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Posted on 03/19/2018 - 8:33 AM by MaryBeth Kurland, CAE

A Bright Future for Social Workers in Health Care
MaryBeth Kurland, CAE

The future is not just bright for social workers in health care. It’s positively brilliant. 

Job growth for social workers overall is projected to be 16 percent over most of the next decade—much faster than other occupations, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But for social workers in health care, the demand is even greater—almost three times greater than average job growth1.