Retirement Opens New Doors for
Many
Staying Involved, Exploring
Longtime Interests
An Illinois Chapter project taps
retired social workers as a resource.
By Lyn Stoesen, News
Staff
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| Illustration: John Michael
Yanson |
When the school year started in September,
students, teachers and administrators across the country returned
to the classroom, along with the school social workers who work
alongside them.
This year, however, was different for
Michigan school social worker Sandy Skinner-Krell. She retired
at the end of the last school year, and for the first time, “I
have a blank page in this notebook of my life.”
NASW’s Practice Research Network found
that in 2002, the median age of NASW members was 50, with 39 percent
of members born before 1950. Retirement comes at different times
and with different experiences for social workers: some continue
working in the field late into their lives; some retire earlier
and explore other careers and interests; and some do both. But
as America ages, the number of retired social workers is expanding
as well.
Illinois project.
NASW’s Illinois Chapter has a project to bring retired social
workers back into the workforce to work with the aging population.
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From October 2003 NASW News.
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