The first episode of the Library Social Work podcast is here! See below for the list of topics David and I discussed including relevant links and attachments to learn more. I look forward to reading your feedback.

Topics

• Introduction to podcast and this first episode
• David’s path to library social work at Long Branch
• “Typical” day and tasks
  • His role and responsibilities
• Growth of library social work in New Jersey
• 2024 American Library Association presentation about the Social Work Informed Library Services in New Jersey (SWILIBS-NJ) pilot program
• Library-based social work student internships
• Community Outreach Programs:
  • Fade to Books: Barbershop Literacy Initiative
  • Fresh Start re-entry
• Ingredients for successful library social work partnerships
• Librarians’ reception of David’s role
• What librarians need to understand about hosting social work students
  • Preferred track and characteristics of social work students
  • Student tasks
  • Work space, confidentiality, and safety
  • On and off-site social work supervision
• What social work students need to know about interning at a library
• Scope of library social work
• What isn’t working about these partnerships
• Quality orientation and planning
• Tailoring social work programs at the branch level
• The importance of self-care for social workers and what this looks like for David.

Links Head over to my Substack for more links and downloads

Whole Person Librarianship Map: Please comment if you know of partnerships not represented on the WPL map or any outdated pins.

Orientation tools: Two handbooks developed by Beth Wahler and I for the Social Work Informed Library Services in NJ program

• For librarian task supervisors of library-based social work student interns
• For social work students

David’s presentation with Beth Wahler at ALA ‘24

Social work students involvement with Long Branch’s Fresh Start program:

• Johnson, S.C., & Paauw, M.A. (2022). Partners in libraries: Social work students and the justice-involved. Public Libraries, 61(3), 28–36.

Wahler, E. A., Ressler, J. D., Johnson, S. C., Rortvedt, C., Saecker, T., Helling, J., Williams, M. A., & Hoover, D. (2022). Public library-based social work field placements: Guidance for public libraries planning to become a social work practicum site. Public Library Quarterly, 42(2), 141–154. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2022.2044264

Substack
@librarysocialwork