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Could do with the fact that unlike in NY, as far as I know to be a social worker in Oklahoma, you just need a Bachelor's Degree (in any field). I understand that y'all are required to have Masters Degrees. [/B][/QUOTE]
That is definately a problem right there. Not to pat myself on my back but I notice that a lot of people that work in the social work field really are clueless themselves. Many people working in this field do not have the education or experience to work with the complex cases they work with. I am the only person in my program with a Master's in Social Work and again, not to pat myself on the back, but I really can see the difference in the way of thinking amongst myself and my co-workers. But until people who are providing social work services educate themselves, there are going to continue to be problems. I belong to several Social Work listservs and many people in the mid-Western states and the South justify their not going on to educate themselves because the system in those states doesn't give you any difference in pay or title for having the extra priceless education and experience. This is the problem with our society~~our society continues to look at professions other then Social Work (ie. business, law) as being more "worthy" then the helping professions, and that is why my field continues also to be so low-paying. This post is not meant to be a personal attack because you are not the only person who thinks this way about a lot of people in our society. Until there is a universal health care system and more affordable housing is created problems are going to continue. Oh yeah, one more thing, be careful about calling people that take medication crazy, I re-read that in your earlier post. Just because people take meds does not make them crazy and I know with recent posts on the topic of mental illness that is going to bring up a lot of unneccessary problems that we can just avoid by ceasing the debate right now.
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