{"id":50822,"date":"2017-06-05T10:42:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hs.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/?p=50822"},"modified":"2026-08-06T22:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T04:21:12","slug":"social-workers-love-social-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Social Workers Love Their Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March may have come and gone, but if there’s one thing we can take forward from National Social Work Month, it’s why social workers love the work they do. To help us remember why we chose this career, or to act as a guide for aspiring social workers, SocialWork.Career put together a list<\/a> of the top reasons social workers love their jobs. We’ve decided to highlight some of our favorites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Graphic
Graphic titled “Why Social Workers Love the Profession”. Reasons listed are: “core values: equity, dignity, and respect,” “best job”, “love my colleagues”, “legacy”, “making a difference”, “flexibility and portability”, “healer”, “problem solver”, and “making world better”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What to Love About Social Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are countless reasons to love social work — SocialWork.Career has more than 25 reasons listed in multiple articles. But there are some common themes among these reasons that we want to point out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flexibility in the Workplace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While it may seem mundane compared to some of the other reasons to love social work, having options in the kind of work you do or who you work with can make a huge difference in terms of job satisfaction. Since social workers are trained to work with a variety of people from many backgrounds, there’s virtually no area where they can’t be an asset. Having choices in where you work can also be a great way to stay challenged, since there’s always a new horizon to be explored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Improving the World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Social workers can be critical in shaping the world around them, by helping other people and acting as a voice for the voiceless. From helping people on an individual level, to standing for civil rights and equality in society, sometimes the difference between change and the status quo is a social worker. For many social workers, knowing the impact they have on others and the world they live in is the main attraction of the job, especially when they can work to support issues they’re passionate about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other Social Workers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Social workers tend to be dedicated, empathetic, and caring individuals — it comes with the territory. Many social workers find that a satisfying aspect of their careers is being around people who feel the same connection to others and call to serve as they do. It’s a lot more than having similar interests — it’s being around people who understand the profession and can push you to better yourself, personally and in your career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Every job has its ups and downs, its pros and cons and social work is not an outlier in this regard. While everyone may have days where they wonder if they might have been better off choosing another career, for social workers especially, it’s important to remember the reasons why they love the work they do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March may have come and gone, but if there’s one thing we can take forward…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssw"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Social Workers Love Social Work | Boise State School of Social Work<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Social Workers Love Their Jobs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"School of Social Work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"502\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Why Social Workers Love Their Jobs\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":480,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/74\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"SSW\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Social Workers Love Social Work | Boise State School of Social Work\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/74\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"description\":\"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/05\\\/social-workers-love-social-work\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/74\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/74\\\/2017\\\/06\\\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":502,\"caption\":\"Reasons why social workers love social work.\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/\",\"name\":\"School of Social Work\",\"description\":\"Boise State University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.boisestate.edu\\\/socialwork\\\/author\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Social Workers Love Social Work | Boise State School of Social Work","description":"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Social Workers Love Their Jobs","og_description":"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/","og_site_name":"School of Social Work","article_published_time":"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png","width":600,"height":502,"type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Why Social Workers Love Their Jobs","datePublished":"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/"},"wordCount":480,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png","articleSection":["SSW"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/","name":"Why Social Workers Love Social Work | Boise State School of Social Work","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png","datePublished":"2017-06-05T16:42:43+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-07T04:21:12+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"description":"Social work can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding. There are many reasons to love what you do, but social workers may have some of the best.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/2017\/06\/05\/social-workers-love-social-work\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2017\/06\/Why-social-workers-love-profession-base.png","width":600,"height":502,"caption":"Reasons why social workers love social work."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/","name":"School of Social Work","description":"Boise State University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"","url":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/author\/"}]}},"featured_image_url":"","author_name":"","cats":["SSW"],"featured_caption":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50822"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64605,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50822\/revisions\/64605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boisestate.edu\/socialwork\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}