Major Takeaways: Choosing between a career in counseling and a career in social work starts long before you ever take your first graduate-level class. Instead, the all-important process of choosing the right graduate program begins now by exploring what’s available, weighing your options, and doing your due diligence to ensure you make the right choice. […]
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Field Placement Opportunities in Social Work Degree Programs
Key Takeaways Introduction to Field Placements in Social Work Education Every undergraduate and graduate degree program in social work requires supervised fieldwork. Emphasis must also be made that appropriate and sufficient social work field placement is a requirement for licensure for social worker candidates in all states. Without it, you won’t earn your social work […]
The Role of Research in Social Work Degree Curricula
Key Takeaways The Importance of Research in Social Work To understand social work research’s importance, we must first understand that social work is both a practice-based academic discipline and a profession that promotes people empowerment, social change, and social advocacy. Practice and research are intertwined in a wide range of ways, such as research influencing […]
