Graduates with a social work degree have many pathways leading to a variety of professional careers in public or private sectors.

Examples include: 

• Medical Care Delivery Settings:An important and popular setting for social workers is in the health care field.  The need for social workers in the health care ssector will increase substantially as governments cope with ageing populations.
• Community Health Settings act as intermediaries between communities and social and health services. Their goal is to facilitate people’s access to these services, to improve their overall quality, and to inform the community members about available programmes, rights, etc.
• Education Settings:Another important context in which social workers play a vital role is providing support in education settings, especially serving to promote productive family/school/community relationships.  They also play a support role for children with disabilities and child protection. They work in coordinating government and community support in crisis situations.
• Case Managers:Social workers as case managers support people in need by directing them to the appropriate government, community or private sector providers of services.  They assist in helping clients to develop a plan of action and guide and work with clients as they progression the road to recovery.
• Mental Health Care Contexts:Other social workers focus on mental health services.  This involves offering psychological care to people dealing with a wide range of problems, for example drug addiction, depression, stress,  or abusive relationships.
• Pairing with other Professionals: Social workers often work with other professionals from such fields as education, human resources and work with professionals from other fields, like education, law and healthcare. In the case of law, for example, social workers play support and investigative roles dealing with such issues as anti-discrimination, human rights, child abuse, domestic violence and more.
• Substance Abuse Counsellors help people who struggle with alcohol or drug addiction, food disorders, and other behavioural problems. Substance abuse counsellors strive to teach people and help them change.
• Social Work in the Workplace: The concept of workplace safety in modern societies has increasingly expanded to include duties on employers and management to ensure a safe psycho-social environment.  Thus, employers will increasingly look for employees and leaders who have the appropriate ‘soft-skills’ to ensure a safe and productive work environment for all. See:  https://www.safework.nsw.gov.au/resource-library/list-of-all-codes-of-practice/codes-of-practice/managing-psychosocial-hazards-at-work
• Social workers in Government: Other social work graduates are engaged in government roles such as public policy analysis, policy development and program delivery design.
• Other Roles: Graduates with social work degrees also find jobs in such areas as: behavioural management aide, case management aide, community outreach worker, eligibility worker, human services specialist, etc.

In short, you will find opportunities for social work wherever people need assistance in negotiating the complex and challenging transitions that occur in life.

The Future is Bright 

As shown by the examples above, the hard and soft skills learned in a Social Work degree are highly transferable and predicted to be in high demand leading to a challenging yet fulfilling career.

“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone’s life.” – Mary Rose McGeady

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