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Illinois
Social Work Reinvestment Initiative (SWRI)
Background
Introduction
A. The intent of the national and state Social Work
Reinvestment Initiative (SWRI)
The NASW National office recently announced a major
initiative designed to unify and
advance the social work profession at the state and
national levels. The Social Work
Reinvestment Initiative is an integrated action plan
that addresses four of the key goals
identified by the Social Work
Congress in 2005. The Reinvestment Initiative builds on
the National Social Work Public Education Campaign and
the recent findings by the NASW
Workforce
Center.
As explained by Elizabeth Clark, PhD, ACSW, MPH, “The
goal is to get government, employers, and others to
fully recognize the importance of social work
and to persuade them to assist us in recruiting,
retaining, and retraining professional social workers.”
Work on the initiative will begin at the state level and
will include components such as funding for social work
education, support for research, strengthening policies
and regulations to support social work prac-
tice, and social work education loan forgiveness.
B. The following are the steps used in
developing the Illinois Social Work Reinvestment (SWRI)
plan:
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Initial meeting with Joel Rubin, Sandra Mills, and
Kathy Wehrmann
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Initial presentation of SWRI plan to Board of
Directors
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Discussion of SWRI plan with Deans and Directors at
NASW-IL conference on September 24, 2007
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Review by NASW-IL Board of Directors
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Posting on NASW-IL website
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Submit final preliminary draft to National office by
December 31, 2007 deadline
C. The groups supporting NASW that
will be given the opportunity to review the Chapter’s
SWRI plan are listed below:
¨
Illinois
Association of Deans and Directors
¨ Fieldwork Directors
¨ American Network of
Home Health Care Social Workers, Inc
¨ Association for
Community Organizations and Social Administration
(ACOSA)
¨ Association for the
Advancement of Social Work with Groups, Inc.-IL
¨ Association of
Police Social Workers
¨
Chicago
Perinatal Social Workers
¨
Illinois
Association of School Social Workers
¨
Illinois
Association of School Social Workers- Supervisors and
Coordinators Council
¨
Illinois
Society for Clinical Social Work
¨ Latino Social
Workers Organization
¨ National
Association of Black Social Workers, Chicago
¨ National
Association of Social Workers, IL
¨ National Network
for Social Work Managers
¨
Northern Illinois
Employee Assistance Professionals Association
¨ Social Workers
Helping Social Workers
¨ Social Work
Alternative Healthcare Network-Chicago
¨ Society for Social
Work Leadership in Healthcare, IL
¨ National
Association of Social Workers membership (through
NASW-IL website)
Illinois
Data Profile of Social Work Labor Force
Illinois
Social Work Regulations
A. Categories of Licensure
|
Illinois
Licensure Categories
|
Initials
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Education
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Experience
|
Exam Required
|
Board Approval
|
|
Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
|
LCSW
|
DSW
|
2000 hrs POST
|
Clinical
|
No
|
|
Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
|
LCSW
|
MSW
|
3000 hrs POST
|
Clinical
|
No
|
|
Licensed Social Worker
|
LSW
|
MSW
|
0
|
Masters
|
No
|
|
Licensed Social Worker
|
LSW
|
BSW
|
3 yrs POST
|
Masters
|
No
|
This data was taken from the
Association of Social Work Boards website: www.aswb.org
B.
(a) Licensed Clinical Social
Workers (LCSW)
9284
(b) Licensed Social Workers
(LSW)
3436
(c) Academy of Certified
Social Workers (ACSW)
2250*
*based on NASW-IL membership
Illinois
Social Work Education Programs
A.
Name,
Location of Social Work Programs, and degrees offered
|
Name
|
Location
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Degrees
offered
|
|
Aurora
University
|
Aurora
|
BSW, MSW
|
|
Bradley
University
|
Peoria
|
MSW
|
|
Chicago
State
University
|
Chicago
|
MSW
|
|
Dominican
University
|
River
Forest
|
MSW
|
|
Governors
State
University
|
University Park
|
BSW, MSW
|
|
Illinois
State
University
|
Normal
|
BSW, MSW
|
|
Institute for Clinical
Social Work
|
Chicago
|
PhD
|
|
Loyola
University
|
Chicago
|
BSW, MSW, PhD
|
|
MacMurray
College
|
Jacksonville
|
BSW
|
|
Northeastern
Illinois
University
|
Chicago
|
BSW
|
|
Olivet-Nazarene
University
|
Chicago
|
BSW
|
|
Southern
Illinois
University
|
Carbondale
|
BSW, MSW
|
|
Southern
Illinois
University
|
Edwardsville
|
BSW, MSW
|
|
Trinity
Christian
College
|
Palos
Heights
|
BSW
|
|
University
of Chicago
|
Chicago
|
MSW, PhD
|
|
University
of Illinois
|
Chicago
|
MSW, PhD
|
|
University
of Illinois
|
Springfield
|
BSW
|
|
University
of St. Francis
|
Joliet
|
BSW
|
|
Western
Illinois
University
|
Macomb
|
BSW
|
B.
Number of
Social Work Program Enrollees (need CSWE member access)
C. Number of Social Work Program
Graduates (need CSWE member access)
D.
Average Loan Debt of Social
Work Students
A survey by the Council on Social Work
Education found that the average loan debt of social
work students graduating in 2004 with a master’s degree
in
social work was $26,777; those with bachelor’s degrees
in social work faced repayment of $18,609 in loans and
those with doctoral degrees in social work
were $32,841 in debt.
|
Institution
|
Degree
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Percentage of 2003-2004 Graduates with Loan Debt
|
Average
Loan Debt Among 2003-04 Graduates
|
|
Bradley University
|
BSW
|
90%
|
$15,000
|
|
Governors State
University
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BSW
|
100%
|
$10,000
|
|
Loyola University
|
BSW
|
94%
|
$28,881
|
|
Northeastern Illinois University
|
BSW
|
70%
|
$10,000
|
|
Olivet Nazarene
University
|
BSW
|
60%
|
$16,000
|
|
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
|
BSW
|
69%
|
$10,650
|
|
Trinity Christian
College
|
BSW
|
80%
|
$20,000
|
|
University of Saint
Francis
|
BSW
|
100%
|
$45,000
|
|
Western Illinois
University
|
BSW
|
85%
|
|
|
AVERAGE
|
BSW
|
83%
|
$19,441
|
|
Dominican University
|
MSW
|
52%
|
$30,937
|
|
Governors State
University
|
MSW
|
50%
|
$4,000
|
|
Loyola University
|
MSW
|
75%
|
$48,000
|
|
University of
Chicago
|
MSW
|
90%
|
$40,000
|
|
AVERAGE
|
MSW
|
67%
|
$30,734
|
|
University of Chicago
|
Ph.D
|
100%
|
$50,000
|
This data was taken from the Council
of Social Work Education Annual Survey (2004); Complied
by the National Association of Social Workers (05/05)
Percentage of
College Graduates from Four-Year Institutions with
Unmanageable Debt on Starting Social Worker Salary (U.S.
Average)
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Public institutions
|
37.3%
|
|
Private institutions
|
54.8%
|
This data was taken from The U.S.
Public Interest Research Group website: www.uspirg.org
Illinois
Demographic Trends
To better
understand the current and potential labor market for
social workers in
Illinois,
the Chapter first reviewed the 2000 Census Statistics
related to age,
race, poverty status, and languages spoken at home.
Total Population:
12,419, 293
|
RACE
|
|
|
|
One race
|
12,184,277
|
98.1
|
|
White
|
9,125,471
|
73.5
|
|
Black or African
American
|
1,876,875
|
15.1
|
|
American Indian and Alaska
Native
|
31,006
|
0.2
|
|
Asian
|
423,603
|
3.4
|
|
Asian Indian
|
124,723
|
1.0
|
|
Chinese
|
76,725
|
0.6
|
|
Filipino
|
86,298
|
0.7
|
|
Japanese
|
20,379
|
0.2
|
|
Korean
|
51,453
|
0.4
|
|
Vietnamese
|
19,101
|
0.2
|
|
Other Asian1
|
44,924
|
0.4
|
|
Native Hawaiian and
Other
Pacific Islander
|
4,610
|
0.0
|
|
Native Hawaiian
|
1,003
|
0.0
|
|
Guamanian or
Chamorro
|
988
|
0.0
|
|
Samoan
|
1,062
|
0.0
|
|
Other Pacific
Islander2
|
1,557
|
0.0
|
|
Some other race
|
722,712
|
5.8
|
|
Two or more races
|
235,016
|
1.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
Race alone or in combination
with one or more other races
|
|
|
|
White
|
9,332,831
|
75.1
|
|
Black or African American
|
1,937,671
|
15.6
|
|
American Indian and Alaska Native
|
73,161
|
0.6
|
|
Asian
|
473,649
|
3.8
|
|
Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific islander
|
11,848
|
0.1
|
|
Some other race
|
847,369
|
6.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino and Race
|
|
|
|
Total Population
|
12,419,293
|
100.0
|
|
Hispanic or Latino (of any
race)
|
1,530,262
|
12.3
|
|
Mexican
|
1,144,390
|
9.2
|
|
Puerto Rican
|
157,851
|
1.3
|
|
Cuban
|
18,438
|
0.1
|
|
Other Hispanic or
Latino
|
209,583
|
1.7
|
|
Not Hispanic or Latino
|
10,889,031
|
87.7
|
|
White alone
|
8,424,140
|
67.8
|
1
Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2
Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
This data was taken from the U.S.
Census Bureau website:
www.census.gov/census2000/states/il.html
Language Spoken at Home:
English Only
80.8%
Language other than English
19.2%
Poverty Rate
12.1
Employment
Projections
(Joel- “social worker” is not defined)
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In 2004:
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Projected for 2014:
|
|
Child,
Family, and school social workers
|
13,871
|
15,717
|
|
Mental health and substance
abuse social workers
|
4,034
|
4,986
|
|
Medical and public health
social workers
|
3,655
|
4,252
|
|
Social workers, all other
|
5,887
|
6,383
|
The number of social workers employed
in the following areas in 2004 and how many social
workers will be needed in the following areas in 2014.
This data was obtained from the
Illinois Projections of Employment from the Labor Market
Information website: http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/
Top 20 Projected Growth Occupations
(Counselors/Social
Workers/Community Service Specs)
|
Region
|
Rank*
|
Employment, 2004
|
Projected Employment,
2014
|
Employment
Change
|
Annual Growth
|
Annual
Replacements
|
Mean Wage,
2005
|
|
Central Illinois
|
14
|
5,126
|
5,652
|
526
|
53
|
97
|
$44,318.10
|
|
East
Central Illinois
|
18
|
1,800
|
2,025
|
224
|
22
|
35
|
$39,776
|
|
North
Central Illinois
|
16
|
3,698
|
4,458
|
760
|
76
|
70
|
$38, 866.40
|
|
Northeastern Illinois
|
19
|
41,662
|
49,805
|
8,143
|
814
|
796
|
$46,446.03
|
|
Northern Stateline Illinois
|
16
|
2,087
|
2,533
|
445
|
45
|
40
|
$43,225
|
|
Northwestern Illinois
|
14
|
2,573
|
2,906
|
332
|
33
|
49
|
$38,624
|
|
Southeastern Illinois
|
13
|
1,675
|
1,854
|
178
|
18
|
32
|
$38,652
|
|
Southern Illinois
|
16
|
2,432
|
2,610
|
178
|
18
|
46
|
$42,438
|
|
Southwestern Illinois
|
16
|
3,587
|
4,025
|
438
|
44
|
69
|
$46,079
|
|
West
Central Illinois
|
13
|
1,454
|
1,601
|
147
|
15
|
27
|
$39,236
|
|
Illinois
|
19
|
66,013
|
77,292
|
11,279
|
1,128
|
1,263
|
$38,343.00
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*Rank= For each region of Illinois listed, the top
20 growth occupations for that region was complied, the
number listed refers to how (counselors/social
workers/community service specs) ranked from 1-20 in
each region
Source: Illinois Department of
Employment Security
(from: 2007 State of Working Illinois
report, pp. 55, 59, 63, 67, 71, 75, 79, 83, 87, 91, 95)
Mental Health
Based on the healthcare-related
data sets available from
www.statehealthfacts.org
There were 1,396 psychiatrists,
5,430 psychologists and
24,170 social workers
in
Illinois
in 2000. This was equal to 11.6 psychiatrists, 43.6
psychologists, and 194.3 social workers per 100,000
population.
Illinois
ranked 16th among states in psychiatrists per capita,
13th in psychologists per capita, and
15th in social workers per capita.
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