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research & data

nasw's center for workforce studies and the social work policy institute conducted research that examined the social work workforce and issues that related to the work of social workers, including serving people with multiple and complex needs.

social work policy

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maximizing social work's policy impact in a changing political landscape

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workforce studies

the provision of behavioral health services by recent master of social work graduates - march 2021
the social work profession: findings from three years of surveys of new social workers - december 2020
new social workers: results of the nationwide survey of 2017 social work graduates - april 2018
profile of the social work workforce - october 2017

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nasw research library

find resources that support your social work practice, with unlimited access to databases from leading research institutions, think tanks and 世界杯入围名单2022 organizations.

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social workers and safety

this fact sheet shares data from a 2004 benchmark national study of 10,000 licensed social workers and personal safety issues at work.

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