Spleen Cringe, I apologize for not knowing, as many years as we have both been here on Mudcat, but I am unclear about whether you are in the USA or the UK. I'm thinking USA but am not certain.

Do you work with kids, adults or both? Case management, therapist, some of both?

Michelle, at the time you were in practice, were most of your colleagues also BSW's? Did you, speaking in general, observe differences in the effectiveness or approaches to families between those of you with BSWs and those with other degrees? If you had colleagues who did not have a BSW but perhaps a degree in another field, especially a non-service oriented field, did you find significant differences in their approaches, assessments, interventions or recommendations from what your own might have been had it been your case?

Any Mudcat Social Workers who have worked in public policy, management of publicly funded service agencies, labor organizing or community organization? Any medical social workers?

For people who might read this thread who have not worked providing social services work - what is your understanding of the term 'social worker?'