{"id":157,"date":"2022-07-21T12:31:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/?post_type=department&p=157"},"modified":"2025-12-09T11:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T17:14:19","slug":"social-work","status":"publish","type":"department","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/socialwelfare\/departments\/social-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n Social Work <\/h1>\n<\/header>\n \n\n\n\n\n

Discover this fast-growing profession! As a social work student, you will be trained as a generalist who encourages change within individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. You will learn to examine social problems in cultural, historical and current political contexts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Helen Bader School of Social Welfare prepares students for a wide range of careers providing services for children, victims of intimate partner violence, older adults, individuals experiencing homelessness and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The social work program at UW-Milwaukee is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education\u2019s (CSWE) Board of Accreditation.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\n College of Community Engagement & Professions<\/strong>
Student Advising & Support Services<\/a>
Northwest Quadrant D 3800
414-229-4852
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Department Programs<\/h2>\n
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\n Applied Gerontology<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
\n Graduate CertificateOn Campus, Online<\/span> <\/div>\n
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\n Criminal Justice and Criminology MS \/ Social Welfare PhD<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Online Master of Social Work<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Social Work MSW \/ Criminal Justice and Criminology MS<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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\n Trauma-Informed Care<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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Helen Bader School of Social Welfare students attending a graduation event in May 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Impressive Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n