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Facts About Social Work
 Did you know?
- Social workers have the right education, experience, and
dedication to help people help themselves whenever and wherever
they need it. It takes a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral
social work degree - with a minimum number of hours in supervised
fieldwork - to become a social worker.
- Social workers help people in all stages of life, from
children to the elderly, and from all situations from adoption
to hospice care.
- You can find social workers in hospitals, police departments,
mental health clinics, military facilities, and even corporations.
- Professional social workers are the nation's largest providers
of mental health services. According to government sources,
more than 60 percent of mental health treatment is delivered
by social workers.
- More than 600,000 people in the United States hold social
work degrees.
- The Veteran's Administration employs more than 3,800 MSWs
to assist veterans and their families with individual and
family counseling, patient education, end of life planning,
substance abuse treatment, crisis intervention, and other
services.
- Forty percent of mental health professionals working with
the Red Cross Disaster Services Human Resources system are
social workers.
- There are more than 170 social workers in national, state,
and local elected office, including two U.S. Senators and
four U.S. Representatives.
- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for
social workers is expected to grow twice as fast as any other
occupation, especially in gerontology, home healthcare, substance
abuse, private social service agencies, and school social
work.
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