Social Work Manchester University

Overview

Do you like interacting with people – discovering similarities, honoring differences? Are you the one your friends turn to when they need someone to listen? Do you want to help others heal, grow, and achieve their full potential? Are you concerned for human rights and want to see people treated fairly and with dignity? Social Work at Manchester University may be your future!

What You Can Do with Your Social Work Degree

• Case Manager: Coordinate services and support plans for individuals and families

• Child Welfare Specialist: Advocate for and protect at-risk children and youth

• Mental Health Advocate: Support people who are facing mental health challenges

• Substance Abuse Recovery Support: Help individuals recover from addiction through guidance and support

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior

Student Learning Outcomes:

• make ethical decisions by applying the standards of the NASW Code of Ethics, relevant laws and regulations, models for ethical decision-making, ethical conduct of research, and additional codes of ethics as appropriate to context
• use reflection and self-regulation to manage personal values and maintain professionalism in practice situations
• demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication
• use technology ethically and appropriately to facilitate practice outcomes
• use supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior

2. Advance Human Rights and Social, Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• advocate for human rights at the individual, family, group, organizational, and community system levels
• engage in practices that advance human rights to promote social, racial, economic, and environmental justice

3. Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• demonstrate anti-racist and anti-oppressive social work practice at the individual, family, group, organizational, community, research, and policy levels
• demonstrate cultural humility by applying critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences

4. Engage in Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• use practice experience and theory to inform scientific inquiry and research
• apply critical thinking to engage in analysis of quantitative and qualitative research methods and research findings
• use and translate research evidence to inform and improve practice, policy, and service delivery

5. Engage in policy practice.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• identify social policy at the local, state, federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, access to social services
• assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services
• apply critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that advance human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice