Social Work - Dalton State College

Social Work from Dalton State College is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The Bachelor of Social Work program will seek to prepare generalist social workers who will be equipped to function in entry level positions working with individuals, families, small groups, organizations, and communities composed of diverse peoples in a variety of social service and health care settings under professional supervision. The social work practice skills and theoretical orientations to be used by these professional social workers are informed and guided by evidence-based research findings. These professional social workers will demonstrate the profession?s value system by exemplifying a dedication to the promotion of social and economic justice through an understanding of and commitment to social change for the benefit of the poor, the disenfranchised, and other populations at risk. A secondary goal is to prepare academically qualified students for graduate social work . Successful completion of the program may lead to advanced standing in many graduate programs of social work. Mission Statement: The Dalton State Bachelor of Social Work Program offers a social work degree based on the purpose of the social work profession, which is to promote human and community well-being. Guided by a person and environment construct, a global perspective, a respect for human diversity, and knowledge based on scientific inquiry, social work?s purpose is carried out through its quest for social and economic justice, the prevention of conditions which limit human rights, the elimination of poverty, and the enhancement of the quality of life for all persons. Grounded in values and ethical principles of social work, the Dalton State Bachelor of Social Work program seeks to provide to the people of the Northwest Georgia region with culturally-competent, well-trained, professional generalist social workers who have special preparation to work with the Appalachian rural population and the immigrant and native Georgian Latino population, the largest at-risk populations of the region. The Dalton State Bachelor of Social Work Program is built upon the values of service, social justice, the dignity and worth of the person, the importance of human relationships, integrity, competence, human rights, and scientific inquiry which are among the core values of social work. These values underpin the explicit and implicit curriculum and frame the profession?s commitment to respect for all people and the quest for social and economic justice. View more details on Dalton State College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.