Career Development

Social work is a dynamic profession, requiring you to stay current in the field, whether it’s applying the latest research, understanding a new regulation and its implications, maintaining your license or professional credential, or acquiring additional training to meet the needs of a changing world.

NASW's resources can help you to:

• grow and manage your career
• maintain a practice of excellence
• better serve individuals, families, and communities

Put Yourself Out There

Connect with Your NASW Chapter

Your local NASW chapters connects you to conferences and local continuing education, and networking events.

Present at a Conference

Enhance your career by showcasing your research, practice innovation, and methodologies at a national or regional conference.

Write for the Profession

Share your knowledge, build your portfolio, and increase your visibility in the field:

• Write a blog post for Help Starts Here
• Write a Member Voices post for Social Work Blog
• Submit a Viewpoint article for Social Work Advocates magazine, or 
• Write for Specialty Practice Sections newsletters

NASW Press is a leading scholarly press in the social sciences. It serves faculty, practitioners, agencies, libraries, clinicians, and researchers throughout the United States and abroad. Known for attracting expert authors, the NASW Press reaches hundreds of thousands of readers through its scholarly journals, books, and reference publications.

Conduct Research

• NASW Research Library provides members with unlimited access to databases from leading research institutions, think tanks and advocacy organizations.
• Research & Data provides information on social work research to help inform policy, practice, and education.
• Read Social Work Speaks to research policy issues related to the profession.
• Request access to the workforce dataset to conduct research on the social work workforce.