North Dakota

These are local links for my students and friends looking for resources here in the Great Plains.

Local Jobs and Job Search

• North Dakota State Jobs are all listed here.
• Job Service North Dakota lists jobs across the state for places in the community. 
• Minnesota county government jobs are here and state jobs are here.
• Other places that hire social workers or counselors, sometimes, locally are:
• East Grand Forks School District
• Grand Forks Public School District
• Altru Hospital in Grand Forks
• Catholic Charities of North Dakota
• The Centre, a residential treatment program with several ND locations
• Community Violence Intervention Center (CVIC)
• Grand Forks County
• Grand Forks Senior Center
• Lutheran Social Services (across the state)
• Village Family Service Center (across ND, some MN jobs)
• The Stadter Center/Aurora Medical Park 

National Job Search Sites

• NASW Social Work Career Center is here
• Federal Government hires a lot of social workers to work with vets and military

Licensing

• ND Board of Social Work Examiners lists the state licensure requirements
• MN Board of Social Work requirements
• Association of Social Work Boards designs the tests, offers free and paid study guides, and is where you register for your exam. These tests are for ND and MN.
• ASWB has a list of supervisor competencies: use this to think about what you want and need from supervision (see Appendix B at the end of the article).

Books to read:  These books are some of my favorite practice-oriented books for emerging clinicians

• The Family Therapy Treatment Planner offers clear treatment plan examples. There is a whole series of "treatment planner" books for different populations.
• Maps of Narrative Practice is a primer on Narrative Therapy.
• Motivational Interviewing is the classic text on the subject.
• Doing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy offers techniques and vignettes.
• Mindful Way Through Depression is a consumer text but good, and comes with CD.
• Anxiety and Phobia Workbook is also consumer oriented and worth reading.

Continuing Education: ND accepts any CEU that is approved by ASWB or NASW.

This list is maintained by the NDBSWE
This site offers a free CEU every month. Just read an article, take a test, print out your certificate and send it to the board at renewal time.