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Traveling Social Worker

Day In Life: of a Traveling Social Worker

Cedara Franklin University of Maryland Baltimore County Professor Kevin November 16, 2021

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Cedara Franklin 11/3/2021 Dr.Kevin Social Work 250

What is one job that offers you traveling abilities, a way to provide mental health services and personalized care to individuals all while being paid? If you are thinking about a traveling nurse you are wrong. Yes, you have probably heard about social workers who travel within their jurisdiction but what if you wanted to help people outside of your state with a focus on clinical and mental health? Then you would go into a profession as a traveling social worker. If you want to learn more about this profession continue to keep reading. Furthermore, what are the steps you need to take to become a traveling social worker? First, let’s discuss how to become a social worker first in Maryland. According to the hidden services guide you have to receive a bachelor's degree in social work from the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) from an accredited college or university. Then after you graduate you have to pay $100 to apply for an (LBSW) Licensed Bachorolette Social Work. After you are qualified for this license you have to pay a $70 dollar fee in order to accept your license. To add to this you have to also complete a criminal background check along with three different professional references for the licensure. Then you must apply for the title and provide evidence that you have proof of education to the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners. To add to the final touches of this step to where you need to be you have to pass the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Bachelor’s Level Exam and pay a fee of $230 and apply for the exam.

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This is a wonderful way to start your career as a regular social worker but what steps do you need to take to work outside of your jurisdiction? You would have to go through the steps of

becoming an international social worker means a person who crosses international boundaries to help others in need. The same steps are required as the ones above. The only thing that changes as expressed in the psychology school guide. Now, that you know what you have to do in order to become a traveling social worker let’s talk about the everyday life of what they do. Let’s take a look at J. “Jay” Lawrence Dixon a traveling on her first day as a traveling social worker. Mrs. Jay’s first contract was with a contract that had her underneath behavioral health in an outpatient setting in Northern Arizona. This type of job is very rare to find and hard to get into without an independent license. Mrs. Jay was not sure what she was getting herself into other than negotiating pay so started off as a “temp perm” job. Meaning it was not supposed to turn into her career. Yet, she had a relationship with the road that could not be fathomed. Along with this information above she was also introduced to trauma-informed care which was intertwined with neuroscience, she worked to create a “truly dual diagnosis program” in Arizona. In this program, she learned that the boarding school nearby was abusive, there were children being stolen, and the purposeful destruction of the language of others and forced assimilation process brought by the government and different religious groups. Also, a long history of genocide of the people and their culture. There was an ongoing water crisis and gaps in service transportation concerns. There’s limited access to healthy food, poor cellphone service, and high prices on goods. Although she learned this on her trip she quickly found out there is no “how-to guide” about how to be a traveling social worker. Nonetheless, she did learn that this

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job is mainly experienced-based and your knowledge is gained by relationships and networks, and experiences. Now, that we know a little more about the life of a universal social worker why do we need one? Let’s take a look at Africa in 1994 although this talks about international social work it still has the same defenses that take up for universal social work. (Inaugural Conference 1994) in Africa, they were set up with all the proper social work education including up-to-date leaders in social welfare, and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and local training and educational institutions. Although they are well trained in everything “social work” these practices were not congenial with the cultural traditions of the countries they were informed about and liable to assist. To go along with this statement they also did not look at different social problems with an indigenous approach to solve the problems that have occurred. Instead, they used what they are taught from the book for social occurrences rather than what the world is showing them. Seeing that things started to occur like independence movements, meaning that the country is trying to gain political independence so it could consider itself its own country. Also, there was the increase of poverty, perceptions of the wrongdoing of neo-colonialism, crucial natural and man-made disasters, and meteoric economic growth from the 1960s through the 1980s. Since this occurred it encouraged a transfer in thinking from remedial welfare policies to importance on obstructive and developmental policies and practices. Due to this, the International Conference of Ministers Responsible for Social Welfare held in 1968 (United Nations, 1969) took notice to the social welfare policies, advances, and programs inherited from the West were not sufficient or proper enough to stimulate democratization and social development (ASWEA, 1982). They also proposed that the main

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function in expanding countries in Africa is mostly handed to social welfare and that social welfare training should be devised in order for workers to implement developmental roles. As well as knowledge about how universal social work can be greatly promoted in Africa how about we look at schooling as well. As mentioned in this article by Global Citizen Canadians and Americans believe that as educators professors should teach more from a global perspective and not just policies so that future social workers can be better prepared for the field they desire. Let’s look more into the word “Globalization” as expressed in “What is Globalization” by Ulrich Beck stated that this word, in particular, is an escape from schemas that are seen as political and nonpolitical. What he meant by this is that it is something that goes above looking at the policies of social work. Following globalization let’s take a peek at the word “international”. According to Ramanthan and Link (2004) suggest that the term “international” is best explained as a particular interconnection among two or more countries. While global designates relationships that can relate to the entire world. Seeing that these expressions are used quite often in articles. We see that the main idea is to focus on immense universal problems, that is where people believe that the “global” perspective is the way to go. One difficulty with a global and international point of view is that it alludes to the enforcement of Western values on sparely developing countries and cultures(Skegg, 2005). In turn, the notion of “global citizenship” has been condemned as being “too abstract to be valuable in driving curriculum policy and active citizenship for students” (Davies, 2006, p. 5).

In brief, the Global Citizen also expresses when you focus on universal human rights instead of just “global” and “international” it begins to provide a useful and achievable layout for helping students to connect to actual people and communities throughout the world. As an

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outturn, the learning experiences become more personal and relevant. At this moment we have discussed what a traveling social worker is and what their everyday life is like. Why we need one and how to apply the information about global and internationalist perspectives in school to prepare students for their future careers to become traveling social workers.

Yet, why am I telling you about it? To inform you that knowing about different outside perspectives of what they teach you from the book of social work won’t really help you in the real world unless you are all about policies. Also, to persuade others to work in this field as well because there is not a lot of information about this field. This career is not for the weak but it does go to show that other countries and states need social workers we are not just needed in one place of the world we are needed everywhere. Why not pick a profession where you can travel the world and see how others view it from a different point of view.

This profession is a leap of faith, you never know what to expect but you will learn from your experience and apply it to your life. The guide on how to get started is listed above if you are interested in jump-starting your career, below is the link designated to point you in the right direction. If you would like to know more about becoming a traveling social worker feel free to contact any college social work administration or a social work agency to receive more intel.

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Becoming a Social Worker in Maryland, Licensing ad Certification Requirments | CareersinPsychology.org

The Self-Reflective Rover: A Brief Glimpse at Travel Social Work - SocialWorker.com

Challenges to Social Work around the World: Africa (uconn.edu)

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