When browsing on Facebook, I came across a free E-book about Financial Social Work. I was intrigued by it since I never heard of this division of social work. The research I did defined Financial Social Work as “an interactive, introspective behavioral model” that is strength based, psychosocial approach. It “incorporates on-going education, motivation and support.”
Financial Social Work is described as an adaptable model to a majority of client populations to encourage clients to engage in sustainable, long-term financial behavioral change through education, motivation, and support. The general long-term goal of the model is to encourage clients to take control of their income and gain more control over their lives. What experiences can you share about financial social work?
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Intriguing. This education needs to begin early, not after financial disaster. However, since that probably will not happen, this is indeed a MUCH needed resource in our consumer driven society.
I think it would be very beneficial to the profession in general and not just our clients if Social Workers were trained more in financial matters.
Financial Social Work is indeed an interactive, introspective, experiential, behavioral model which is heavily psycho-social and incorporates on-going education, motivation and support and includes 20 CEs from the national NASW. The Center has certified thousands of graduates across the country and in other countries through a process in which students use FSW to improve their own financial lives becoming more hopeful, positive, positive financial role models and resources as well as referral sources.
This 2012 interview on the Social Work Career Development website provides greater insight on the history and goals of FSW: http://www.dorleem.com/2012/09/what-every-social-worker-needs-to-know.html
The Center’s Financial Social Work curriculum has been taught as a distance elective at the University of Kentucky, since fall 2011; Financial Social Work had a chapter in the NASW Press publication: “Social Work Matters: The Power of Linking Policy and Practice” in 2012 and will be included in the new Oxford Press “Online Encyclopedia of Social Work,” in June 2013.
If you have any questions regarding financial social work, I welcome you to email me at reeta@financialsocialwork.com 🙂
This is the first time I hear of FSW. Certainly sounds like an important model of practice in today’s financial times. And I agree with Matthew about the need for our profession to have a better skill level when it comes to finances.