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The Profession of Social Work

By Tammy Stevens on March, 29, 2016 at 10am

Social work is work carried out by trained personnel with the aim of alleviating the conditions of those in need of help or welfare. According to "cosw.sc.edu" "The main goal of being a social worker is to improve a society's overall well-being, especially for the most vulnerable populations." Social workers also help people or groups identify their problems. Other social workers may choose to work with communities, organizations, or governments. The social work profession is interesting because there are a variety of fields.

This practice requires knowledge of human development and behavior. Social workers help people of all backgrounds. Social workers also assist people overcoming challenges such as: discrimination, poverty, addiction, divorce, unemployment, disability and mental illness, and educational problems. Social workers frequently tackled poverty in modern social work. Social workers came to the aid of veterans who had been traumatized during World War I. Many veterans came home from war with a disability and mental problems and were left with nothing, which resulted in them being poor. Although they have done a lot with veterans, social workers also gave an equal amount of support to the sick and disadvantaged. Being a social worker is not easy and there is a lot of hard work that goes into the job.

When going into the social work profession, you are required to have a license. If you want to make a higher salary you would need a BSW(Bachelors degree) or an MSW(Masters degree). The better degree you have the more you can do.

According to "socialworklicensure.org" "A NASW report. based on a large scale survey, found far greater job satisfaction among social workers employed in child welfare than what has been reported for child welfare workers as a whole. Social workers were more likely to report sufficient professional development and adequate meeting time with supervisors. They also tended to have smaller, more manageable caseloads-and better pay. Social workers did report a number of job stresses, but tended to focus more on the plight of families they served than their own working conditions." Although social workers do not get paid a ton, I think it is good for people wanting to pursue a career in social work to know about better paying fields of work.


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