EK steals my wet towel turban and EM freaks out when she realises I’m a social worker.

PSA: you do not need to be a licensed social worker (have an MSW, be an LCSW) to work for ACS/CPS. Very often, just a bachelors is needed. So many people who work for these orgs have the bare minimum educational background and do really not great jobs and then it ends up giving social workers a bad name. But then again, there are also a lot of terrible social workers out there who are culturally incompetent and judgmental. But essentially sending unqualified people into situations where their job is basically to judge people (often who are poor/non-white) about whether to take away their kids often does not go well. Plenty of good parents get their children taken away and placed into foster care, which is extremely traumatic for everyone involved. Also social workers do so so so many different types of jobs- counselors/therapists in community mental health centers and private practices, research and advocacy at the policy/nonprofit level, psychoeducation and workshop facilitators, help connect those in need with resources in the community, help deescalate situations when people are in crisis (mental health-wise) so that the police (who aren’t trained to handle situations like that) don’t need to get involved.... the list goes on an on. Tl;DR: WE NEED MORE SOCIAL WORKERS!!!

Source: am a social worker

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