Financial Social Work

Hosted by: Diane Bessel Matteson, PhD, LMSW, CNM, Past NASW-NYS Board Member

Description: In our first Chapter Chat, we will be connecting with NASW-NYS Region 5 Representative, Dr. Diane Bessel Matteson. Diane R. Bessel, PhD, LMSW, CNM currently serves as Associate Professor and Master of Social Work (MSW) Program Director in the Social Work & Sociology Department at Daemen College. Prior to coming to Daemen, Bessel served as director of Creating Assets, Savings, and Hope (CASH) Buffalo, a coalition of over sixty organizations working to increase the financial stability of low-to-moderate income families in Buffalo and Erie County by increasing access to tax credits, refunds, and needed income supports; improving financial literacy, and providing opportunities for homeownership, education, or other types of asset building. Her research focuses on the use of collaborative problem-solving to address complex social problems including poverty, homelessness, and financial insecurity. Dr. Bessel will discuss financial instability in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and will share thoughts on the use of financial social work to help guide people through the crisis.

NASW-NYS Condemns Rise in Anti-Semitism

The National Association of Social Workers – New York State (NASW-NYS) strongly condemns the recent multiple hate-fueled attacks on the Jewish community and the increase in antisemitic actions and rhetoric across the globe. We are heartbroken, disturbed, and outraged by these horrific acts of violence, we stand with our Jewish sisters and brothers in this time of grief and offer our most heartfelt condolences to the families and communities affected by these attacks.

Antisemitism is a cancer out of control in our nation, and each anti-Jewish attack is an attack on all of us. Anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia and other kinds of intolerance and discrimination threaten not only the individuals and communities that suffer from their effects, but also contribute to creating the toxic climate needed for extremism, terrorism and violence to thrive. NASW-NYS is committed to the absolute priority of countering intolerance and discrimination through promoting dialogue, mutual respect, and active resistance.

We ask that all social workers stand with us against antisemitism.

We believe that any programming about a community, but be led by that community. If you are a Jewish social worker and would like to host a conversation about anti-semitism and social work, please contact us at info.naswnys@socialworkers.org.

Open Call for Presenters and Proposals!

Become a Continuing Education Presenter

NASW-NYS is releasing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to invite social workers to develop and present a workshop for our continuing education program.

In order to meet the needs of our members we offer a variety of avenue’s for engagement – both for participants and for presenters, we offer online live learning, self study and live in person courses.

For more information, click here.

Executive Director, Samantha Fletcher and Board President, Michael Capiello Return to The “Kelsunn-on-the-Air” Social Work Podcast!

In this Special Podcast Episode we kick-off Social Work Month 2021 with the NASWNYS Chapter Leadership.  Listen as Dr. Samantha Fletcher, Exec. Dir. and  Mr. Michael T. Capiello, Board President give a State-of-the-Chapter overview.  Dr. Fletcher, visits the show again to talk all things Social Work.

Mr. Capiello details how the board stays in lock-step with the Chapter ED, and Staff to meet the needs of the vast number of Social Workers in NY State.  Listen as they discuss how the Chapter has dealt with the “3 P’s” that have been so prominent in the last year … those being, The “Pandemic, the Protest, and the Politics”!!!

Listen to the full podcast here.