THE SOCIAL WORK RANTS PODCAST

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 @thekinktherapist

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 ready to have children return to school in person full time

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 ready to return to school in-person in the fall. The book can be found at thecrimsonprotector.com or on Amazon. #socialskills #antibullying

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

Interview with Jason Levin, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker in Delaware and Maryland. We discuss juggling being a social worker while being a dad. We discuss 2020, the pandemic, lack of resources in Delaware among other topics.