THE SOCIAL WORK RANTS PODCAST

Many of us social workers work in non-profit agencies and some do not offer 401k's or 403B's.  We are taught in social work grad school about doing private practice but are not taught how to get things like health insurance for ourselves.  Alex Casella is a financial advisor in the state of Connecticut.  We discuss retirement plans, 401k, 403B plans, health health insurance for self-employed folks...

I’Asiah Sabriyah, LMSW is a licensed social worker in Georgia providing individual therapy to adolescents and adults. She discusses some of her struggles providing therapy. (Zoom fatigue is real). I’Asiah provides tips to better engage kids virtually. She is originally from NYC and discusses her transition to now living in Georgia. We discuss her past work at Fordham University Liberty Partnership...

On the Season 4 Premiere episode and the 2 year anniversary weekend of the podcast, the host interviews Shakeena Brantley, LCSW.  Shakeena works for the Department of Veteran Affairs in Orlando, Florida.  She provides tips on how to apply for VA jobs.  She describes working in the VA.   She also has her counseling business, 3 Cord Counseling.  She provides couples cou...

Social Worker TJ Rumler works as a Trauma Informed Specialist in Greenville, South Carolina.  He has his own consulting business.  He has also done a Tedx talk.  TJ discusses how he got the opportunity to do the Ted Talk.  He also provides individual therapy via Better Help.    We discuss our struggles we are seeing so far with the children in school.  We di...

Licensed social workers Colette Forrester and Darlene Carrera discuss tips we can use to set boundaries during the holidays.  For many of us the holidays are not the most wonderful time of the year.  Colette and Darlene discuss how they met, balance motherhood and social work as well as being women of color in the profession.  

Katherine Franco, LCSW, SIFI is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from the Bronx, NY.  She recently opened up her private practice to see individuals for therapy.  As of this recording, she was taking new clients.   She discusses her private practice Creative Coping, as well as her full time job working for a non-profit social work agency.  We also discuss how she balances starting her private pra...

Dr. La Shawn M. Paul, DSW, LCSW-R is the founder and lead clinician of Social Work Diva. She is a New York State licensed clinical social worker and recognized by the National Association of Social Workers as an accredited social worker. Dr. Paul has a B.A. in Social Work and Political Science from Herbert H. Lehman College (City University of New York) and her M.S. from Columbia University in Soc...

Ingrid Gomez, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker from NYC.  She recently ran for NYC City Council in Queens.  She discusses her campaign.  She encourages social workers running for office, especially since we know what the people actually needs in the communities we serve.  She stresses the importance of local races.  

Christopher Scott is a social worker from Portland, Oregon.  He currently works as a school social worker.  He discusses his current role.  He discusses his past social work roles.  We discuss race relations in the U.S.  Christopher discusses what exactly the city of Portland needs in terms of social services.

The host provides listeners education on the United States Covid-19 Funeral Assistance Program.  Those who lost loved ones during the pandemic in 2020 can be eligible for funeral reimbursement.  The host provides the eligibility requirements.   In 2022, in America, those who have SSI, SSD, SSA, Social Security death benefits are scheduled to receive a 5.9% increase in monthly benefi...

Kenia Maldonado, LMSW works for the Human Resources Administration (MSW) one of the largest city run agencies in NYC. We discuss her role in the agency. She also discusses her business Onboarding Solutions. She can be found on IG @onboardingstaff

Hans Bernier, MPA, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker in NYC.  We discuss his work in the field from working in after school programs, GED programs, working as a school social worker.  He also works with an organization called Black Men Heal, an agency that provides quality therapy for men of color.    Hans currently works as a field instructor at Colombia University School of Social Work....

Josh Cutler is a licensed clinical social worker from the state of Washington.  He works in a hospital setting and also has a private practice in Seattle.  Josh is the author of "The Day Hospital", where he shares his experiences with depression and being open discussing his brothers' battle with mental illness.  The book can be found on Amazon.  In the episode we also discuss balancing fatherhood...

Licensed Social Worker Justin Gillespie, LMSW-C from Michigan discusses his business ventures. We discuss how our social work skills translates to starting our businesses and outside of social work.

Rosalyn Ortega is a a serial entrepreneur. Her business Urban Teach NYC assists individuals to become 1st time home buyers.  She has conducted workshops such as website building, obtaining business credit, branding for your business, all the things that were not taught and are still not taught in social work school.  How are LCSW's supposed to build private practices if they don't know t...

Mao and Nao are licensed Clinical Social Workers who both served in armed forces. They host a true crime forensic psychology podcast and these true crimes and looks at them from a social work lense. Mao lives in Guam and Nao is currently in the Air Force based in Arizona. They both provide therapy to clients in their respective locations.

Michaela Conteh, MSW is a child welfare specialist in California.  She discusses her role as a child welfare specialist. We discuss gentrification in the Bay area.  She also discusses the release of her book "How to survive as a child welfare social worker".

Latasha Oliver is a social worker in Dallas, Texas. She uses her skills as a social worker to help her provide firearms training through the concept of boundaries and safe spaces; teaching women to be safe with and without firearms. She discusses her business Tactical social work PLLC and how her husband helped with her business.

Katie works as a residential coordinator with adults severely persistent mental illness. She also works part-time in a child welfare agency. We discuss her work in both agencies. We discuss her plans on running a future group for loved ones who had family members who successfully completed suicide.

The host speaks with Randy G. who works in a transitional housing program in a state hospital in NYC for dual diagnosed adults. We discuss what his role entails and having to do the work during the pandemic. He can be found on Instagram at @dj_pwise

Sara Rosen, LMSW is a social worker and sex therapist in Long Island, NY. She does individual and couples counseling. We discuss how she got into doing sex therapy. We discuss the misconceptions of her work. We talk about condoms, anal sex, porn, the role the church plays in regarding sex in America. As of this recording back in August, Sara was taking new clients. She can be found on IG @thekinkt...

I share my recent experience at the job. This is to provide education to the new BSWs and new MSWs. You will go through some bullshit in your careers, but just remember your worth. #schoolsocialwork

Author of "The Addicted Child", Richard Capriola a recently retired substance abuse, mental health and addiction counselor discusses educating parents on what to look for signs regarding substance use in their child. Richard discussed how he came up with the idea of the book. This book and workbook would be a great resource to parents, school social workers, school counselors as we in America get...

Dr. Jeffrey Kranzler, LCSW-C is a licensed clinical social worker who has spent the last 15 years providing counseling, social skill building for individuals on the Autism Spectrum. His book "The Crimson Protector" has a comic book hero "the social protector" teaching tweens, teens to build confidence, overcome social anxiety and handle bullying. These skills are needed in our children as they get...

Atiba, is a newly licensed clinical social worker in New York City. He currently works with the geriatric population. He also has a private practice with a small caseload. We discuss balancing being dads and social workers. We talk about our struggles passing the ASWB exam. He can be reached via Instagram at @whatreallymattersiswhatcounts