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Social Work at UConn

Your education at the UConn School of Social Work will be a clear reflection of the personal and professional relationships we will encourage you to establish within the field. Our faculty and staff care about your success. We will challenge and encourage you every step of the way, preparing you to go out into the world to make a difference. We will help you examine your personal biases, honor both differences and commonalities among various political, socio-economic, and ethnic groups, and gain new appreciation for human resilience.

The UConn School of Social Work is unique. It offers you the opportunity to pursue a methods-based specialization in social work practice. Here you will choose an area of concentration — Casework; Group Work; Community Organization; Administration; or Policy Practice. Within your chosen area of concentration, you willl earn specific skills and practices as they apply in a variety of professional settings.

The UConn School of Social Work is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). Our School’s educational programs are shaped by our faculty’s scholarly research and writing, and participation in the profession. Faculty members assist area service agencies in program development and evaluation, participate in research initiatives of national and international significance, serve on local boards of directors, and collaborate on national advisory committees that help shape social service policies. Combining professional experience and scholarly research, they develop innovative programs and approaches, provide critical insight into the profession, and develop teaching materials that are used widely in social work education.

Our methods-based program gives you an opportunity to appreciate the realities of coping with complex human and social problems within the context of specific delivery systems as they directly impact people’s lives. This is practice-based learning at its best. It is values in action.

As you prepare to embark on this journey, always remember that social work is about people. It is a face to face profession that underscores and celebrates the dignity in every individual. It is demanding and rewarding. Let us help you get started.