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Description: The socialworthit concept symbolizes the collective role that social workers play in becoming their own financial advocates.
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If you're a social worker, talking about what you make (or what you should make) in a positive way may be unfamiliar territory. Here's a question though - have you ever told someone that you don’t do the work you do for the money? It's possible that this message has been repeated so often that people - including social workers themselves - may have come to expect it. Even among helping professionals , research suggests that social workers earn the least on average.
It’s not a j ob- it’s a calling. Some researchers suggest that while there are external factors that impact low social work pay, the fact that social workers continue to work in the field in spite of the inadequate wages may allow them to be financially exploited.
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