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

The Power of Podcasting in Social Work Education

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

The Special Commission on Macro Practice: Interview with Dr. Darlyne Bailey and Dr. Terry Mizrahi

Using simulation to teach holistic competence: Interview with Marion Bogo and Toula Kourgiantakis

Helping the Suicidal Person: Interview with Stacey Freedenthal, Ph.D., LCSW

Self care for Social Workers: Interview with Erlene Grise-Owens, Justin “Jay” Miller, and Mindy Eaves

Happy Social Work Month 2018

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

2018 NASW Code of Ethics (Part 1): Interview with Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD

Social Work Superheroes: Interview with John Vassello, MSW

The Arc of Therapy: Beginnings (Part 1)

[Rebroadcast] So you want to work abroad? An interview with David Dininio

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

Critiques of the DSM-5: Interview with Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D.

Becoming a Clinical Social Worker: Interview with Dr. Danna Bodenheimer

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

Personal and Professional Perspectives on Religious Child Maltreatment: Interview with Bethany Brittain and Ann Haralambie, JD, CWLS

Similarities and Differences between Social Work in the United States and the United Kingdom: Interview with David Niven