School of Social Work
Welcome to the UBC School of Social Work!
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As we enter our ninth decade of preparing students for professional social work practice, the School continues to emphasize critical, transformative knowledge. We invite you to build your knowledge and skills on our foundational values of social justice and a caring society. Founded in 1929, we are the oldest social work education program in British Columbia and the third oldest in Canada.
School Vision Building upon a foundation of social justice and an ethic of care, we are a community of learners actively engaged in the development of critical, transformative knowledge for social work practice. |
The School's vision statement invites all who study and teach in the School to address the development of professional social work knowledge and skills informed by the values of social justice and a caring society. Critical transformative knowledge for social work practice is developed in the curricula of the School's three degree programmes, BSW, MSW and PhD.
Programs of study
1. Bachelor of Social Work (BSW)
-Prepares students for beginning generalist social work practice through a structural lens
-Delivers to the Squamish First Nation on a pilot basis
2. Master of Social Work (MSW)
-Prepares students for advanced practice
-Foundation-year curriculum (for students who do not have a BSW)
-Advanced-year curriculum (focusing on the fields of child and family welfare, health and social inclusion and international and social development)
-Prepares students for teaching, research and administration
-Fosters development of advanced skills relevant to social development and social work theory and practice
Research, publication and Inter-professional teaching
Research at the School is diverse and productive, dedicated to the generation of new knowledge relevant to social policy, social development, social services and social work practice. A current focus is marginalized populations such as immigrants and refugees, Aboriginal peoples, women, children, youth and older people, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities.
With respect to professional services, faculty inquiry addresses psycho-social aspects of health and mental health, including dementia care, family mediation and conflict resolution, child abuse and family violence, judicial decision-making, poverty and community and international social development.
The School has played a major role in the College of Health Disciplines, with faculty members taking leadership roles in developing innovative approaches to inter-professional education.
Kwong-leung Tang
Professor and Director
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