On any given day, the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) has as many as 2.4 million open cases. Some are relatively simple matters of signing people up for subsidized healthcare or SNAP benefits. Others, though, are far more complex. People facing a combination of mental illness, abuse, addiction, and more don’t just need a […]
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To achieve your goal of becoming a social worker in Illinois, you’ll need to decide which type of Illinois social work license suits your interests and follow the steps to obtain it. Under the Clinical Social Work and Social Work Practice Act, Illinois social workers may be licensed as one of the following professionals: Licensed
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There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to social work. It takes a vast network of social service agencies to meet each person’s and each community’s highly complex needs. While this means new social workers have an exciting career ahead of them, moving from one stage to the next can be intimidating. With people’s well-being at stake, how
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