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Neighborhood Houses – A Pillar of Community-Level NYC Social Work for a Century and a Half

New York has always been a city defined by neighborhoods. Each of the Five Boroughs has a character. When you get right down to it, every block in every one of those boroughs is a community to itself. Even if it isn’t a city known for neighborly friendliness, most folks know that someone on the […]

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Written by Scott Wilson

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The NYC Library Social Worker – A Unique Social Services Career Niche in the City’s Storied Library System

New York social workers can find themselves operating in many different environments. Walking through Manhattan alleyways looking for overdose victims… driving narrow country roads upstate to check on elderly clients on the outskirts of underserved communities… or sitting in hospital waiting rooms consoling family members. It’s all in a workday for graduates of New York’s

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Written by Scott Wilson