NASW is the largest organization of professional social workers in the world, with 153,000 members. Ninety percent hold master?s degrees in social work.

Social Workers help people in all stages of life, from children to the elderly, and in all situations from adoption to hospice care. Social Workers represent the largest number of mental health service providers in the nation. Other specialties of this ?helping profession? include aging, behavioral health, health and health disparities, and children and families.