Social Work in SC

1. Social Worker in SC Margaret Kerlin
U330 Applied
Psychology

2. Society for
Child and
Family Policy
and Practice
• Conducts research in the field of law, pediatrics,
education and other fields to ensure the
effectiveness of programs for children and
teens.
• Focuses:
• Crtiical needs of ethnic minorities
• Effectiveness of child maltreatment
programs
• Treatment of violent juvenile offenders
• Childrens media

3. Typical Jobs
• Undergraduate:
• Child care, child protection worker, teacher, and substance abuse treatment.
• Graduate:
• Master of social work, psychiatrist, Phd psychologist focusing on child
research, PhD psuyuchologust focusing on children.

4. Different Kinds
of Social Work
• Child and Family social workers
• Clinical Social workers
• School Social workers
• Healthcare social workers
• Geriatric social workers
• Hospice and palliative care
• Medical social workers
• Mental health social workers

5. Projected Job Growth
• From 2014 to 2024 projected growth for social workers is supposed to increase by 12%
• Child health and school social workers are expected to grow 6%
• Healthcare social workers are expected to grow 19% during the 10 year period.
• Mental health and substance abuse social workers is also projected to grow 19%.

6. Occupational Title SOC Code Employment, 2014
Projected
Employment, 2024
Change, 2014-24
Employment by Industry
Percent Numeric
SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program
Social workers 21-1020 649,300 724,100 12 74,800 [XLSX]
Child, family, and
school social
workers
21-1021 305,200 324,200 6 19,000 [XLSX]
Healthcare social
workers
21-1022 160,100 191,000 19 30,900 [XLSX]
Mental health and
substance abuse
social workers
21-1023 117,800 140,000 19 22,300 [XLSX]
Social workers, all
other
21-1029 66,400 68,900 4 2,500 [XLSX]
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition, Social Workers,
on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/social-workers.htm (visited May 30, 2017).

7. 21-1022
Healthcare
Social
Workers.
(n.d.).
Retrieved May
31, 2017, from
https://www.b
ls.gov/oes/curr
ent/oes21102
2.htm#st

8. Vision Statement
• To serve those who cannot speak for
themselves and to ensure the best care
possible for them.
• Ensuring that others are cared for in a
professional and respectful manner.

9. Mission Statement
National Association of Social Workers Mission Statement
NASW is a membership organization with a dual mission to:
• Promote, develop, and protect the practice of social
work and social workers; and
• Seek to enhance the effective functioning and well-
being of individuals, families, and communities through its
work and through its advocacy.
Created in 1955 through a merger of seven social work
organizations, the National Association of Social Workers is the
largest membership organization of professional social workers
in the world. The Association is comprised of 132,000
members, who are required to agree to and sign the NASW
Code of Ethics upon joining.
NASW’s 56 chapters consist of the following: 50 state chapters,
an international chapter, and five additional chapters in Guam,
New York City, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington,
D.C.
(n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2017, from
http://www.socialworkers.org/nasw
/annualreport2003/mission.asp

10. Requirements
in South
Carolina
• There are 4 social worker licenses in SC
• Baccalaureate social work License (LBSW)
• Master social work license (LMSW)
• Independent level license- clinical practice (LISW-
CP)
• Independent level license- advance practice (LISW-
AP)
• Includes fillin out an application with the board and
upon approval passing an exam that can be taken up to a
maximum of three times a year.

11. References
• 21-1022 Healthcare Social Workers. (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2017,
from https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211022.htm#st
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational
Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition, Social Workers,
on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-
service/social-workers.htm (visited May 30, 2017).
• (n.d.). Retrieved May 31, 2017, from
http://www.socialworkers.org/nasw/annualreport2003/mission.asp