Social Work Program
General Information
Social work is an art, a science and a profession that helps people solve personal, group, family, and community problems. The major focus is on enriching living through improved human interaction.
Graduates are prepared for immediate entry into direct human service professional positions. The BSW is the only undergraduate major that educates students to be professional social workers. BSW graduates have knowledge, skills, and a value base that has been augmented by professional social work supervision in social services.
The BSW program at Southwestern Oklahoma State University serves area students' career goals. The program is both academically and professionally rigorous. It addresses an area in which there is current and long-term need and demand.
What Can You Do With a Major in Social Work?
Group
Leader•Adoption
Worker•Chemical Health
Coordinator•Peace Corps Volunteer•
Patient Advocate•Social and Casework Supervisor•
Research Assistant•Assistant Director of Social Services•
Adoption Worker•Instructor for the Mentally Retarded•Counselor
for the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation•Group Leader•Intake Worker•
Senior Case Aide•Child Care Counselor•Program Evaluator for Community Mental
Health Center•Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counselor•Family Court Officer•Mental Health
Worker•Coordinator of Geriatric Services•Occupational Social Worker•Child Protection
Worker•Group Home Supervisor•Residential Counselor for Developmentally Disabled
•Probation Officer•Information and Referral Resource Coordinator•Sexual Abuse
Worker•Social Service Worker•Home Care Social Worker•Group Home Worker
•Child Care Worker•Domestic Abuse Officer•Foster Care Worker•Youth
Worker•Outreach Worker•Case Manager•Community Organizer•
Employee Assistance Counselor•Home Care Social Worker•
Social Worker for County Welfare Department•
Director of Social Services for a Nursing
Home•School Social Worker•
Residential Counselor•
Medical Social
Worker•
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