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While employment opportunities evaporate in other sectors, jobs in social work are increasing in a wide variety of fields.
The 2010-11 edition of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Outlook Handbook predicts very favorable job prospects through 2018 for social workers, particularly those with advanced degrees. The profession is expected to grow by 16 percent overall during that period, with the number of social work jobs in mental health, substance abuse treatment, medical settings, public health and gerontology increasing by up to 22 percent.
“A Master of Social Work (MSW) degree is among the most versatile, recession-proof graduate degrees available,” says James Herbert Williams, dean of the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Career advancement in the social work profession typically requires an advanced degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, Williams says, noting that the DU Graduate School of Social Work offers the only accredited MSW program in Denver. It’s also the top-ranked school in the Rocky Mountain region and is ranked among the top 17 percent nationally. The school offers career-enhancing options including the nation’s first certificates in animal-assisted social work and in social work with Latinos/as, as well as courses taught on-site in Bosnia, China, Mexico and Kenya. The program’s post-graduation career support includes professional development courses, networking opportunities and workshops to help prepare graduates for state licensure exams. More than 90 percent of Graduate School of Social Work students receive scholarships, grants or stipends, with the school providing more than $5 million in financial aid in 2011. “An MSW opens the door to a virtually endless variety of career options – from guidance counselor to policy analyst, agency CEO to adoption specialist – and pretty much everything in between,” Williams says.
Learn more at www.du.edu/socialwork, or call 303-871-2841.
“A Master of Social Work (MSW) degree is among the most versatile, recession-proof graduate degrees available,” says James Herbert Williams, dean of the University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work. Career advancement in the social work profession typically requires an advanced degree from a program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, Williams says, noting that the DU Graduate School of Social Work offers the only accredited MSW program in Denver. It’s also the top-ranked school in the Rocky Mountain region and is ranked among the top 17 percent nationally. The school offers career-enhancing options including the nation’s first certificates in animal-assisted social work and in social work with Latinos/as, as well as courses taught on-site in Bosnia, China, Mexico and Kenya. The program’s post-graduation career support includes professional development courses, networking opportunities and workshops to help prepare graduates for state licensure exams. More than 90 percent of Graduate School of Social Work students receive scholarships, grants or stipends, with the school providing more than $5 million in financial aid in 2011. “An MSW opens the door to a virtually endless variety of career options – from guidance counselor to policy analyst, agency CEO to adoption specialist – and pretty much everything in between,” Williams says.
Learn more at www.du.edu/socialwork, or call 303-871-2841.
