School of Social Work
Bachelor in Social Work (BSW)
Three for regular
Admission to regular undergraduate courses is based on the Ethiopian Higher Education Entrance Certificate Examination (EHEECE) scores, the student’s preference, and the capacity of Departments/Schools/Centers. The basic admission criterion for the regular program is successful completion of the common freshman courses, subject to academic performance assessment.
Students must take and pass all the required modules to satisfy the requirements for graduation. Other requirements might be set by specific University graduation requirements, including; A minimum CGPA & MGPA of 2.00, no Fx, F, NG, I grades in any course and compliance with other regulation of a specific University.
Program Details
Social work is a practice-based academic subject concerned with satisfying the basic needs of people, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole in order to improve their individual and collective well-being. Graduates of the program are prepared to work as entry-level generalist social workers with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities both locally and globally. Child welfare, family preservation, mental health, substance use treatment, juvenile justice, aging, shelters for victims of intimate partner violence, homeless programs, community food banks, neighborhood citizen organizations, hospitals, and rehabilitation centers are just a few of the professional practice settings for entry-level generalist practitioners.
Carrier Direction
- Provide social services and help to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning as well as their family well-being and academic performance.
- Helping parents, arranging adoptions, and finding foster homes for abandoned or neglected children are all possibilities.
- They address issues such as teen pregnancy, misconduct, and absenteeism in schools.
- Teachers may also be advised. Keep case history records and write reports. Individual, family, or group interviews are conducted to analyze clients’ situations, capacities, and issues in order to decide what services are required to satisfy their requirements. Liaisons between students, households, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, judges, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to assist children with disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
Jobs directly related to social work degree include:
- Education mental health practitioner
- Family support worker
- High intensity therapist
- Social worker
- Jobs where the degree would be useful include: Adult guidance worker Advice worker Chaplain Community development worker Counsellor Detective Education consultant Equality, diversity and inclusion officer Housing manager/officer Life coach Mediator Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO) Volunteer coordinator Youth worker
- A social work degree equips students with practical skills through placements done out alongside experts in, for example , schools, police and housing.
- Ethics, including valuing diversity and promoting social justice, is taught and you build skills of judging and become more accountable, thoughtful, critical and evaluative.
- Gained transferable skills include: Communication abilities Analyzing a situation and problem solving capacity to manage conflict and mediate advocacy negotiating strategies and goals great time management strong observing and listening skills.
Most social workers are employed by local authority children’s or adult social services. Increasingly, however, opportunities are available within other settings such as:
- Children’s homes
- Educational settings
- Primary care trusts
- Prisons
- Private fostering agencies or nursing homes
- Voluntary organizations or charities
- Youth justice settings. It’s possible to do freelance work for social work staffing agencies or to work as an independent practitioner within social enterprises.
Courses
| Module title | Courses | Course credit hr. | Course ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Social Work | Introduction to Social Work | 3 | 5 |
| Methods of Social Work Practices | Methods of Social Work Practice I | 3 | 5 |
| Methods of Social Work Practice II | 3 | 5 | |
| Civic and ethical Education | Civics and ethics | 3 | 5 |
| General English | Communicative English | 3 | 5 |
| Basic writing skills | 3 | 5 | |
| Theories of Social Work | Theories of Human Behaviour and the Social Environment | 4 | 7 |
| Introduction to sociology | Introduction to sociology | 3 | 5 |
| Fundamentals of psychology | Introduction to psychology | 3 | 5 |
| Information and communication Technologies | Information and communication Technologies | 3 | 5 |
| Practicum I | Field Education I | 4 | 7 |
| Social Work Research Methods | Qualitative Research Methods | 3 | 5 |
| Quantitative Research Methods | 3 | 5 | |
| multi-cultural social work practice | Gender, Diversity and Social work | 4 | 7 |
| Social Policy Analysis and Practice | Social Welfare Services | 3 | 5 |
| Social Policy Practice | 3 | 5 | |
| Population movements and social work | Migration, Refugee and social work practice | 3 | 5 |
| Social Work in Health care | Health Social Work | 3 | 5 |
| Psychiatric Social Work | 3 | 5 | |
| Working in human service Organization | Organizational Management and Leadership | 3 | 5 |
| Project design and Management | 3 | 5 | |
| Law for social workers | Introduction to Law | 3 | 5 |
| Practicum II | Field Education II | 4 | 7 |
| Counselling and Case management | Case Management | 3 | 5 |
| Counselling in Social Work | 3 | 5 | |
| Criminal Justice Social Work | Criminal Justice and Correctional Administration | 3 | 5 |
| Practice with children and families | Working with Children and Families | 3 | 5 |
| School Social Work | 3 | 5 | |
| Social development and community practice | Social development and community practice | 4 | 7 |
| Special needs services | Rehabilitation Services and Disability | 3 | 5 |
| Gerontology | 3 | 5 | |
| Practicum III | Field Education III | 4 | 7 |
| Student research project | Senior Paper | 6 | 10 |