Comments on: Social Work Think-Tank to Serve NYC Poor http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/cheers-and-jeers/new-social-work-think-tank-to-serve-nyc-poor.html NASW Communications Network - Social Workers speak out on television, movies and other media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jackson, LMSW http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/cheers-and-jeers/new-social-work-think-tank-to-serve-nyc-poor.html#comment-278 Jackson, LMSW Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:49:29 +0000 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=401#comment-278 And ironically while one out of three of the city's 8.3 million citizens live on annual incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, I wonder where social workers who service these people fall in with these numbers. After receving the degree, maybe even the license and then left with a loan of approximately $70,000 plus (especially if you've attended NYU) and your starting salary $40,000, how does a social worker survive in NYC with poor salaries and high rents. What are we saying about the field and work that we do? At what point will schools recognize the disconnect between the degree and the salary making schools more affordable. And ironically while one out of three of the city’s 8.3 million citizens live on annual incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, I wonder where social workers who service these people fall in with these numbers.

After receving the degree, maybe even the license and then left with a loan of approximately $70,000 plus (especially if you’ve attended NYU) and your starting salary $40,000, how does a social worker survive in NYC with poor salaries and high rents. What are we saying about the field and work that we do? At what point will schools recognize the disconnect between the degree and the salary making schools more affordable.

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