St. Cloud social worker creates counseling service for black youths
St. Cloud Times
“I’ve really always had a passion for working here, in this town, with the African-American kids here,” said Hanna, a licensed social worker, MBA and adjunct professor at St. Cloud State University. Lion is an Afrocentric counseling and group therapy center that Hanna opened in November.

Hope for the Warriors hires regional social worker
Jacksonville Daily News
A national nonprofit organization that assists combat wounded service members, their families and families of the fallen has hired a social worker based out of its Jacksonville office. Vicki Lane, a military spouse for 31 years, will serve as the organization’s regional clinical social worker.

Therapist tackles issues for teens, married couples
Wilmette Life
“Every session is a step toward healing,’ said Janus, a licensed clinical social worker who holds a BA in psychology from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in social work from the University of Chicago.

Master of Social Work graduates facing bright job prospects
Memphis Daily News
“Even in the midst of the recession I was counseling a student who had two job offers, whether to go home to take a job there or whether to take a job here in Memphis,” said Dr. Susan Neely-Barnes, coordinator of the Master of Social Work program for the university’s social work department. “We have really good success with students coming out of their internships getting hired.”

Building an Autism-Friendly Space: A Tour of the Drexel Autism Institute’s Future Home
DrexelNow
Dr. Jennifer Plumb, a clinical social worker, made this comment mid-way through a tour of the future home of the AJ Drexel Autism Institute on Market Street in University City, Philadelphia.

Black Excellence Awards honors MPS social worker
WISN.com
Alex Hardy, a social worker at Milwaukee Public Schools is one of this year’s Black Excellence Awards honorees.