Image Source Selecting your career concentration is perhaps the most essential part of your Master of Social Work process. Universities offer a diverse spectrum of custom MSW tracks that focus your skill growth for certain subfield professions. The Department of Labor reports that America’s 682,100 social workers specialize in wide-ranging niches with fast 10-year growth […]
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20 Career Options For Social Workers Who Have Completed Their Undergrad And/Or Master’s Degrees
Image Source Completing a CSWE-accredited undergrad or master’s degree in social work leads to abundant career options helping people who need it most. Started in 1955, the NASW now has over 120,000 social workers in diverse settings paving the way for communal changes that eradicate strife and injustice. This human services field has plenty of […]
10 Places to Volunteer If You’re Interested in a Career in Social Work
Social work is a gratifying career choice that allows you to alleviate suffering and injustice in the world’s most vulnerable communities. Having a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) is crucial for entry-level positions. However, employers also look for actual field experience and initiative to better the world. Volunteering is one of the best ways to […]
10 Best International Social Work Job Opportunities
International social work is a vast profession with growing demand to address injustices faced across the globe, especially third-world countries. The World Bank reports that 12.7 percent (896 million) of Earth’s population lives at or below $1.90 per day. Poverty, disease, war, natural disaster, trafficking, and forced labor are just a few of the problems […]
Top 10 Free Classes Available Online For Social Work Majors & Professionals
It may be hard for some to believe but at one time educators and professional organizations looked down on online education. Some of the sites that offered training were not reputable and the certificates of completion they offered were not worth printing out. Times have changed, however, and even big-name universities like Harvard are offering […]
Understanding the Role of Child Protective Services
In the United States, Child Protective Services is a governmental agency run on the state level that was created to respond to reports of child abuse and neglect. Each state has its own CPS practice, where CPS workers respond to the over 2.5 million reports of child maltreatment in the country each year. Here are […]
