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This report deals with studies on utilization of the baccalaureate-level practitioner in social work. It makes available information on the needs of social work practitioners and social work educators in order that better communication and understanding of each group's needs may be developed. The studies reported on include: "The Midway Project on Organization and Use of Public Assistance Personnel"; the "Study on Staff Utilization in the Foster Family Care Division"; the "Utilization of Social Work Personnel Project"; the "Study on the Use of Social Work Associates"; and the "Project on the Complexity-Responsibility Scale." Also included is a report of a special Task Force on Manpower Utilization organized under the Syracuse University curriculum-building project. (Author/CS)

Due to the demand for social work manpower, an urgent need exists to restructure the available qualified personnel. The monograph deals with the development of social work delivery systems by using teams. The introduction deals with: (1) an awareness to either reduce services or employ unqualified personnel, (2) finding unique jobs for social workers without master's degrees, (3) residual tasks for such workers, and (4) the grouping of social welfare personnel. The second section, why social teams should be used, discusses: (1) the manpower crisis in the professions and in social work, (2) short social work careers, (3) the necessity of recruitment improvements, (4) other manpower solutions, (5) the use of social workers without master's degrees, (6) differential use of personnel, (7) type of service performed by a single worker, and (8) levels of intervention. Thirdly, the structure and function of the social work team is presented. The team includes: (1) team leader, (2) team specialist, (3) social worker specialist, (4) social work associate, and (5) the team secretary. The fourth section contains an idealized set of principles to which a team should be oriented. The conclusion reports on the pluses and minuses of using social work teams. (Author/MC)

Critiques the National Association of Social Workers policy statement on manpower and contends that it is essentially useless to the social work educator seeking greater specificity regarding the competencies to be developed at each level of the educational continuum. (Editor/PG)