Social Work: Exploring the Path of Heart
When you choose a career in social work, you create both meaningful work for yourself and a
better community for everyone. You can provide counseling, support, and advocacy for the aging, for
families, for children, for people living in poverty, or for people struggling with alcohol and
drug dependency.
Today, social workers are helping people in many settings. You could uses your Master's degree
in social work to assist an attorney or a doctor. You could also work in a corporate human
resources, direct and agency, coordinate community revitalization, or become a fundraiser. The
options are endless and all form a path of heart. Here are some of the organizations in which
social workers play important roles in:
- Hospitals
- Community Mental Health Agencies
- Charitable Foundations
- Governmental Advocacy Organizations
- Schools
- Adoption Agencies
- Retirement Homes
- Corporate Employee Assistance Programs
- Correctional Institutions
- Human Service Agencies
- Employee Assistance Organizations
- Community Development Agencies
- Public Policy Institutes
- Nursing Homes
- Residential Treatment Centers
For more information about the Master's in social work program at the Mandel School of Applied
Social Sciences, click
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