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Podcast: How Can Supervisors and Organizations Support Staff Care?
Date: July 6, 2020
Topic(s): Health, Mental Health and Wellness, Organizational Development
Subtopic(s): COVID-19, Self-care
Are you looking to increase staff care programming in your organization? Stream the latest episode of the Switchboard podcast, where Kristen Guskovict, LCSW and Founder of Heart of Aid Work, and Dr. Adeyinka Akinsulure-Smith, Licensed Psychologist and Tenured Professor at the City College of New York, discuss the importance of providing resettlement staff with the …
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Podcast: Ask an Expert: Self-Care Q&A
Date: July 6, 2020
Topic(s): Case Management, Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): COVID-19, Self-care
In this episode of the Switchboard podcast, Kristen Guskovict, LCSW and Founder of Heart of Aid Work, and Dr. Aprile Andelle, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, discuss the importance of self-care for refugee service providers and respond to questions submitted by listeners. They offer advice for those living alone during the pandemic, tips on staying …
Podcast: How Are You Really Doing?
Date: May 22, 2020
Topic(s): Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): COVID-19, Self-care
Are you experiencing increased stress, worry, or burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic? Stream Switchboard’s latest podcast, where Kristen Guskovict, LCSW and Founder of Heart of Aid Work, and Dr. Minal Giri, Medical Director of Melrose Park Pediatrics, share how they are feeling during the pandemic. They discuss the challenges of connecting with people virtually; how …
Podcast: Resettling to the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: April 14, 2020
Topic(s): Health
Subtopic(s): COVID-19
This 6:30 minute podcast provides important information to assist those resettling during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes ways your resettlement agency may communication with you, whether via phone, delivery of documents, mail, or flyers and posters. The podcast also explains your rights and responsibilities, including staying calm and informed, making a plan in case someone …
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Podcast: COVID-19: Understanding Guidance and Rules
Date: April 14, 2020
Topic(s): Health
Subtopic(s): COVID-19
This 3:00 minute podcast provides an overview of COVID-19, how it spreads, and its symptoms. It also explains rules and guidance government officials and healthcare workers may ask you to follow, such as isolation, quarantine, social or physical distancing, and shelter in place.
Podcast: Diversifying Your Client Base: Increasing Enrollment of Asylees, Special Immigrant Visa Holders or SIVs, and Others in ORR programs
Date: January 21, 2020
Topic(s): Case Management, Community Engagement, Employment
Is your program seeking to increase enrollment among special immigrant visa (SIV) holders, asylees, and other ORR-eligible populations? Stream Switchboard’s latest podcast, where Erica Bouris, Senior Technical Advisor for Economic Empowerment at the IRC, discusses ways to boost program enrollment among ORR-eligible clients you may not currently be reaching. She shares her thoughts on developing …
Podcast: From a Refugee to a State Refugee Coordinator
Date: December 3, 2019
Topic(s): Employment
Subtopic(s): Career Advancement
This Switchboard podcast spotlights Augustin Ntabaganyimana, Executive Deputy Director at the Maryland Department of Human Services. Listen to Augustin share his story about his early life in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, arriving as a refugee in the United States, and his road to becoming a State Refugee Coordinator. This podcast is an …
Podcast: Is Your Program Gender-Sensitive?
Date: September 23, 2019
Topic(s): Employment, Monitoring and Evaluation
Subtopic(s): Project Design and M&E Planning
Stream Switchboard’s latest podcast! Kelsey Chippeaux of the IRC in Silver Spring discusses the process of developing a gender analysis plan for a TANF employment program.
Podcast: What is Motivational Interviewing?
Date: July 8, 2019
Topic(s): Case Management, Mental Health and Wellness, Organizational Development
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare
In this podcast, Switchboard Program Officer Margaret Gibbon is joined by Dr. Miriam Potocky, Author and Professor of Social Work at Florida International University, and Kristen Guscovict, Founder of HEART of Aid Work. They discuss motivational interviewing, an evidence-based intervention that can be used in refugee case management programs, and provide examples of how it …
Podcast: A Look at Switchboard’s FY19 Needs Assessment
Date: March 14, 2019
Topic(s): Monitoring and Evaluation, Organizational Development
Subtopic(s): Presenting Data
In this podcast, Switchboard Director Jason Crislip and Program Officer Margaret Gibbon have a 7-minute discussion about how Switchboard’s national needs assessment survey is informing Switchboard’s work in FY19. To read the full needs assessment report, click here.