Social work students are given the opportunity to collaboratively work with area physician and nursing students, creating an interprofessional learning environment. Adding to their education, students also are invited to engage in professional continuing education workshops through Salina's strong social work community.

Social work students are regularly recruited by community organizations to serve as volunteers at events or on various projects as well as to work in paid positions, resulting in a more robust resume. The final semester of the social work degree option is spent in a block field placement being fully immersed in an agency and applying classroom content to real-world applications.

Social work faculty come to the classroom from the field, providing students with practical applications of theory. They also maintain their link with industry, connecting students with further outside learning opportunities.

Career areas for social work graduates include, but are not limited to:

• Mental Health
• Children and Families
• Health Care
• Older Adults
• Substance Use Disorder
• Community Organizing
• Criminal Justice
• Disabilities
• Poverty and Homelessness

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The program is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education.

Social work is also offered on the Manhattan campus.

• Social work is a dynamic, changing, and challenging profession with a vast array of career options and rich opportunities for deep personal satisfaction.
• Professional social workers are experts who help people obtain the resources they need to live with dignity.
• Social workers are also committed to making society more responsive to people's needs.
• Social work's historical mission has been helping the disadvantaged, those who have been excluded from participation in the ideal of a just and equitable society.
• Contemporary social workers also assist people from all walks of life, with all kinds of problems, in all kinds of settings--rich, poor, black or white, young or old, in hospitals, at home or at work.
• Social work is a profession for those with a spark of idealism, a belief in social justice and a natural love for working with people.
• Social work offers a person a career with the chance to work with and for people of all kinds and needs.

• You want a good job and one that "makes a difference"
• You like to help people, see them grow and change in positive ways
• You want a degree that offers maximum flexibility in the job market
• You want a professional degree – one that prepares you for a position as a professional social worker
• You like to get out of the office and meet people, no sitting around for you!
• You believe that everybody deserves a chance at a better life and you want to help them have it
• You have been told that you are a great listener and helper and want to make a career out of what you do well
• You like to learn about others' ways of thinking and behaving
• You are interested in different cultures and ways of life
• You like being around kids
• You like being around older adults
• You like being around teenagers
• Basically, you like people and believe in the value of helping others to "be all that they can be"

The Salina Social Work Wildcats is a registered student organization with the Office of Student Activities and Services at Kansas State University Salina Campus. The purposes of the organization are to promote professional excellence among social work students, to network with and perform service projects for the community that share social work values and principles, and to provide continuing education opportunities.

The organization is student-led and meets monthly. The activities, projects and leaders are determined by the membership. Members are encouraged to pay $10 per semester for participation, but no one will be denied membership if they cannot afford the dues.

Members must be in good academic standing with the university. Membership is NOT limited to social work majors. All registered Kansas State Salina students are welcome. If you are interested in joining, please ask a student or professor for the date of the next meeting.

Our esteemed faculty is made up of individuals who have real-world industry experience and a wealth of research expertise to help you learn the most essential skills and information.