Faculty of Social Work 2. Faculty Information2. Faculty Information
Contact Information
Location: Professional Faculties 3256 Student Information: 403.220.2011/5430 Dean's Office: 403.220.5945 Dean's Office Email: browna@ucalgary.ca Student Services Email: socialwk@ucalgary.ca Web page URL: |
Additional Information
Information and application forms may be obtained from the following: Students interested in studying in Calgary or in the Learning Circles Virtual Site program: Student Services Faculty of Social Work, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Telephone: 403.220.2011/5430 or toll free 1.877.282.0667 Email: bswinfo@ucalgary.ca Students interested in studying in Central and Northern Alberta: The BSW is consistently offered in Edmonton. Communities currently hosting the Learning Circles BSW program include: Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, and Red Deer. Student Services Faculty of Social Work, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Central and Northern Region #444, 11044-82 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T6G 0T2 Telephone: 780.492.3888 or toll free 1.888.492.2083 Email:fswcnar@ucalgary.ca Students interested in studying in Southern Alberta The BSW program is consistently offered in Lethbridge. The community currently hosting the Learning Circles program is Medicine Hat. Student Services Faculty of Social Work, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Southern Region 4401 University Drive Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4 Telephone: 403.329.2794 or toll free 1.866.329.2794 Email: aiken@uleth.ca Graduate (MSW, PhD and Post-Master's Diploma) Programs: Student Services Office Faculty of Social Work Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà 2500 University Drive N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 Telephone: 403.220.6945 or toll free 1.877.220.6945 Email: fswgrad@ucalgary.ca |
Introduction
International Definition of Social Work The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well being. Utilizing theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work. Faculty of Social Work Vision Creating social well being and just societies. Faculty of Social Work Mission
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Objectives
The Faculty of Social Work prepares BSW graduates to address individual, family, community and social concerns in the context of diverse and changing societies. Graduates are prepared to draw upon a variety of assessment and intervention methods to help achieve social well being outcomes with appropriate structural supports across the life span. The program is based on the social work tenets of mobilizing strengths of individuals and groups, social engagement and civil societies, respect for diversity, inclusion, equitable participation, and social justice. The program is grounded in the vision and mission of the Faculty, inquiry based methods of learning, the Codes of Ethics and Standards of Practice of the social work profession, and the national accreditation standards for schools of social work. |
Opportunities
The BSW provides the student with the professional knowledge, theory and skills of social work including a wide range of experiential opportunities to integrate this learning in supervised practice settings. Upon graduation, students are prepared to practice as generalist social workers in a wide variety of social welfare fields in a continuously changing world. Areas of practice opportunities include child welfare, family violence, community development, mental health, gerontology and social policy development working with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in a variety of settings including public, non-profit and for-profit agencies and organizations. Social Work Students' Association The Social Work Students' Association (SWSA) is actively involved in the governance of the Faculty, with representatives on Faculty Council and Faculty committees. The society is an active advocate of student interests and issues, and a sponsor of fundraising social events for charitable causes. All students in the Faculty of Social Work are eligible for membership. |
Code of Conduct
The study of social work practice places students in a position of special trust with professional social workers and their clients. The Faculty recognizes that social work education occurs both inside and outside the classroom and has the responsibility to ensure that its graduates are competent and ethical. A student's impaired judgment or non-academic misconduct may be grounds for determining whether the student should continue in the program, with or without conditions, or be dismissed from the Faculty of Social Work. Criteria The following examples illustrate situations in which, in particular circumstances, a student may be assessed as being unsuitable for professional social work education at this time. The list is not exclusive of other forms of misconduct:
(a) Persistent and/or serious medical condition that affects the student's ability to perform as a social worker if that condition negatively affects judgement and interferes with the ability to function within a professional context; (b) Persistent substance abuse (e.g., alcoholism, drug addiction, use of illegal drugs) that interferes with the ability to function within a professional context; (c) Criminal behaviour (i.e., arrests and convictions for such crimes as physical assault, sexual assault, drug trafficking) that interferes with the ability to function within a professional context; (d) Persistent and or/serious conduct that contravenes the policies of the practicum setting (applies to students in practicum); (e) Imposing stereotypes on a client, including behaviour, values, or roles related to race, ethnicity, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, socio-economic status, income source or amount, political affiliation, disability or diagnosis, or national origin, that would interfere with the provision of professional services to the client; and (f) Persistent and/or serious inability to form a professional, helping relationship. Procedures following an allegation of misconduct can be obtained from the Faculty of Social Work Student Services Office. |