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AREAS OF
SPECIALIZATION
AND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES OF
SOCIAL WORKERS
OBJECTIVES
• Distinguish the areas of
specialization of social work
• Appreciate the areas of
specialization of social work
through a short role play.
• Know the different career
opportunities of social work.
SOCIAL
WORKER
ADVOCATE
BROKER RESEARCHE
R
MEDIATOR
COUNSELOR
ENABLER
EDUCATOR
COMMUNITY
CHANGE
AGENT
GUESS THAT
PICTURE GAME
MDCL ND HLTH SCL
WRKR
MEDICAL AND HEALTH
SOCIAL WORKER
SCHL SCL WRKR
SCHOOL SOCIAL
WORKER
CMMNTY SCL WRKR
COMMUNITY
SOCIAL
WORKER
HSPC ND PLLTV SCL WRKR
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE
SOCIAL WORKER
MNTL HLTH ND SBSTNC BS
SCL WRKR
MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SOCIAL WORKER
PSYCHTRC SCL WRKR
PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL
WORKER
MLTRY ND VTRNS SCL
WRKR
MILITARY AND VETERANS
SOCIAL WORKER
AREAS OF
SPECIALIZATION
• Child, Family and School Social Worker
• Community Social Worker
• Hospice and Palliative Care Social
Worker
• Medical and Health Social Worker
• Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Social Worker
• Military and Veterans Social Worker
• Psychiatric Social Worker
MEDICAL AND HEALTH
SOCIAL WORKERS
• Works in hospital settings and helps
navigate the emotional, financial, and
physical struggles that a serious
medical condition can cause an
individual or family.
• Provides counseling and practical
assistance (connecting clients to
resources)
PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL
WORKERS
• Works with disturbed children and
adolescents with behavioral problems,
children with learning problems.
• Make an assessment of the factors
contributing to the problems.
• Conduct family therapy and other kinds of
intervention.
• Helping psychiatrist assess new referrals.
• Liasioning with teachers and educational
psychologists.
COMMUNITY SOCIAL
WORKER
• Helps plan, coordinate, and organize
efforts related to infrastructure,
volunteering, and fundraising within
specific communities.
• Works with community-based
nonprofit organizations to help heal
neighborhoods in the wake of
tragedies and natural disasters.
CHILD, FAMILY AND SCHOOL
SOCIAL WORKERS
• Deals with all sorts of situations such
as helping a child who has
experienced trauma or abuse;
• Counseling students at school who
are experiencing grief over the death
of a friend, family member;
• Helping parents find the right
resources for their child who is
suffering from a severe mental illness.
HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE
SOCIAL WORKER
• Help or care for someone who is
seriously or terminally ill.
• They help provide relief from pain;
improve quality of life; assist with
difficult decision-making; help family
and friends of an ill individual
MENTAL HEALTH AND
SUBSTANCE ABUSE SOCIAL
WORKERS
• Assists individuals who struggle with
addiction, substance abuse or mental
health problems.
• Provides short- and –long term
solutions for victims and their families.
MILITARY AND VETERANS
SOCIAL WORKERS
• Helps both the soldiers and their
families with post-traumatic stress,
role adjustments, the implications and
stressors of returning home, and any
substance abuse that may occur as a
result of combat.
OTHER SPECIALIZATIONS:
• GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORKER
– Deal with care of old people in old
people’s home; works in centers handling
cases of AIDS
• CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONAL
SOCIAL WORKERS- Work in prisons,
remand homes, crime and delinquent
prevention programs.
• RESEARCH SOCIAL WORKERS- carry
on social research.
• Social Workers specializing in:
– MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL
WORKERS work in clinics, hospitals, child
guidance clinic, mental hospitals, medical
colleges, community public health centers
– SOCIAL WORKERS IN COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT are involved in field work in
community groups, government and voluntary
agencies, and Non-government agencies
(NGOs)
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
• Social Workers specializing in:
– CHILD CARE AND FAMILY SERVICES
SOCIAL WORKERS work in family planning
and AIDS awareness campaign of the
government, Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD), Bantay Bata etc.
– CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONAL
SOCIAL WORKER work in prisons, and
government welfare departments
– OTHERS: Schools, Industrials and Corporate
sectors.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
ACTIVITY
• Proceed to your permanent groupings.
• Each group will be given an assigned
areas of specialization.
• Prepare a short skit related to the different
areas of specialization of social work.
• Present your short skit in class.
– RUBRICS:
• Creativity – 10
• Understanding of the topic- 10
• Teamwork – 10
• TOTAL- 30 pts
GROUP REPORT
• Responsibilities to clients (Group 1)
• Responsibilities to colleagues (Group 2)
• Responsibilities to practice setting (Group
3)
• Responsibility as professionals (Group 4)
• Responsibility to the social work
profession and Broader Society (Group 5)

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Areas of specialization and career opportunities of SW

  • 2. OBJECTIVES • Distinguish the areas of specialization of social work • Appreciate the areas of specialization of social work through a short role play. • Know the different career opportunities of social work.
  • 5. MDCL ND HLTH SCL WRKR MEDICAL AND HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER
  • 6. SCHL SCL WRKR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER
  • 8. HSPC ND PLLTV SCL WRKR HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE SOCIAL WORKER
  • 9. MNTL HLTH ND SBSTNC BS SCL WRKR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SOCIAL WORKER
  • 11. MLTRY ND VTRNS SCL WRKR MILITARY AND VETERANS SOCIAL WORKER
  • 12. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION • Child, Family and School Social Worker • Community Social Worker • Hospice and Palliative Care Social Worker • Medical and Health Social Worker • Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Worker • Military and Veterans Social Worker • Psychiatric Social Worker
  • 13. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SOCIAL WORKERS • Works in hospital settings and helps navigate the emotional, financial, and physical struggles that a serious medical condition can cause an individual or family. • Provides counseling and practical assistance (connecting clients to resources)
  • 14. PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS • Works with disturbed children and adolescents with behavioral problems, children with learning problems. • Make an assessment of the factors contributing to the problems. • Conduct family therapy and other kinds of intervention. • Helping psychiatrist assess new referrals. • Liasioning with teachers and educational psychologists.
  • 15. COMMUNITY SOCIAL WORKER • Helps plan, coordinate, and organize efforts related to infrastructure, volunteering, and fundraising within specific communities. • Works with community-based nonprofit organizations to help heal neighborhoods in the wake of tragedies and natural disasters.
  • 16. CHILD, FAMILY AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS • Deals with all sorts of situations such as helping a child who has experienced trauma or abuse; • Counseling students at school who are experiencing grief over the death of a friend, family member; • Helping parents find the right resources for their child who is suffering from a severe mental illness.
  • 17. HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE SOCIAL WORKER • Help or care for someone who is seriously or terminally ill. • They help provide relief from pain; improve quality of life; assist with difficult decision-making; help family and friends of an ill individual
  • 18. MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE SOCIAL WORKERS • Assists individuals who struggle with addiction, substance abuse or mental health problems. • Provides short- and –long term solutions for victims and their families.
  • 19. MILITARY AND VETERANS SOCIAL WORKERS • Helps both the soldiers and their families with post-traumatic stress, role adjustments, the implications and stressors of returning home, and any substance abuse that may occur as a result of combat.
  • 20. OTHER SPECIALIZATIONS: • GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORKER – Deal with care of old people in old people’s home; works in centers handling cases of AIDS • CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS- Work in prisons, remand homes, crime and delinquent prevention programs. • RESEARCH SOCIAL WORKERS- carry on social research.
  • 21. • Social Workers specializing in: – MEDICAL AND PSYCHIATRIC SOCIAL WORKERS work in clinics, hospitals, child guidance clinic, mental hospitals, medical colleges, community public health centers – SOCIAL WORKERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT are involved in field work in community groups, government and voluntary agencies, and Non-government agencies (NGOs) CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
  • 22. • Social Workers specializing in: – CHILD CARE AND FAMILY SERVICES SOCIAL WORKERS work in family planning and AIDS awareness campaign of the government, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Bantay Bata etc. – CRIMINOLOGY AND CORRECTIONAL SOCIAL WORKER work in prisons, and government welfare departments – OTHERS: Schools, Industrials and Corporate sectors. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
  • 24. • Proceed to your permanent groupings. • Each group will be given an assigned areas of specialization. • Prepare a short skit related to the different areas of specialization of social work. • Present your short skit in class. – RUBRICS: • Creativity – 10 • Understanding of the topic- 10 • Teamwork – 10 • TOTAL- 30 pts
  • 25. GROUP REPORT • Responsibilities to clients (Group 1) • Responsibilities to colleagues (Group 2) • Responsibilities to practice setting (Group 3) • Responsibility as professionals (Group 4) • Responsibility to the social work profession and Broader Society (Group 5)