Social Workers Are Heroes Too!

I am a Licensed Certified Social Worker. Our professional, National recognition is poor: how often do you hear Social Workers praised by the media or politicians, compared to Fire Fighters, Police Officers, Nurses, or Teachers?

We are not just case managers. Many Social Workers have graduate school education and training, plus State Licensing, that permits us to engage Children, Adolescents, Families and Adults in Therapy.

We work hard, are often exposed to secondary traumas and physical harm, and like many other professionals, we have increasing productivity targets and top-down pressures to perform, BUT for low-incomes, compared to Teachers, Nurses, Fire Fighters and Police personnel.

Altruism and Compassion are necessary moral foundations for Social Work. But together, they do not our pay rent, utility bills, student loans, nor increase according to actual cost-of-living expenses.

Social Workers deserve better National recognition, respect, and higher pay.