Careers in Social Work

For sheer variety, few occupations can match social work and the broad range of opportunities and settings it offers.  Social workers care for people in every stage of life, from children to the elderly.  We help them overcome life's most difficult challenges, and the troubles of everyday living, including:

• poverty
• discrimination
• abuse
• physical illness
• stress
• addiction
• depression
• unemployment
• divorce
• death
• disability
• mental illness

Our help reaches every part of the community, from hospice care to adoption agencies, and in places you may not expect, including:

• schools
• hospitals
• veterans hospitals
• senior centers
• prisons
• mental health clinics
• military barracks
• corporations
• public social agencies

Wherever and whenever people need help, social workers are there.