Social Work

Careers

Begin generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, and communities with special emphasis on direct service to client systems. Graduates are prepared to apply for state credentialing as beginning-level social work practitioners in most states.
Enter a Master in Social Work (MSW) program.

Provide living assistance and link individuals, families, small groups and communities with necessary resources.
Optimize individual's interactions with their social environment so that the client system defines what is satisfying rather than the surrounding culture.
Intervene in society on behalf of client systems.
Engage in social action to bring about change for the betterment of society's disenfranchised persons.
Build relationships with people and their environments to alleviate distress and to facilitate the accomplishment of life tasks and the realization of aspirations and values.
Help direct systems that enhance clients' capacity for social functioning.
Provide clinical services in such areas as substance abuse, mental health, family services, employee assistance, rehabilitation and career and vocational counseling.
Remain up-to-date on issues of social change.
Perform a variety of tasks with diverse populations.
Gather information and perform research on all aspects of society.
Assess situations and define issues.
Develop plans for action and implement those plans.
Evaluate results of implemented plans.
Advocate and mobilize social change to build a society more responsive to the evolving needs of a population and more focused on social and economic justice.