My favorite time to rant? After I've been sitting for eight hours listening to human service professionals pat themselves on the back for doing the most basic shit. Come on people. We're better than this.

In this episode I interview a former employee of a residential substance use treatment facility.Again, your tax dollars hard at work!If you have a story or stories to share, please email me at roguesocialworker@gmail.comThanks for listening :)

Here is an interview with a very brave individual who chose to share her story with all of us.This episode in particular exposes the lack of accountability and nearly complete incompetence, even with such an easy person to work with.If you have a story you'd like to share on the podcast, please email me at roguesocialworker@gmail.com…

This is a special episode of RSW. I've taken a break from creating and posting new content--gotta make that money! When I find the inner strength to record and post my recent trials with learning how to run a business, I promise I will share them with you.In the meantime, here is a story I helped out with a couple years back. We were in a more or l…

Well I've gotten myself into quite a pickle. Working hard to take responsibility even when others don't.

After listening to an episode of Reply All (https://soundcloud.com/replyall/55-the-line) about Mormons who were fed up with being lied to, I'm asking you--case manager, front line worker, client of a social service agency--to reach out and tell me your story. You'll see on the Criminalization of Homelessness episode, I sat down with a few people to…

Learning by doing. It's painful.

Update from summer of 2017: installing laminate flooring, getting into debt, building the airplane while I fly it.

What humility means to me and why it is the #1 trait for leaders and human service workers to have.

In this episode I talk about choosing to leverage capitalism to generate funding for Kindworks, rather than begging the government for money.

Quality organizational culture...it's not foosball tables, unlimited vacation, or a sit/stand desk. Honesty, reliability, and kindness in your everyday interactions makes for a better culture. Really--it's that simple!

Nonprofits do all sorts of silly things to get money. Most of those things make me really mad.

This is the first episode in a series documenting my journey to end homelessness. I talk about why I got into human services and the problems I saw in the field along the way.