Incoming MSW student here. Goodness gracious, “Together, we will build a better world,” what a rallying cry. I don’t know everything there is to know about the field yet or anything, but I can’t wait to get started.

When asked why I wanted to pursue my Doctoral Degree in Social Work, my response was and is, to help change the world. I thought that I was all alone in my quest. I am delighted to know that I am not alone.

Oh yeah, this video validates that I am in the right field. Every single thing they mentioned is something I have a lot of passion for: Having people just live decent lives like they should be entitled to.

This is innovation at its core of making society responsible for all human kind.

The grand challenges of social work is the recipe for giving everyone that necessary resources and protection to live full out. Thank you social workers for all that you do. Together as a scientific and social community we can work together to conquer the 12 grand challenges.

Thank you to the visionary, articulate, and inspiring leaders who have put this video--and the work that it represents--together! It is very helpful for many reasons, both immediately and for the future.

Thank you for this .. For I am about to choose this Field ! Next Year ! Hopefully

This is a good starting point, showing a clearer path of where we as Social Workers need and can go to make positive changes. Thank you for the video.

I am going to be critical of this for a moment. Considering what this video is about and in the interest of being inclusive, you should have closed captions that ARE NOT automatically generated.

This is wonderful! Many thanks. Executive Director NASW Oregon and Idaho Chapters

Indeed inspiring, most useful resources that can be easily accessed. Thank you!

v Good to Explain the main challenges of Social work

It is an inspiring to us social workers.

Thanks a million..♥️

Subscribed ☺ from Philippines !

God bless you.❤

I like alot of it, but the emphasis on science seems to be a succumbing to the pressure from the physical sciences to 'prove yourself'! Do we have to succumb to this pressure? Acquiesce to logical positivism? How from this standpoint will we stand up against the medical-industrial complex and they're vested interests as they continue to reek havoc on the oppressed and marginalised?

Advance Long Productive Lives

I wonder about implicit bias among social workers. They "should" be unbiased, however are they?

New ideas might not have scientific research to back them up. Could this discourage new and innovative ideas by limiting social workers to conforming to the status quo of previous research? Currently, we're seeing medical scientific research funded by pharmaceutical companies and that is causing a lot of problems in our world. What if most of the research is biased because it is funded by a company that seeks a certain point of view? So a social worker sends a client to see a doctor to get a medicine or vaccine when perhaps that client might need a different intervention--an intervention that doesn't have as much "science" behind it because the money wasn't there to fund the research or because it is a new idea.

you forgot the grestest thing social workers..destroying innocent families

Be honest guys, this really should be title "for Socialism Work". Social workers are now in charge of 'eliminating' "income gaps"? Are you guys going to promote the perfect education so EVERY child works hard and makes lots of money? Look grand challenge sounds so wonderful and utopian, like nirvana-feel-good. But goals 101 clearly states goals 'must be realistic and achievable'. You will never, ever "end" homelessness as long as people are people. People make choices, all day long, and many homeless get there because of foolish mistakes, in many cases drugs and alcohol. You "great challenge' should be prevention, etc., but silly statements are just silly. And the intelligent person understands "social change" is activism, not social work, and is made up mostly of leftist, socialist, anti-religious, anti-free speech people. That's why we have "white privilege' labels, "cultural appropriation" BS, and 'safe everywhere' jive for the 'oppressed individual', that is if he can't handle looking at the American flag. Science will never, ever change or save mankind from being fallen, imperfect, and with a bent toward lying, crime, murder, etc. You can hide communism and socialism in "science" as the label, but control is the goal and sadly you people don't even get it (but some do).