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On June 9th, I met with Jenna Mehnert and Jamie Buchenauer of the NASW PA chapter. We travelled to Harrisburg to meet with Senator Jane Earll regarding title protection for Social Workers. What is title protections?
As of now, any person in the commonwealth can call themselves a “social worker”. What that means is that persons providing case managment or other case work can use the title “Social Worker” without pause. Title protection establishes that in order to use the name “Social Worker” one must have graduated from a CSWE social work school with a BSW (bachelors of social work) or MSW (master of social work).Â
 What that means for the average Joe is that when they access service from a social worker, they are being served by a professional who has been rigorously educated by an institution that has passed the review of the Council on Social Work Education, the only national accediting body for Social Work.
With populations like the aging growing very quickly in Pennsylvania, Social Workers will be providing more and more services to these vulnerable populations. Social Work title protection will offer some peace of mind to those populations.
 ErieKIDS continues to advocate for the families we serve. This is another way that we do that. Thanks to the NASW-PA team for working hard not only for Social Workers in the commonwealth, but for those we serve everyday.


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