Trends in the Social Work Workforce


	Trends in the Social Work Workforce

dmegivern

7-10-2008 10:25 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a5b301a9-a38c-446d-8bd9-d6551e8d9b1d/B55FB4AE-190B-4C26-934C-90E4B27E50E6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp" href="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp" style="font-size: 11px;">www.socialworkers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><H3>Trends in Social Work Workforce Explained</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><P>"The data covered a range of areas that impact social work 
                practice," Whitaker explained to the News. "Our profession 
                is broad, and we need to explore all these areas to fully comprehend 
                our workforce needs." The data in the teleconference were 
                scheduled to be released in a new report from the Center as the 
                News went to press.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><P>Among the data addressed during the teleconference were:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The social work profession will grow at a much faster than 
                  average rate through 2016.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> More than 50 million people provide care for a chronically 
                  ill, disabled or aged family member or friend during a given 
                  year.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> More than 2.4 million grandparents are primarily responsible 
                  for the care of their grandchildren.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Among older families, 7.8 million live in unaffordable housing 
                  or poor-quality dwellings.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.socialworkers.org/pubs/news/2008/06/trends.asp"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The number of people released from prison has increased 350 
                  percent over the last 20 years.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B55FB4AE-190B-4C26-934C-90E4B27E50E6/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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