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

Pages

Experimental Research Design (Part 2): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW

Experimental Research Design (Part 1): Interview with Bruce Thyer, PhD, LCSW

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

The Grand Challenges for Social Work: Interview with Dr. Richard P. Barth

Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) Adapted for Social Work: Interview with Marion Bogo and Mary Rawlings

Addressing suicide risk in schools: Interview with James Mazza, Ph.D. and David Miller, Ph.D.

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

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

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

Pediatric Oncology Social Work: Interview with Barbara Jones, Ph.D., MSW

Salary Negotiation for Social Workers (Part 2): Interview with Cynthia L. Conley, Ph.D.

Salary Negotiation: Interview with Cynthia L. Conley, Ph.D.

Measurement in clinical practice and research (Part II): Interview with Dr. Mary Rauktis

Measurement in Clinical Practice and Research (Part I): Interview with Dr. Mary Rauktis

Making Meaning out of Medication: Interview with Kia J. Bentley, Ph.D.

The Birth of "Rubin and Babbie" and Other Stories: Interview with Allen Rubin, Ph.D.

Advice for young social work investigators: Interview with Allen Rubin, Ph.D.

Social Work Research for Practitioners: Interview with Allen Rubin, Ph.D.

Introduction to Grant Proposal Writing (Part II): The Narrative, Budget and Appendices

Introduction to Grant Proposal Writing (Part I): Strategies and Writing Tips