Social Work

Description of Major

Social work is a profession concerned with promoting the well being of people and includes assisting individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities to achieve life-enhancing goals as they learn to cope with or shape the social and environmental forces affecting daily life.

Relevant Coursework

Social Work Practice, Field Experience, Research, Analysis, History, Child Welfare

Current Outlook
Carthage's Social Work Club is an organization that offers the opportunity for students of all majors to share their academic experiences with fellow students and to utilize acquired knowledge, values, and skills to reach out to the Carthage community and beyond. Various activities are planned that involve fund-raising, socializing, working with other service organizations or individuals and sponsoring seminars to keep students aware of current issues. This organization enhances classroom education and provides valuable practice that prepares the student to enter the corporate world with the values and ethics employers are looking for.

The Pals and Partners program is very popular with Carthage social work majors. The program pairs Carthage students with community children who are identified as "at risk" because of home life or experiences in school. Carthage students provide a positive role-model for the children, help them understand the importance of school, and encourage them to get involved in positive activities outside the classroom. Participants must commit a minimum of 2 hours per week to the program.

Why take Social Work at Carthage?

Carthage's professional social work curriculum equips students with knowledge, values, and skills necessary for generalist practice. Through required field experiences, it provides students with supervised opportunity to muster the requisite competencies in actual practice situations.

Carthage's undergraduate social work major prepares students for beginning professional social work practice and is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

What can I do with a major in Social Work?

POSSIBLE CAREER PATHS
Please note that list includes careers requiring differing degrees of education and training.

  • Group Worker
  • Social Work Educator
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Community Social Worker
  • Hospital Social Worker
  • Case Manager
  • Public Health Social Worker
  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Geriatric Social Worker
  • Counselor
  • Nonprofit Administrator

COMPANIES EMPLOYING CARTHAGE GRADUATES

  • GlenKirk - Case Manager
  • Pioneer Counseling - Case Manager
  • Kids Care Network - Safety Service Manager
  • Professional Services Group - Social Worker
  • Transitional Living Services - Social Worker
  • Wisconsin Correctional Services - Mental Health Case Manager
  • Kenosha Achievement Center - Headstart Family Advocate

CARTHAGE SOCIAL WORK MAJORS HAVE PURSUED GRADUATE STUDIES IN

  • Law
  • Economics