1. CAREERS IN SOCIAL WORK
• Child and Adolescent Services
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND SERVICES • Hospitalization Services
Federal Government • Information and Education Programs
• Long Term Community Care
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs • Programs of Intensive and Assertive Care
Federal Prisons • Day Treatment Centers
Services to Native Americans
• Alcohol and Drug Treatment
Federal Health Facilities
Administrative Agencies (Department of Health
Developmental and Other Disability Services
and Human Services; Department of Labor,
Family Service Associations
Department of Housing and Urban Development,
Department of Justice; Department of Agriculture –
Food and Consumer Service; The Peace Corps;
Social Work in the Health Field
Department of Defense)
Hospitals
The U.S. Congress
Public Health Social Workers
The Armed Forces
Managed Care
State Government
WORKING WITH OLDER ADULTS AND
Public Welfare
CHILDREN
Nursing Homes and Other Residential Facilities
• Eligibility Determination Hospice
• Policy Interpretation Adult Protective Services
• Child Support Enforcement
• The Social Services (protective services for Child Protective Services
children and adults, esp. older adults, and child Maternal and Child Health
welfare, which includes the protective services Child Mental Health
for children, foster care and group care for Young People in Difficulty with the Law
children who can’t stay with their families, Leisure Time, Leadership, and Recreation Programs
adoption). Advocacy, Planning, and Organizing Activities
with Children
Mental Health, Public Health, and Corrections
CRIME AND DELINQUENCY SERVICES
Local Government Employment Services to Incarcerated Offenders
Social Services for People in Correctional
School Social work Institutions
Head Start Central Office Planning
Job Corps Probation and Parole Services
Juvenile Delinquency Services and Corrections
SOCIAL WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH AND The Juvenile Court
HEALTH
Victim Assistance Programs
Social Work in the Mental Health Field Domestic Violence Services
Community Mental Health
Forensic Units
Private Inpatient Hospitals
Long-Term Care Facilities
Children’s Mental Health Facilities
Community Mental Health Centers
• Case Management