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The Results Are In

What Social Workers Say About Social Work

NASW Center for Workforce Studies, Tracy Whitaker, DSW, ACSW, Director

2009. Item #B200. 66 pages.

$24.99

The NASW Center for Workforce Studies has undertaken the herculean task of identifying, examining, and classifying the social work labor force. Significant insights were gained with the 2004 benchmark national study of licensed social workers about social workers’ roles and work environments. The study also raised new questions about the social work workforce that required further exploration. The Center followed up with The NASW Membership Workforce Study 2007 in an effort to respond to such remaining questions and to penetrate the underlying factors determining a social worker’s career path.

The Results Are In articulates decision points and influences for study participants. This research is useful to the professional workforce because it helps one to understand their place on the professional spectrum, shared career concerns, and channels to maximize career satisfaction. For social work students, employers, policy makers, and other human services professionals, it is a rare glimpse inside of the world of social workers as they balance the rewards and challenges of this important profession.