[humanser] Helpful masters degrees

Mon Jan 27 03:37:48 UTC 2014

Hi,

Social work school programs differ in how they are presented.  For instance, 
at University of Connecticut you either follow a social work track toward 
counseling, or another track (I think it's for those wishing to manage like 
a nonprofit).  There was a time my manager said that was how U of Michigan 
was run, and she had no desire to do clinical work.  Then there the programs 
like the one I took, which is called Advanced Generalist Social Work, and it 
was varied between macro, micro, and now don't know the other (sure is not 
mini).  I enjoyed all the policy classes I took that often dealt with the 
problems of oppressed, poor, etc.

Best,

Sandy

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From: "JD Townsend" <43210 at Bellsouth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 9:50 AM
To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees

>
> Hi,
>
> Good planning.  You are correct to be doing so now.  A social work major 
> now would shorten your graduate school to a single year.  Likewise, 
> occupational therapists have many pre-requisites.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Kaiti Shelton
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 8:22 PM
> To: Human Services Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees
>
> Thank you all for the suggestions!  I have started looking into social
> work as a possibility too.
>
> I'm still in the really early stages of figuring this out, and it's
> okay since I'm only in my second year of undergraduate work, but I
> know I really want to work with kids.  I have been thinking about it,
> and although I have to consider social work a bit more, I was thinking
> counseling or OT would be good.  If I weren't able to work with cancer
> and hematology patients, I think I'd want to work with kids who have
> disabilities and teach them some rehabilitation stuff.  I have found a
> music therapist who has a masters in OT and uses both methods to do
> this kind of work, and she says it's really effective and can be used
> with almost any client.  I think I'm leaning towards OT at the moment,
> but we'll see how it goes.
>
> On 1/25/14, Alyssa Munsell <alyssa53105 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I think Jen's idea is great. Look up job descriptions for the type of
>> position you want and see what qualifications employers are looking for.
>> I'm
>> getting my master's in social work right now, so I can only speak to that
>> degree. This is just my personal opinion, but I don't think a degree in
>> social work is the best option for someone who knows they want to stick 
>> to
>> doing mental health counseling. I'm in a clinical social work program, so
>> there are a lot of people in my program who would ultimately like to do
>> mental health therapy. However, the roots of social work lye in social
>> justice, not mental health therapy. Being a social worker should involve 
>> an
>> interest in pursuing social justice at a larger macro level in addition 
>> to
>> direct clinical work. Again, this is just my opinion, but I think social
>> work has strayed too far into becoming  solely a mental health services
>> profession, and the critical value of the advocacy piece of social work 
>> is
>> getting increasingly overshadowed. There is definitely nothing wrong with
>> professions that focus on mental health. There are just more relevant
>> options than social work for people who know that is what they want to
>> focus
>> on, such as counseling and therapy programs.
>>
>> It may be a good idea for you to also research graduate programs and 
>> their
>> curriculums so you can get a sense of what types of skills you would be
>> learning in one program vs. another. Best of luck!
>>
>> Alyssa
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jan 
>> Bailey
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:21 PM
>> To: Human Services Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees
>>
>> Try going to
>> www.indeed.com
>> then look up the kind of job you want in the area of the country where 
>> you
>> want to work, and see what kind of qualifications they're looking for.
>> Jan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ericka Short" <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>
>> To: "Human Services Mailing List" <humanser at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 1:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [humanser] Helpful masters degrees
>>
>>
>>> Good idea Serena!  I wasn't sure if it would be helpful, but I guess she
>>> could pick either kids or adults and focus that way.  Counseling is only
>>> a
>>
>>> part of social work and she might be better off having a variety of
>>> skills. it's my understanding that  music therapy is more specific. 
>>> Like
>>>
>>> I said, no matter what you can't tgo wrongwith the suggestions.
>>>
>>> Ericka J. Short
>>> 262-697-0510
>>>
>>> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 
>>> 4:13
>>>
>>> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short
>>>
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