The importance of our Advocating for the Licensure for Bachelor Level Social Workers (BSW), in PA, because there are no option for individual with a bachelor’s degree in social work to become licensed here in the state of PA, however there are 36 states that do have BSW Licensure. Also Practice Protection for Licensed Individuals, because social work practice protection seeks to limit the delivery of licensed social and clinical social workers to those credentialed to provide the services, this got us hyped and ready to lobby by petition so that our Legislators and Committee Members know we need to be Licensed Social Workers at the Bachelor Level in the Commonwealth!!!!
Why is this important?
In support of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Alvernia University class of future Social Workers along with other social work college students and professionals united on April 16, 2013, we attend in Harrisburg the 2013 Legislative Advocacy Day at the Capital. We were there the entire day to voice and show our support on legislation being introduced to create practice protection for all social workers, and Senate Bill 807, sponsored by Chuck MeIlhinney creating licensure for bachelor level social workers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (PA).
