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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.04,0:00:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a theme song, come on!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.40,0:00:10.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this song!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love this song\Nbecause everybody needs a hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.82,0:00:17.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in fact, at some point,\Nwhen life throws us a big challenge,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.08,0:00:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need a super hero!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.10,0:00:22.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Somebody who is not scared\Nto jump into the chaos
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.63,0:00:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fight the good fight\Nwith us shoulder to shoulder, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.42,0:00:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I've got good news for you today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.53,0:00:31.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because all around the world,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.68,0:00:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cleverly disguised\Nas mild mannered individuals,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.19,0:00:38.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have thousands of super heroes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.17,0:00:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over 600,000 of them in the US alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.18,0:00:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We just call them social workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.27,0:00:46.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause) (Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.34,0:00:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, for some of you,\Nwhen I said super hero,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.74,0:00:54.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that might not have been \Nthe first thing that popped
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.26,0:00:56.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into your head was social worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.16,0:00:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe what popped into your head
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.35,0:01:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was something a little more like this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.40,0:01:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.33,0:01:03.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,peering suspiciously\Nat your parenting skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.84,0:01:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.99,0:01:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, if not, maybe like this:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.16,0:01:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peace and love and singing Kum By YaH.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:13.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, I'm here to tell you social workers\Nare neither of those things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.97,0:01:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My goal when you leave today is\Nthat the image you conjure
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.13,0:01:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you hear social worker\Nlooks a little more like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.06,0:01:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.35,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social worker as super hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.00,0:01:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to spend the next couple\Nof minutes talking to you about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.23,0:01:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social workers are not just\Nnice people with good hearts,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.79,0:01:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social workers are educated professionals\N
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.11,0:01:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who go through \Naccredited university programs
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.32,0:01:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are grounded \Nin a rigorous research base.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.41,0:01:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what they learn there is part \Nof what makes them a super hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.23,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The two biggest things?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:50.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They learn their mission, and they learn\Nhow to make change happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.60,0:01:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mission of social work\Nis to promote and support
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.91,0:01:57.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,individual and community well-being,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.97,0:02:00.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to fight social injustice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.88,0:02:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social workers do that because we learn
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.15,0:02:07.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to see and understand\Nthe invisible inner connections
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.95,0:02:12.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between people, and their families,\Nand their neighborhood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.19,0:02:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their community, and society,\Nand laws, and policies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.27,0:02:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we know that when those connections\Ntangle or break at any of those levels,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.04,0:02:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,problems happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.74,0:02:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we learn evidence-based interventions
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.29,0:02:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can help solve the problems\Naround those tangles and breaks.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.62,0:02:34.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with that, we can make\Npowerful change happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.22,0:02:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A second reason I like to think\Nof social workers as super heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.09,0:02:40.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is because, just like with a super hero,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.41,0:02:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone is going to need\Na social worker at some point
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.01,0:02:48.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody's going to face a\Nbig challenge in their life at some point.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.41,0:02:51.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe the challenge starts early,\Nand you're born prematurely.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.83,0:02:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who helps your new parents\Nfind a specialist?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.90,0:02:59.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or figure out how to pay\Nthose huge hospital bills?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.05,0:03:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or find a car seat for a teeny tiny baby?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.78,0:03:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hospital social workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.26,0:03:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A little later on in life,\Nyou're in school
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.31,0:03:08.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe you're being bullied,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.08,0:03:10.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're thinking about dropping out.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.34,0:03:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who designs and implements\Nthe anti-bullying
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.55,0:03:16.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the drop out prevention \Nprograms in schools?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.05,0:03:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,School social workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.63,0:03:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later on, as you get older, maybe you face
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.11,0:03:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of those grown-up problems, a divorce,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.38,0:03:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you lose your job,\Nand you sink into a depression,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.40,0:03:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you even start drinking too much.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.08,0:03:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who do you turn to \Nfor counseling and therapy?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.45,0:03:36.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Licensed, clinical social workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.51,0:03:40.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know that the majority\Nof mental health services in this country
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.02,0:03:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are provided by social workers?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.17,0:03:44.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's nearly 70%.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.21,0:03:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, then we have\Nthose really tough end-of-life issues:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.38,0:03:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your 86 year old dad \Nhas Parkinson's disease,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.33,0:03:55.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but is insistent\Nthat he can live independently.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.57,0:03:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who helps you figure out\Nif he really is safe?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.62,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, who helps you find in-home health?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.78,0:04:06.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or navigate those really difficult \Nconversations about wills,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.57,0:04:09.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and power-of-attorney, and DNR?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.58,0:04:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Geriatric social workers.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.58,0:04:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there's the bigger picture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.72,0:04:18.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's running the non profit agency?\NWho's organizing the community?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.83,0:04:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who's fighting to make sure the laws\Nand the policies are just and fair?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.43,0:04:27.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are social work managers,\Norganizers, and advocates.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.64,0:04:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So at some point, everybody's\Ngoing to need a social worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.64,0:04:34.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The final thing that I like to think about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.71,0:04:37.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I think about \Nsocial workers as super heroes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.21,0:04:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came to me when my friend Carla\Ngave me a mug for my birthday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.58,0:04:42.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had this saying on it,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.58,0:04:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at first I thought it was cute:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.51,0:04:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm a social woker \Nwhat's your super power?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.82,0:04:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then I realized, that's exactly\Nwhat social workers do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.22,0:04:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We say, "Hi, I'm a social worker.\NWhat's your super power?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.20,0:05:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Social workers believe in strengths\Nand we help people find their strengths
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.17,0:05:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they can face the challanges\Nthat they're wrestling with.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.15,0:05:08.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite social worker strength story\Ncomes from my friend, Martha,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.63,0:05:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was a social worker\Nwho lived on the coast
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.95,0:05:13.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and every year, she would take\Na social work intern.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.59,0:05:16.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, one year she had a young woman\Nshe assigned him to a client
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.78,0:05:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named... I'll call him Bob.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.39,0:05:21.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bob struggled with a severe mental illness
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.02,0:05:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and isolated himself in his apartment
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.84,0:05:27.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all he would do all day,\Nobsessively, was listen to the radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.87,0:05:30.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Martha sends the student\Nto do an assessment,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.30,0:05:31.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the student comes back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.63,0:05:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Martha says, "So, what'd you learn?"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.55,0:05:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the student says,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.02,0:05:39.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I learned he is really good\Nat listening to the radio."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.32,0:05:41.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she had a plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.78,0:05:44.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She went to the local coast guard office\Nwhere apparently there is
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.94,0:05:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,somebody who has to listen\Nto the short wave radio all day long
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.91,0:05:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and write down the announcements\Nand the news in a log.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.52,0:05:53.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And she convinced them \Nto let Bob volunteer.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.91,0:05:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she convinced Bob to try it:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.12,0:05:58.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Really Bob, they want you\Nto listen to the radio!"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.80,0:06:00.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.09,0:06:01.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he listened to the radio
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.67,0:06:04.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,better than anybody\Nhad ever listened to the radio.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.87,0:06:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They loved him!\NThey hired him part-time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.50,0:06:11.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So then Bob said, "OK,\NI have a little bit of money.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.28,0:06:14.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm getting out of the house\Na little bit, I'd like to try eating out.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.98,0:06:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I haven't done that in years,\Nbut I'm scared to do it alone.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.88,0:06:20.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you meet me at the local diner?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.16,0:06:23.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the student says yeah\Nand the next day she gets there,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.19,0:06:26.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but she gets there early,\Nand she sits on the far side of the diner
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.41,0:06:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that when Bob comes in,\Nshe hollers across the diner,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.43,0:06:31.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Bob, what did you hear on the radio?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.78,0:06:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bob hollers back all the news.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.83,0:06:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.96,0:06:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They do this a couple times\Na week, for several weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.64,0:06:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so every local in the diner knows
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.62,0:06:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that if you want to know\Nwhat's going on, you ask Bob.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.40,0:06:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Martha swears that by the end\Nit was like that scene in Cheers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.62,0:06:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when Norm walks in, and it was like "Bob!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.27,0:06:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Bob has a job, and money, \Nand friends, and it all happened
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.72,0:06:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the social worker tapped into\Nhis super power of radio listening.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.65,0:07:03.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My final thought for you today is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.59,0:07:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I've said before, everyone, \Nat some point will need a social worker.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.88,0:07:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that happens to you, don't worry,\Ndon't be embarrassed; go find one.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.44,0:07:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I promise you, \Nthey will be a super hero.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.04,0:07:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And better yet, they will help you\Nfind your super power
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.50,0:07:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you can work through\Nwhatever life is throwing your way.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.91,0:07:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you very much.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.32,0:07:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)