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For Immediate Release April 16, 2010

Contact: Gail Woods-Waller 202-336-8236 gwaller@naswdc.org Greg Wright (202) 336-8324 gwright@naswdc.org

- Media Advisory -

2010 Social Work Congress to Tackle Issues Facing Fast-Growing Social Work Field

Meeting to Feature Congressional Briefing, Speeches by Authors Kirstin Downey, Daniel Brook

WASHINGTON— Employment in the social work profession is expected to grow faster than average over the next eight years. Still, the profession faces challenges, including high student debt, stagnant salaries and service funding cuts.

Members of four leading national social work associations, members of Congress, a key Obama Administration official, and two noted authors will gather in Washington, D.C. on April 22-23 to explore these issues and solutions during the 2010 Social Work Congress.

“Some of the best minds in social work will be gathering to talk about and brainstorm ways to keep our valuable profession growing and thriving well into the 21st century,” National Association of Social Workers Executive Director Betsy Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH, said. “It is fitting that our theme is ‘Reaffirm, Revisit and Reimagine the Profession.’”

WHAT: 2010 Social Work Congress: “Reaffirm, Revisit and Reimagine the Profession”

WHO: Four leading social work associations are convening 350 social work leaders to examine challenges facing the profession and discuss how to transfer leadership to the next generation. Co-conveners are the National Association of Social Workers, Council on Social Work Education, National Association of Deans and Directors of the Schools of Social Work, and the Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors. Speakers include:

1. Rep. Edolphus Towns of New York
2. Rep. Carol Shea Porter of New Hampshire
3. Rep. Allyson Schwartz of Pennsylvania
4. Rep. Barbara Lee of California
5. Jared Berstein, chief economist and economic policy advisor to Vice President Biden, executive director for the White House Task Force on the Middle Class
6. Daniel Brook, author of “The Trap: Selling Out to Stay Afloat”
7. Kirstin Downey, author of “Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience”

WHERE: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20001

WHEN: April 22-23, 2010

SPONSORS:  NASW Assurance Services is the presenting sponsor. Event supporters include the Association of Oncology Social Work, the Association of Social Work Boards, Clinical Social Work Association, Association of Black Social Workers, National Network of Social Work Managers, Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care, Society for Social Work and Research, and the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work.

About NASW
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW), in Washington, DC, is the largest membership organization of professional social workers with 145,000 members. It promotes, develops, and protects the practice of social work and social workers. NASW also seeks to enhance the well being of individuals, families, and communities through its advocacy.

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