Social Work - Mount St. Mary's College

Social Work from Mount St. Mary's College is a Campus Bachelor Sociology degree that prepares you for a Human Services career. The Bachelor of Science in Social Work prepares students for entry-level positions in social work as well as for graduate studies in the field. Social work is a highly awarding and client-centered, with a strong advocacy focus; assuring that services and resources needed by clients are provided to them. The demand for social workers is high and is projected to continue to grow in the future, particularly in the areas of healthcare and gerontology. Social workers work in a wide variety of settings that offer direct care or as referral agents for clients to locate a array of services in the community, such as substance abuse rehabilitation, healthcare, housing, childcare, eldercare, adoption services, foster care, grief counseling, or job training. Social workers are employed by cities, counties, states, federal agencies, non-profit organizations such as hospitals, schools, mental health centers, corrections facilities, or other health and human services settings. Employment in for-profit organizations is expanding. Mount graduates in social work go on to obtain masters degrees in the field from leading universities in the nation: Columbia University, USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Loma Linda Universities, Cal State Universities, among others. View more details on Mount St. Mary's College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Sociology courses.