Social Work Exam Alternatives ft. Jen Hirsch, MSW and Matt DeCarlo, PhD

About this episode

Kim discusses the history of social work exams and efforts to create alternative licensure options.

In this week's episode, Kim discusses the sordid history of social work exams and the current efforts to undo decades of exclusionary practices and policies by creating alternative social work licensure options with Jen Hirsch, MSW, and Matt DeCarlo, PhD.

People in this episode

Host: Kim Young

Guests: Jen Hirsch, Matt DeCarlo

Topics covered

• social work
• licensure
• exclusionary practices
• policy change
• education

Keywords

• social work exams
• licensure alternatives
• exclusionary practices
• social work history
• policy reform

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: social work

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