Social Workers of the Future May Specialize in Web 2.0
There may be a demand by 2030 for social workers who help people who are “traumatized” or “marginalized” by social networking Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace, according to this article in the United Kingdom’s Guardian newspaper.
The article was based on a report prepared by Fast Future Research in Great Britain. To read the full “Shape of Jobs to Come” report click here.
Q: There have been reports that demand for medical and nursing home social workers will increase as America’s population ages. What other social work career trends do you predict for the next 20 years?
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The Social “Networking” Worker (page 40) is not too far fetched considering the amount of people whose interaction with the virtual world is increasing as their connections to the physical world decline.