Social Work

• Identify with the social work profession and behave in a professional and ethical manner.
• Apply critical thinking skills within the context of professional social work practice.
• Demonstrate awareness of the forms and mechanisms of oppression and discrimination and apply strategies of advocacy and social change that promote social and economic justice.
• Critically apply the methodology, techniques and skills of social work in relation to the stages of engagement, assessment, intervention and evaluation while working with individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.
• Analyze human behaviour and development and the social environment, with particular emphasis on the person-in-environment transaction, life-span development and the interaction among biological, psychological, sociostructural, economic, political, cultural and spiritual factors in shaping human development and behaviour.
• Develop skills for interdisciplinary collaborations.
• Plan, organize, develop and evaluate social welfare, empowerment programs.
• Analyze and formulate social policies.
• Engage in opportunities that promote lifelong-learning and continuous professional growth.
• Use supervision effectively as part of their social work practice and personal growth.
• Use research to inform practice, to assess and understand problems on local and national level and develop readiness for collaboration with academic and research centers of other countries.

The graduates of the Program have the knowledge and skills required for the practice of social work at a generalist level and can provide services to individuals, families, groups, communities and organizations.

Upon graduation, social work graduates can register as licensed social workers. They can be employed in the public, private and voluntary sectors and work in all social work fields.