Career options

Information from the National Association of Social Workers

"If you’re looking for a career with meaning, action, diversity, satisfaction, and an abundance of options, consider social work. Social workers are people who care about people, who want to make things better, who want to relieve suffering, who want their work to make a difference." More...

Information on social workers
from the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Health professions

Mental Health Therapy
Community Mental Health
Eating Disorders
Outpatient Treatment
Development Disabilities
HIV/AIDS
  more about HIV/AIDS
Crisis Intervention
Veterans Services
In-Home Services
Institutional Care
Hospital Social Work
Hospice and Palliative Care
Depression
Senile Dementia and Alzheimer's/Dimentia
Addictions Prevention/Treatment
Private Practice
Chronic Pain
Gerontology Services
Genetics

Children and family

Adoption & Foster Care
Child Welfare Services
Child Abuse & Neglect
Development Disabilities
Parent Education
Family Planning
Private Practice
Family Preservation Services
Homeless Family Assistance
Domestic Violence
  more about domestic violence
School Alternative Programs
School Social Work
Crisis Intervention
Institutional Care
Gerontology Services

Social justice and advocacy

International Social Work

Advocacy

HIV/AIDS

  more about HIV/AIDS

Disaster Relief
Social Justice
Political Development
Criminal Justice

Community development and administration

Disaster Relief
Housing Assistance
Public Welfare
Consulting and Planning
Political Development
Rural Social Work
Employment Services

Other

Disaster Relief
Crisis Intervention
Military Social Work
Housing Assistance
Employment Services
Rural Social Work
Veterans Services
Genetics
Public Welfare
more info on the NASW's Social Work Profession page