GC'ers Views of Social Workers

[winneythepooh7]

Due to recent discussion sparked by Ktsnake in the thread "public housing" I am curious to hear GC'ers views on their experiences with Social Workers or "people" providing services to others in areas such as mental health, elder care, substance abuse, etc. It is interesting because in different states the qualifications to be a "Social Worker" are different. In some states people without a Master's degree (in fact not a degree at all) can call themselves a Social Worker (and scarier yet) a "therapist". Has anyone run into any negative experiences they feel are based on this fact that many people in my career field are not educated enough nor have enough experience to provide appropriate services? I think this is the only field where this happens.