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Career Prospects

Social Work - Perspectives
The career paths within social work are very diverse. Some of these include:
  • Child and youth welfare (e.g. daytime child care, working with youth, family and early education counselling, aids for early education, school social work).
  • The health system (e.g. substance and addiction counselling, disability institutions, hospital social work team, psychiatry).
  • Intercultural/transcultural work with immigrants and local population.
  • Justice (e.g. juvenile court and offenders, probation service).
  • Work with the disadvantaged (e.g. homeless assistance, debt counselling, counselling of the unemployed).
  • Eldercare (assisted living, day-care centres).
Funding organisations, employers and other employment contexts include among others:
  • Public funding organisations (e.g. State youth welfare offices, youth welfare offices, social and health offices).
  • Private funding organisations (e.g. charity organisations).
  • Initiatives and associations (e.g. parent initiative, associations of funding organisations).
  • Businesses.
  • Independent Work (e.g. as legal caretaker).

 

 

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