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Maryland Social Worker
Welcome to the
Maryland Social Worker
~ a FREE internet-based community for Maryland licensed social work professionals and students ~
Mission

The Internet has provided the opportunity to communucate with colleagues in ways never before imagined. This internet site, and the attached listservs were formed to provide a FREE exchange of  information and resources among Maryland licensed social workers concerning licensure, professional associations, continuing education, legislative updates, employment, and news about the changing roles of the social work professional. Whether you hold a position in a public agency, non-profit community-based organization, a school, hospital, a professional association, government, or you are in private practice, this website will provide updated and timely information of interest to you . Please join one of the listservs below to begin communicating with your colleagues in Maryland.

Ed Geraty LCSW-C
Dedication

The Maryland Social Worker is dedicated to the eleven thousand plus licensed social workers in Maryland who are employed in the public sector, non-profit agencies, medical settings, schools, and private practice, and who provide over seventy percent of all mental health services to Maryland residents.
Your contributions

The Maryland Social Worker values your contributions. If you would like to post information and articles of interest concerning practice issues, announcements,  resources, employment opportunities, continuing education events, professional development news, and other topics of interest. Please post this information on the listservs.
Maryland Social Work Questions?
The Maryland social work community welcomes Daphne McClellan, the new Executive Director of NASW-MD. Contact her at 410-788-1066 ex 16 with questions and concerns about social work practice issues in Maryland.

The Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work President, Pat Baker LCSW-C, can be emailed at pbaker294@comcast.net if you have questions or concerns specific to Clinical Social Work practice in Maryland.

The State Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners can answer licensing questions. Call 410-764-4788 or email Gloria Jean Hammel LCSW-C at hammelg@dhmh.state.md.us
Maryland Social Work resources
To join either of the listservs below, there are 2 steps: First you must go to the listserv websites and join AND then you must  email me with your full name, stating that you are a social worker.
Online continuing education courses created by Ed Geraty for the Maryland chapter of NASW.(please contact the NASW-MD chapter office for assistance with these courses at 410-788-1066)
If you are a Maryland licensed social worker, join the Maryland Social Worker listserv: communicate with colleagues, discuss social work issues, post job openings, news, etc. It's free!
Social Work Message Boards and Employment Opportunities

In addition to joining the ongoing email listservs, you can also post your contact information, practice area, and post/search employment opportunities on the Maryland Social Worker
Social Work Search:  A search engine just for social workers
Student Social Workers: Join the Student Social Work listserv and share your school experiences with other students. Any student from a Maryland CSWE accredited school of social work is invited
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Continuing
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Legislative
CSWE links to national and international organizations (click on Links & Announcements
Board of Social Work Examiners revises continuing ed requirements
Maryland State
 The Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners has approved the change in the continuing education requirements for all Maryland licensed social workers. The new requirements go into effect on 11/1/03 and the first renewal group will be 10/2004 and the next renewal group will be 10/ 2005.  You can view the regulations at regulations
Useful Internet resources from the UMAB School of Social Work
To learn more about Maryland Social Work licensure click HERE.
Bringing Your Office or Organization Up to Speed:Internet Application Resources by Ed Geraty LCSW-C
Today’s social work manager is operating in a dramatically different environment. Whether we are managers in the private, non-profit, or public sectors, we are challenged to become technologically literate.  Our society is increasingly using the Internet as a major form of communication and we are “behind the times” professionally if we remain unaware of the advantages of this mode of communication.   Over the past two years I have been actively creating a “road map” for social work professionals through the use of an online tutorial entitled Cyber Practice . This tutorial can be considered a starting point for social workers who are beginning to explore pertinent issues related to all practice settings.  In this article I would like to highlight some of the resources found in this tutorial.Web Pages: Many agencies now have a web page therefore I will not spend a great deal of time on this subject.  If your agency does not have a web page it would be worth your while to investigate a reputable web page design company. You may also build your own web page with software such as Front Page Express.  Listservs:  Listservs ( group email ) can be a very effective way to interact with your staff or your clients without expanding a great deal of time.  The listserv is a group of e-mail addresses who interact with one another on a regular basis. Remember that the listserv is different than traditional e-mail in that the e-mail sender sends an e-mail to “the list” ( all members who are signed on to the listserv) at one time. Discussion  Boards:  Discussion boards can either be attached to your web page or they can be free standing.  A discussion board is simply a web site that lists a variety of discussion topics, and those visiting the discussion site respond to the posted discussion topics ( or create discussion topics of their own ). These boards can be a very useful way to increase interaction among staff, between clients (customers), or among professional colleagues.  Chat Rooms:  Chat rooms can be alot of fun, as well as offer the chatters the opportunity to interact in real time (synchronous communication ) or delayed time (asynchronous communication ). Most free chat rooms found on the internet are asynchronous and the communication you type in the chat room is delayed  for anywhere from 1 to 5 seconds.I have held virtual board meetings using chat rooms and have found them to be a very time saving device. And it saves on transportation costs as well!   Search Engines:  Internet search engines are a wonderful invention. There are thousands of search engines on the internet that will assist you in finding the topic or web page that you are seeking.  One of the best search engines for social work related issues is Social Work Search (www.socialworksearch.com).  You can even submit interesting web links to the search engine. Professional Development:  The use of the internet to increase your  professional development is becoming very popular. There are now colleges and universities offering graduate and continuing education for social workers. Although there are no accredited universities offering advanced social work degrees completely online, many universities offer some courses online.   Social workers who are particularly interested in the integration of social work practice and technology may want to attend the annual Technology and Social Work Practice conference sponsored by the University of South Carolina School of Social Work that is usually held annually in August in South Carolina.   Further information concerning this conference can be found at www.sc.edu/swan ( the Social Work Access Network).
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