What can I do with a major in Social Work ?

CHILD WELFARE/CHILDREN'S SERVICES
includes Family Foster Care, Child Day Care, FamilyPreservation, Group Care

CRIMINAL JUSTICE / CORRECTIONS
includes: Youth Services, Parole, Corrections, Probation

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
includes Case Management, Research, Program Evaluation, Management

EMPLOYMENT/OCCUPATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
includes Clinical Social Work, Health and Wellness Education, Grass Roots Organizing. Chemical Dependency

HEALTH CARE
includes: Public Health, Case Management, Hospice, AIDS Counseling/Education, Chemical Dependency, Physical Rehabilitation, Disease Prevention, Maternal and Child Health

MENTAL HEALTH/CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
includes Aging, Child Welfare, Corrections, Group Work, Health Care, Grief Counseling

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
includes: Social Planning, Community Development, Education, Voter Registration, Group Work, Economic Development, Consumer Advocacy

INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL WORK
includes Advocacy, Group Work, Family Planning, Child Welfare, Social Policy, Employment Services, Refugee Services, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Substance Abuse, Social/ Community Development

POLICY AND PLANNING
includes: Management, Administration, Advocacy, Community Development, Organization, Government Relations.

MANAGEMENT/ADMINISTRATION
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK
AGING AND GERONTOLOGY

Possible Employers

• Adoption Agencies
• Advocacy organizations
• Area agencies on aging
• Business
• Child Day care
• Clinics
• Community action agencies
• Community mental health centers
• Community-based living arrangements
• Corporations
• Counseling offices
• County Health Departments
• Courts
• Department of Social Services
• Development corporations
• Early Intervention Programs
• Elementary and secondary schools
• Employee assistance programs
• Family Preservation Agencies
• Family service agencies
• Federal, state and local governments
• Foster Care Agencies
• Group homes
• HeadStart Centers
• Health maintenance organizations
• Hospice programs
• Hospitals
• International aid organizations
• International human rights agencies
• Labor unions
• Local, state and federal governments
• Managed mental health programs
• Mental health centers
• Neighborhood community centers
• Nursing homes
• Partial (day treatment) hospitals
• Police departments
• Prisons
• Private Child Welfare Organizations
• Probation departments
• Psychiatric hospitals
• Public Child Welfare Organizations
• Public interest groups
• Refugee relief agencies
• Relief organizations
• Residential treatment centers
• School pupil personnel departments
• Schools
• Senior Housing Facilities
• Senior volunteer programs
• Senior Centers
• Social service agencies
• Special education placement offices
• State and local agencies
• Therapeutic Schools and Camps
• Victim services programs
• Voluntary health and welfare councils

Career Titles

Professional Organizations

National Association of Social Workers
IC-Career Information
750 First St., NE Suite 700
Washington, DC 20002

Council on Social Work Education
1725 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

National Network for Social Work Managers, Inc.
1316 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Suite 602
Washington, DC 20036

Updated: April 22, 2008

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