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    Social work involves helping people function in their environment through services, therapy, advocacy, and community organization. With a social work degree, one can pursue careers in public welfare, criminal justice, schools, clinical work, administration, research, healthcare, community organizations, gerontology, and child welfare. Social work skills include interviewing, counseling, case management, program evaluation, advocacy, and community outreach. Professional organizations provide resources and networking for social workers in different career paths and settings.

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    Social work involves helping people function in their environment through services, therapy, advocacy, and community organization. With a social work degree, one can pursue careers in public welfare, criminal justice, schools, clinical work, administration, research, healthcare, community organizations, gerontology, and child welfare. Social work skills include interviewing, counseling, case management, program evaluation, advocacy, and community outreach. Professional organizations provide resources and networking for social workers in different career paths and settings.

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    Social work involves helping people function in their environment through services, therapy, advocacy, and community organization. With a social work degree, one can pursue careers in public welfare, criminal justice, schools, clinical work, administration, research, healthcare, community organizations, gerontology, and child welfare. Social work skills include interviewing, counseling, case management, program evaluation, advocacy, and community outreach. Professional organizations provide resources and networking for social workers in different career paths and settings.

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    SOCIAL WORK

    What can I do with this degree?

    Social Work is defined as helping people function the best they can in their environment. That can be through therapy or direct services to people or advocating to bring about improved social conditions. Social Work is the engagement in community organization, social planning, administration and research. Social work promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well-being. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work.
    Social Work Skills Assessment Interviewing Service Planning Case Management Crisis Intervention Problem Solving Program Evaluation Community Outreach

    Community Organizing Advocacy Research and networking Social analysis Writing & Editing Interpersonal communication Multi-cultural perspective

    CAREER PATHS
    In Public Welfare
    Sample Job Areas Administration and Planning Case Management Program Evaluation Possible Work Settings Public welfare agencies Private social service agencies Department of Human Services Department of Education Veterans Administration Policy Development Research

    Administrative agencies Job Corps Head Start State legislatures

    Professional Organizations Welfare Information Network, www.welfareinfo.org/

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    In Criminal Justice/Corrections
    Sample Job Areas Counseling/Therapy Rehabilitation Probation Parole Possible Work Settings Prisons and correctional facilities Courts Police departments Youth Services Victim Assistance Drug Prevention

    Probation offices Victim services organizations Private treatment facilities

    Professional Organizations National Organization of Forensic Social Work, http://www.nofsw.org/

    School Social Work


    Sample Job Areas Counseling Case Management Pupil Personnel Services Student Advocacy Possible Work Settings Elementary and secondary schools Head start centers Early intervention programs Professional Organizations School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA), http://www.swaa.org/ Instruction Assessment Referral

    In Clinical
    Sample Job Areas Therapy Assessment Possible Work Setting Community mental health centers Psychiatric hospitals Behavioral health systems Drug/alcohol rehabilitation centers Case Management

    Residential and day treatment hospitals Employee assistance programs Schools Family service agencies Private practice

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    Professional Organizations Clinical Social Work Association, www.clinicalsocialworkassociation.org/ National Membership Committee on Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work, www.nmcop.org/ Clinical Social Work Federation, www.cswf.org/

    In Administration
    Sample Job Areas Management Policy Development Planning Possible Work Setting Family service agencies Child welfare departments Social service agencies State mental health departments Employee assistance programs Probation departments Supervision Fundraising Grant Writing

    Public welfare agencies Public interest groups Local, state, and federal government Residential and outpatient hospitals/treatment centers

    Professional Organizations Association for Community Practice & Social Administration, www.acosa.org/

    In Research and Education


    Sample Job Areas Research Teaching Possible Work Setting Colleges and universities Research institutes Research hospitals Grant Writing Supervision Local, state, and federal government Advocacy organizations

    Professional Organizations Society for Social Work & Research www.sswr.org/ Council on Social Work Education, www.cswe.org/CSWE/

    In Healthcare
    Sample Job Areas Case Management Counseling Prevention and Education SOCIAL WORK - What can I do with this degree? Program Development Administration Research Page 3 of 5

    Child Life Specialists

    Hospice Care Nursing homes Group homes Hospice Veterans Administration hospitals Home healthcare agencies

    Possible Work Setting Hospitals Community health centers Outpatient clinics Public health programs Health maintenance organizations

    Professional Organizations Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care, www.sswlhc.org

    In Community Organizations
    Sample Job Areas Program and Community Development Advocacy Possible Work Setting Advocacy organizations Development corporations Community centers Politics Education Planning Local, state, and federal government

    Professional Organizations American Public Human Services Association, http://www.aphsa.org/

    In Gerontology
    Sample Job Areas Advocacy/Intervention Counseling Case Management Possible Work Setting Hospitals Nursing homes Senior centers Programming Public Policy Administration Assisted living Hospice Home healthcare agencies

    Professional Organizations Age Works, http://www.ageworks.com/ Aging Parents & Elder Care, http://www.aging-parents-and-elder-care.com/

    In Child Welfare
    Sample Job Areas Case Management SOCIAL WORK - What can I do with this degree? Advocacy Page 4 of 5

    Intervention

    Supervision Adoption agencies Foster care organizations Child daycare

    Possible Work Setting Department of Childrens Services Public and private child welfare agencies

    Professional Organizations Association of Childrens Welfare Agencies, http:/www.acwa.asn.au/index.php/ Child Welfare League of America, http://www.cwla.org/

    RESOURCES
    Texas State University-Student Organizations Organization of Student Social Workers (OSSW) Texas States Alpha Chi Chapter of Phi Alpha, National Social Work Honor Society Professional Associations National Association of Social Workers, http://www.naswdc.org/ National Board of Certified Counselors, http://www.nbcc.org Association of Social Work Boards, http://www.aswb.org/ Social Work Access Network, http://www.cosw.sc.edu/swan Social Work Caf, http://www.geocities.com/swcafe_2000/swcafe.html Social Work Exam Prep, http://www.socialworkexam.com Social Work Organizations, http://cosw.sc.edu/swan/organizations.html Job and Internship Search Human Services Career Network, http://www.hscareers.com/ Social Work Job Bank, http://www.socialworkjobbank.com/site/ Idealist, http://www.idealist.org Opportunity Knocks, http://www.opportunityknocks.org/ Allied Health Careers, http://www.alliedhealthcareers.com AmeriCorps, http://www.americorps.org International Federation of Social Workers, http://www.ifsw.org Opportunity Knocks, http://www.opportunitynocs.org Nonprofit Career Network, http://www.nonprofitcareer.com/ PeaceCorps, http://www.peacecorps.gov Social Service, http://www.socialservice.com Social Work Search, http://www.socialworksearch.com Social Work, http://www.socialwork.com United Way, http://www.national.unitedway.org/

    Information for this handout complied from Career Exploration at University of Texas at Austin, Career Center at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Career Services at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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