An association for social workers in B.C. Article Continued Below“Two-thirds of the social workers who dealt with Matthew had no professional social-work qualifications. So Gove recommended stricter standards for ministry social workers, including a requirement that all child-protection workers have, at minimum, a Bachelor of Social Work degree. Crawford said there are other ways to attract and retain workers that wouldn’t compromise on social worker qualifications — including loan forgiveness incentives and lessening workload. Judy Fox-McGuire, vice-president of the union component representing ministry social workers — the B.C.

Source: thestar March 30, 2019 12:00 UTC