Is there a big demand for social workers?

[Dr_Adventure]

The outlook posted generally fits with other data about the future of social work...so in terms of demand I would say yes there is one. Now the BSW level issue is a bit more tricky. There is and will be a big demand for BSW, however the trend in social work (and really all professions) is toward the MSW. The advantage of the BSW is that you can do you MSW in a year rather than 2 yrs. So you are going to save yourself some time and money. You don't need an MSW but if you want to advance you will probably want to get one. Adoption and Hospital work in general will require an MSW (this does depend a bit on where you live and if the market has had a supply of MSW's). Social work is probably the best profession to work with youth in terms of getting jobs out of college and certainly the MSW is the most versatile of those related to human services.

DA