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Related Resources

• Career Education Center -- Simmons career counseling
• CareerLink-- Simmons online recruiting
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Social Work

Descriptive Career Information | Job Banks and Searching Advice | Associations | Graduate School Information

Descriptive Career Information

Social Workers - Occupational Outlook Handbook
Overview of the profession from the U.S. Department of Labor. Includes information about: General nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and qualifications, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos060.htm

Choices - Social Work Careers
This informative document, prepared by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), outlines careers in social work including areas of specialization.
http://www.naswdc.org/pubs/choices/default.asp

National Association of Social Workers
This page includes general information about the social work field, maintained by the primary assocation representing social work professionals in the U.S. Topics covered include: descriptions of social work careers, standards of the field, salaries, education, licensing, and other requirements, and supplementary resources.
http://www.naswdc.org/profession/overview.asp

Job Banks and Searching Advice

Care Provider
Online recruitment for social and human service providers dedicated to strengthening and preserving communities, families, youth care, groups, organizations and schools.
http://careers.careprovider.org/c/search.cfm?site_id=225

HSpeople.com
Online recruitment for professionals seeking human service jobs, social work, social services jobs and more. Site features resume builder, smart match job finder, career resources, news articles and events calendar.
http://www.hspeople.com/jsr/index.cfm

Resource Net
Resource directory connecting Boston's human and social service agencies.
http://www.bostonresourcenet.org/

Simmons Graduate School of Social Work Job Board
Lists current local job and volunteer openings, as well as fellowship opportunities.
http://www.simmons.edu/ssw/career/jobboard/

SocialService.com
The place to start looking for a social service or social work job, whether in mental health, substance abuse, children and youth, medical social work, criminal justice, domestic violence, counseling, community organizing and outreach, homelessness or a variety of other human service areas.
http://www.socialservice.com/

Social Work and Social Services Jobs Online
Lists some jobs by location and offers links to other job sites, as well as links to other professional resources.
http://gwbweb.wustl.edu/jobs/

Social Work Job Bank
Online Career Center of the New Social Worker featuring social work jobs for all professional levels internationally.
http://www.socialworkjobbank.com/

University of Michigan's School of Social Work Career Services
A site packed with information and links to over 50 job sites for social workers and related fields.
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/resources/index2.html?collection=emp

See Also: General Job Banks and Searching Advice

Associations

Association of Social Work Boards
http://www.aswb.org/

Council on Social Work Education
http://www.cswe.org/

National Association of Social Workers
http://www.socialworkers.org/

Graduate School Resources

Peterson's Graduate Education Center
Peterson's online searchable graduate program database. Users can search graduate programs nationally by keyword, location, etc.
http://www.petersons.com

See Also

Non-profit/Social Change

Education

Healthcare and Healthcare Administration

Psychology

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Page updated: February 29, 2008