Typically, social workers are specialists in their assigned offices and do not work alongside other social workers. Collegial contact strengthens the role of professional social work throughout the system, provides training opportunities, and offers a vehicle for strategic planning on how to improve services to clients. Keeping count Finally, it is important to keep statistical data to demonstrate the effectiveness of social work intervention. Generally, data should include the numbers served, disposition of cases, and social work's connection to the disposition. It should be collected monthly in each office and reported to the chief social worker, who aggregates it.
Good data is critical to the continuation and expansion of social work services.