner: Stigma and Social Work