Careers in Social Work

”You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.  To that end, each of us must work for out own improvement and, at the same time, share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.”
                                                                                              - Madame Marie Curie

Possible Social Work Career Opportunities:

Careers Dealing with Children 
· Child abuse Assessor
· School social worker
· HeadStart Coordinator
· Recreation Therapist
· Family Preservation Worker
· Individual counselor
· In-home Counselor
· Family counseling
· Residential Treatment Worker
· Foster care/adoption work
· Court Advocate
· Youth group leader
· Drug Counselor
 · Suicide prevention work
· Pregnancy Counseling
· Abortion counseling
· Team Ropes course leader
· Camp counselor
· Probation officer
· Group home counselor---play therapy
· School Liaison Coordinator (truancy issues)
· Child abuse (sexual and physical) and neglect coordinator
· Creator of mentoring and tutoring programs
· Director of support groups for children of divorced parents, deceased parents, eating disorders, and gay and lesbians

Careers Dealing with Adults
· Hospital worker
· Hospice
· Broker of resources
· Politics-policy writer
· Case manager
· Job coach
· Domestic violence advocate
· Drug counselor
· Work with AIDS patients
· Parenting skills
· Prisons
 · Sexual assault advocate
· Immigrant work
· Occupational social worker
· Campus counseling services
· Victim assistance worker
· Parole officer
· Employee assistance worker
· Rural program developer
· Support groups (elderly, dying, addiction)
· Individual, group, family counseling
· Work with Homeless/housing coordinator

Careers Dealing with the Elderly 
    · Nursing home work
    · Support groups with the elderly
    · Home health coordinator
    · Elder in-home social worker
    · Work with Meals on Wheels
    · Recreational director
    · Visiting shut-ins
    · Managed care social Worker 

Careers Dealing with Special Populations  
    · Physically challenged
    · Homeless/AIDS/drug addicts
    · Convicts
    · Gay and lesbian
    · Immigrants
      Mentally ill / mentally challenged

Careers Dealing with the Government
The Veterans Administration: Federal Prisons
Services to Native Americans
Federal Health Facilities
The Armed Forces
Public Welfare
Social Services
Job Corps

General Areas to Work  
    · School
    · Hospital
    · Community center
    · Residential facility
    · Reservation
    · Nursing home
    · Prisons/jails/police stations
    · Immigration office
    · Overseas
    · Government jobs/ Military 

Alternative Social Work Titles  
    · Fundraiser
    · Administrator
    · Researcher
    · Grant writer
    · Politician
    · Social Activist
    · Social Planner
    · Teacher/ Workshop presenter

For more information contact:
Nancy Z. Fett, L.M.S.W.
e-mail: nancy.fett@loras.edu