Thanks for the response I agree with wanting to be in a recognized profession, and I am aware that there is a lot of advocacy in my field for ours being recognized in the same capacity, because most of us feel strongly that we could easily handle/qualify for positions posted for people with MSW/BSW designations and so we are limited. There are many places expanding their options to include us, which is awesome, so hopefully we will arrive at the same destination as Social Work within the next ten years.
My heart and passion lie in working with children, so that's my focus. I have an BA, a Bach. of Child Studies, 4.5 years of direct front line experience and a published article, plus 2 years of research work under my belt, so I thought I was a pretty strong candidate, but now I'm starting to doubt that a lot...
Hopefully we'll keep each other up to date on how it goes!!