Mission
Social work is a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people. Principles central of social work are social justice, human rights, collective responsibility and respect for diversities. Utilizing theories of social work, social sciences, humanities and indigenous knowledges, social work deals with people and structures to address life challenges and promote wellbeing. Graduates help individuals, families, small groups, organisations and communities to solve various social problems they are facing. They strive for problem cases to achieve ability to solve their challenges independently and to live healthy and successful life.
Program Objectives
Social Work Bachelor’s Degree Programme’s aim is to educate professional social workers who have received necessary social work training in order to plan, organize and implement social services and practice social work profession.
Career Opportunities
Demand for social workers in Turkey is very high. They are to be employed in social services and social projects/programmes. Our graduates will have a chance to work as social workers in various fields such as child welfare, family welfare, forensic settings, hospitals, and psychiatric clinics, elderly welfare, disability services, industrial areas. They are also engages in alleviating poverty and working in social assistance programmes, implementing community and social projects supported by the Government and/or NGO’s and work in some international organisations such as UN, EU etc.
