Potential Careers

The need for social workers is growing! View the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Occupational Outlook for Social Workers.

• Advocacy Groups
• Aging services
• Child and adult day care centers
• Children and youth services
• Community action/development agencies
• Criminal justice agencies
• Domestic violence programs
• Early Intervention & Head Start Programs
• Family service agencies
• Homeless shelters
• Hospitals/home health programs/hospices
• Income maintenance programs
• International Aid Organizations
• Legal services agencies
• Mental health services
• Mental retardation/developmental disabilities services
• Nursing homes & retirement communities
• Residential treatment facilities
• School Programs, Public and Private
• Substance abuse programs
• Vocational rehabilitation services

Marketable Skills

• Advocacy
• Assessment/analysis
• Case management/brokering
• Communication
• Community outreach
• Crisis intervention
• Intake/referral
• Intervention/service planning
• Interviewing
• Networking
• Policy analysis
• Problem solving
• Program development/evaluation
• Recording/writing
• Relationship/interpersonal
• Research
• Service provision
• Team/group/collaborative