SCOPE AND OPPORTUNITIES

MSW provides the employment opportunities not only in the areas of social welfare but also in other areas:

• Superintendents and Case workers in Social Welfare Institutions.
• Extension Educators and amity organizers.
• Social welfare officers in the state departments of social welfare.
• Medical social worker in hospitals.
• Social workers in the departments of Preventive and Social Medicine, Blood banks, Public and non Governmental Organizations Health centre.
• Psychiatric social workers in mental hospitals, mental health institutes, Psychiatric clinics etc.
• Social Investigators
• Counsellors
• School Social Workers
• Project officers and programme co-ordinators in social work agencies both in government and non- governmental organizations.
• Probation officers in District probation system.
• Child Welfare Officers in Juvenile Justice System
• Labour Welfare Officers, Administrative Officers, Personal Officers etc.
• Social Workers in correctional agencies, prisons etc.
• Community Organizers, Project Officers, Co-ordinators in government programmes like Literacy Mission, Kudumbasree and other welfare programmes.
• Research Officers both in government and NGO
• Hospital Administrator
• Public Relations Officers both in Government and NGO
• Social Development Consultants.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORK

Professional Social Work is based on a body of knowledge and skill rooted in the democratic values and implemented through the methods of social case work, social group work, community organization, social welfare administration and social research. Its purpose is to help people individually in groups through problem solving activity.

The value system of Social Work profession embraces a belief in the worth and dignity of human being, a conviction that the commitment to furthering his/her potential for self fulfilment and a feeling of responsibility for social change. Social workers today must contribute to community leadership as active and creative practitioners in helping people in changing the world to a healthy society.