National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013)
Reporting Period: 2013
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Social
Social Achievements
- Developed NASW Standards for Social Work Case Management to enhance social work case management and public understanding of the professional social work role.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Mounting constraints on public and private funding for education, health care, housing, and social services.
- Need for additional research demonstrating the effectiveness of various case management models with specific populations.
- Growing focus on job delegation leading to tasks previously performed by case managers being divided among multiple personnel.
Mitigation Strategies
- Development of NASW Standards for Social Work Case Management to improve service quality and outcomes while decreasing costs.
- Encouraging social workers to participate in the development and refinement of public policy to support clients participating in case management.
- Encouraging social workers to participate in the development, refinement, and integration of best practices in case management.