Social Workers Rally for Mental Health and Workforce Funding – Erie News Now

“With the increase in demand, you have social workers who want to do this work, but there are so many different challenges and barriers to becoming a licensed clinical social worker,” said McNeil. “For many social workers, there’s no light at the end of the tunnel. We struggle being a student with unpaid internships. We struggle as early career professionals, and we keep hopes that one day things will get better if I could just get to the next phase,” McNeil added.