THE SOCIAL WORK RANTS PODCAST

Shannon Swales is a Clinical Psychologist in Austrailia. We discuss the similarities in her work we LCSW's LMSW's would have in America. Shannon discusses leaving the mental health field briefly to care for own mental health. She discusses being burnout in the field. As a result she hosts When Burnout Becomes Reality Podcast. Shannon's website is: http://www.burnoutpsychologysupport.co...

Episode #145 Mylira Green is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Virginia. Green is a Certified Complex Trauma Professsional. She is a therapist, life coach, provides clinical supervision. We address the contraversy of life coaching She is a full time entrepreuer. She provides insight into how she started her business. She also provides tips on ways social workers can start doing public speaking....

Kristen Jacobson, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Utah. Jacobson has a private practice and is the co-founder of a company called Education Empowered, a company focused on helping individuals and families of invisable disabilities with 504 plans and IEPs. We discuss the struggles she faces providing services in Utah such as: 1. Providing culturally compenent care especial...

Amy Palilones, MSW is a social worker currently working as a Deputy Director at The Department of Housing & Urban Development working specially with people living with HIV/AIDS. We discuss her role at HUD. Her department provides HOPWA funding to non profit agencies who provide housing and case management services to those living with HIV. We discuss how she started in her role, how the Biden...

Ashlin Price, LMSW is a licensed social worker in Baltimore. She is a financial literacy consultant. She merges social work with finances. We discuss the importance learning about finances but to assist our clients who may struggle. We discuss the ending of the federal covid emergency and what that means for our clients. We met at a local social work event in Maryland. The importance of networking...

Episode #141 Taylor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Oregon. In her full time job, she works as an organ transplant social worker. She discusses her role working with families. She adds her experience of working in a hospital during Covid & being disrespected by her supervisior. She discusses her personal blog Social Work to Wealth. She discusses her personal finance story, what made he...

Nicki Sanders, MSW is a Social Worker, Adjunct Professor and business owner. She is the founder of Nicki Sander Leadership Consulting, helping women of color and social workers into leadership roles. Sanders discusses programs she has helped create. We also discussed environmental social worker and her work on a farm in Maryland. Nicki can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nickisa...

The host provides reaction to the Supreme Court decision on 6/30/23 about the $10K and $20K student loan forgiveness and who's partly to blame. This decision has nothing to do with PSLF (Public Student loan forgiveness Program). If you haven't applied for the program, you can still apply for it. The host also gives a prediction of the 2024 election. Follow the podcast on Social Media: IG:...

Corey Ingram, LMSW is a licensed social worker in South Carolina. He is currently a Ph. D candidate at the School of Public Health at the University of Georgia. He is concentrating on black Masulinity. We discuss: Why he is focusing his doctorate on black masulinity, what he is seeing in his research so far. We also discuss applying to speak at these national conferences. Mr. Ingram and I met at t...

Episode 137: Gabriel Silva, MSW is a social worker in the state of Georgia. Silva works as an Assistant Director of Client Services in an HIV program in Georgia. He also has a private practice working with adults . The host and client originally met at the National Conference on Social Work and HV/AIDS.. At the conference Silva presented at the conference. We discuss his presentation. We discuss t...

Michael Fulwiler is a marketing professionals in the mental health space. He is currently a marketing professional for Heard Technologies, Inc. Heard is a start up company that assists mental health professionals in private practice with pay roll and taxes. Michael shares insights on ways to help mental health professionals with marketing their private practice. Michael and past podcat guest Gary...

On May 24th-May 26th, I attended the Nationals Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS in Washington, DC. I share my thoughts about the conference. I discuss the main themes we as social workers encountered at the conference. Working with HIV/AIDS diagnosed adults is a passion of mine in social work. I also discuss the rebrand of my business Bas City Entertainment focusing on financial education fo...

Jacob Kendall MSW, MPH, Ph. D is a social worker in Alabama. He is a former college professor in Indiana. He does career coaching, helping social workers with resumes and helping social workers transition to macro work. We discuss ethic related to social work, entrepreneurship, macro work. Jason can best be found on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/Jason/in/kendall Follow the podcast on social media:...

Sarita Ford, LCSW-C, Chaundra Scott, LMSW, Brittany White, LCSW-C are three of the authors of "It Takes a Village". All 3 are licensed social workers in the state of #Maryland. I had the pleasure of meeting these three ladies at a social work brunch hosted by Chaundra back in March. Sarita currently works as a school social worker and has a private practice. Brittany is a Certified Laugh...

Host provides updates on PSLF. Many of us social workers and mental health professionals have applied for PSLF, Public Student Loan Forgiveness Program. #studentloans #studentloanforgiveness There are changes to your student loans provider. Most of us had Fedloans and may get switched to Mohela. If you had any of these service providers for your student loans, these providers no longer have your l...

Shantel Robinson is a licensed social worker in North Carolina, however originally from New Jersey. She currently works for the Department of Veteran Affairs. She works with veterans who are victims of combat sexual trauma. She also discusses a veteran's transition into society after serving and the struggles of things not being so structured. We discuss life during the pandemic and its afterm...

Natalie Gutierrez, LMSW is a Licensed Masters Level Social Worker in NYC. We discuss her going and completing graduate school during the pandemic and her strugglings with her graduate school. Natalie describes what is she seeing with her clients (anxiety, grief, etc). We discuss her future goals related to social work and gives resources she used to pass her LMSW exam. She can be found on instagra...

The Covid Public Health Emergency has ended. Those social workers who bill for services using Medicaid dollars, please be mindful your clients will need to start recertify for benefits again (pre-covid times). This episode provides some education regarding this. Follow the podcast on social media: IG- https://www.instagram.com/thesocialworkrantspodcast Twitter- https://www.twitter.com/socialworkra...

Rosita Marinez, MS-NPL, ADV-CSW, MSW, SIFI is a social worker in NYC. Nelson Rivera is the Director of Residential Services at The Fortune Society, a non-profit in NYC. We discuss issues happening related with housing such as Gentrification, racial profiling, systemic racisim in America. We have politicians who say "housing is a human right" but their policies say otherwise. Rosita can b...

Janelle Spikes & Leanna Calvin are social workers and collectively they are I AM SOCIAL WORK, a lifestyle brand for social workers. The brand started in 2021. We discuss how the brand started, the idea behind it and working to get the name out to the social work community. Janelle works full time as a medical social worker in a hospice facility in California. Leanna owns a non-profit called Ex...

Debbie Gonzalez, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker. She is a certified professional coach who provides different presentations and workshops. We discuss the 3 year anniversary of the #covid19 lockdown and discuss the begins of its aftermath. Debbie is also the author of 3 books, "A Walk with Copper", "A Game with Cooper" and "A Visit with Cooper". She discusse...

Happy Social Work Month! Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Lucritia Stewart at a social work event in Maryland. Lucritia is a Licensed Clinical Social Work in Maryland. She provides clinical supervision in Washington, DC, Maryland & Virginia. She also provides career consulting services for social workers in non-triditional settings. She discusses her brand Bold Black Social Worker-how sh...

Disclaimer: We are not experts in stock trading or investing in the stock market.  This is only for educational purposes only; a way for social workers to make additional income.     Jade Flagg, LSW is a licensed social worker in Chicago. We discuss trading stocks and learning how to invest in the stock market.  I began learning to invest in the stock market since the pand...

Happy Social Work Month!!  The Latinx in Social Work Summit was held on 3/4/23 in Dallas, Texas. It featured some of the authors from the Amazon #1 best seller Latinx in Social Work Volume 2.  I was one of the contributing authors.  I discuss my chapter "When Addiction Hits Home", my story of my ex-wife being addicted to alcohol and the struggles that came with that. #addiction #soc...

Happy Social Work Month to all the social workers!! BSWs, MSWs, LMSWs, LCSWs thank you for all that you do.   Andrew is the CEO and Co-Founder of Heard Technologies. Heard, the proud sponsor of the podcast serves as the back office for mental health professionals in private practice.    We discuss how to save on taxes, how to properly set up your business, the importance of boo...