Message from the Department Head
Welcome to the UTC Social Work Program. You are entering an exciting profession with countless career possibilities. The Bachelor's of Social Work (BSW) degree prepares you for beginning professional generalist social work practice. A generalist approach requires that social workers have an extensive foundation of knowledge and skills to assess, analyze, plan, evaluate, and treat clients from diverse backgrounds in various settings and systems. This degree will enable you to work in many different settings such as health care, rehabilitation, criminal justice, schools, government agencies, mental health, child and adult protective services, counseling, and many others. We are proud to have a faculty with extensive practice experience in many different practice areas. Faculty are enthusiastic to talk with students about their own social work experiences and to offer mentoring and support.
Social work is one of the fastest growing professions in the United States. For variety, few occupations can compare with social work. While social workers are employed as lobbyists, administrators and policymakers, they frequently choose to work directly with individuals, families, and groups of people who experience problems that are economically, politically, and socially based. Social work is unique in its dedication to working with people who are economically disadvantaged; no other helping profession so clearly defines its mission to work with this population. Among the settings that employ social workers are schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, private counseling services, drug and alcohol clinics, job training programs, adult and child social services, in-home services for isolated older adults or persons with AIDS, social welfare agencies, adult corrections and juvenile probation.
The faculty and staff look forward to working with you to make your years at UTC an enjoyable and rewarding educational experience.
Social Work Department Head/BSW Program Coordinator
