Have you been out of the job market for awhile? Are you wondering what are the necessary steps to take in order to get your career back on track? As some of you may know, there was a period of time after I completed my studies for my Master’s in Social Work that I was unable to take […]
Social Worker Pay By Setting, Practice & Region
One question that often comes up is whether there is an advantage (or disadvantage) to working in a particular setting or practice area in terms of the amount of income that you would earn as a social worker. The answer is that it depends… The median base annual salary for a social worker is $55,000, […]
Technology Tools for Clinical Practice
Are you interested in applying some technology tools in your clinical work with clients? To learn more about the application of tech tools within the mental health field, I reached out to Ignacio Pacheco, MSW (also known as Iggy). Iggy is the editor and creator of the Social Work Tech Blog, a blog dedicated to […]
Don’t Put All Your Eggs Into One Basket
If there is one key lesson that I learned since my last job search post, it is that one should not put all of one’s eggs into one basket… Why am I saying this? Because I made this faux pas. To backtrack, a contact had kindly let me know that a clinical position had opened […]
How Much Do Social Workers Earn?
To answer this question, I looked at figures from two sources: the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and Indeed.com. Regretfully, both sources seem to provide different numbers… According to a 2009 study commissioned by the NASW (results of which were released in May 2010), social workers with less than 5 years experience have a […]
