Today, Chapter President Chris Hudson and I meet with staff of the Attorney
General’s office to discuss the Chapter’s major professional legislative
priority: Revision of the Social Work Licensing Law. Since this bill
specifically focuses on consumer protection, we knew the A.G.’s office would be
interested. The public hearing for the bill is November 10th, and we are
rounding up folks to give oral and written testimony. Just to summarize,
the bill would revise the present Social Work Licensing Law such that anyone
calling him/herself a social worker would need to have graduated from an
accredited BSW or MSW School of Social Work. This means that when someone
knocks on a client’s door and identifies him/herself as a social worker, the
client has the assurance that this person is truly a professional with training,
credentials, and supervision to back up his/her title.
If you are interested in joining the Chapter in seeing that
this crucial consumer protection bill gets passed, let me know.
I’ll be waiting for you!
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