Samantha Tarcov Block
Samantha Tarcov Block met her first social worker at age 16 when her brother underwent frequent hospitalizations for a chronic illness. Today, she’s the one helping patients and families as a clinical social worker at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston.
Victor Ortiz
Victor Ortiz assists children with acute mental health needs as the admissions coordinator for Y.O.U., Inc., a multi-service nonprofit in Worcester, Massachusetts. Working closely with emergency rooms, mobile crisis teams, and families, he determines which treatment program/placement at Y.O.U., Inc. is most appropriate for a child in crisis.
Lynnette Littles
As a forensic social worker with MHM Services, Inc., at Bridgewater State Hospital, a facility for incarcerated patients with mental health issues, Lynnette Littles handles a caseload of 21 men charged with or convicted of crimes of assault.
A difficult population, to be sure, yet Littles says, “I absolutely love my job.”
Dominique Watson
After graduating from Smith College in 2006, Dominique Watson landed a job in the IT industry. However, with a mother who’s a case manager, a brother who’s an adolescent counselor, and a sister-in-law who’s a recent SSW grad, it wasn’t long before she found herself more interested in working with people than PCs.
Christina Rimelspach
Christina Rimelspach recently became a care coordinator on the Recuperative Services Unit at Hebrew Rehabilitation Center in Roslindale, Massachusetts. From intake to discharge, she handles all aspects of patients’ care plans and plays a vital role on an interdisciplinary team that includes doctors, nurses, and therapists. Committed to helping an aging population, Christina calls the new position her “dream job.”
Anna Mancuso
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 psycho-social support to survivors of torture and war trauma,” she explains.
Jennifer O’Neil
Jennifer O'Neil is the manager of Client Advocacy at the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, the oldest and largest AIDS service organization in New England. A 2010 graduate of the SSW, she serves as the link between two critical populations: 300 clients living with AIDS or HIV and a staff of 5 case managers. "My job," says Jennifer, "is all about building relationships."
