Human Services ConcentrationSchool of Arts and Sciences

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the demand for social workers is growing 42% faster than the average for all other occupations. Particular need is in the areas of health services, child and family welfare, geriatrics, and corrections. Social workers advance social justice by creating individual and social change, and by advancing the responsiveness of communities and social institutions to social problems and individual needs.

Social work’s mission is “to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty.” State certified social workers are qualified for jobs in counseling, community organizing, group facilitation, advocacy, policy, case management, and related roles.

Edgewood College alumni currently serve as social workers in child protective services, hospitals, clinics, skilled nursing facilities, probation and parole departments, adoption and foster care agencies, emergency shelters, drug treatment programs, community services, and other service and advocacy-based agencies. Jobs can be found in the non-profit sector, in government agencies, and in private corporations.

Approximately 90% of Edgewood College’s Human Services graduates find employment in their chosen field after graduation.