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WWW.SIMMONS.EDU/SSW 32 A lifetime of connections for personal and professional growth Simmons stands as a prominent member of the country’s social work community. Our students, faculty, and alumni serve in the field as well as on the boards of numerous agencies and organizations. Together, they create a close-knit and vital professional network. From first job to longer-term career development, we’re dedicated to your success. Our outstanding Career Education Center offers lifelong guidance for alumni, including career counseling, résumé reviews, and interview critiques, while the Miller/Knopf Career Resource Library houses the latest career information and resources. Each spring, we welcome leading employers to campus for the School of Social Work Career Fair. The SSW also sponsors regular networking events and panel discussions on current job trends with representatives from major employers. All these events and services are open to current students and alums. Learning is a lifelong pursuit. Our graduates return to campus to participate in certificate programs on topics relevant to advanced clinical practice, such as the Relational and Multi-Contextual Treatment of Trauma and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). Alums are eligible to audit classes and are regularly invited back to attend symposia and professional conferences. The School of Social Work has an active, service-oriented Alumni Association whose mission is to create an engaged national alumni community, to assist in student recruitment and programming, and to promote the values and standards of the social work profession. The Alumni Association participates throughout the graduate experience in welcoming students, in mentoring, networking, and job search, and in assisting students as they transition into the alumni community. Our “Alumnet” online community allows all of our alumni to connect and network with classmates, receive news of upcoming events and important Simmons happenings, and, above all, nurture lifelong friendships. We support you in the transition from classmate to colleague. And wherever your degree takes you.
SIMMONS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK 33 A Safe Escape: Anna Mancuso ’10 M.S.W. Clinical Social Worker, The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Boston, Massachusetts As a clinical social worker at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Anna Mancuso assists refugees and asylum-seekers searching for a better life. In one day, she may counsel a Kenyan woman fleeing female genital mutilation, support a Tanzanian rape survivor, and advise an Iraqi man about medical coverage. “I’m providing therapy and psychosocial support to survivors of torture and war trauma,” she explains. Building self-awareness and skills: Mancuso arrived at Simmons with a B.A. in history and a master’s in public health — and a desire to turn her interest in global human rights into a social work career. Her first experience working with trauma survivors came in her second-year field placement at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for Violence Prevention, a clinic for survivors of interpersonal violence. At first, admits Mancuso, she was nervous every time her pager buzzed, yet soon, her response changed. “I became much more confident in my skills and my role,” she says. “I realized that social work isn’t about fixing everything but about being willing to sit with people in their discomfort and trauma.” Collaborative classes: Mancuso says that the room Simmons gives students to discuss their field placements with advisors and classmates provided a safety net of support and resources. “We spent a lot of time in class presenting cases and talking about people’s work,” she says. “It was a group process.” In her current position, Mancuso applies practice theories gleaned from her Assessment and Diagnosis and Psycho-Dynamic Approaches to Clinical Diagnosis classes. The results of the work never cease to move her. “My clients have survived incredible circumstances, yet they still see hope,” she says. “There is something so rewarding and inspiring about helping people who are so down come back up.”
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