Illustration courtesy of the Metro.

Cheers to the Metro for urging readers of its “Career and Wealth” section to pursue a social work career.

“In 2006, the Bureau of Labor Statistics listed job growth for social workers as ‘much faster than the average,’ its highest designation, signaling growth of at least 21 percent,” reporter Bruce Walsh wrote.

The Metro is a free newspaper published in more than 100 cities around the world. To read the full story click here.

T0  find out more about how the National Association of Social Workers is working to promote social work careers read about the  Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act (H.R. 795 and S. 686). NASW supports the legislation, which would help prevent a pending shortage of trained social workers