ABOUT

Social work, a discipline and profession, examines the many complex interactions between people and their environments. The aim of social work is to ensure that every person develops his full potential, enriches his life and prevents dysfunction. The social work profession is focused on problem solving and change. Accordingly, social workers are agents of change in society and in the lives of the individuals, families and communities they serve. Social work is an interrelated system of values, theory and practice.

GOALS

To train qualified Social Work assistants within the framework of the qualifications specified in the Goals section.

PROGRAM INFORMATION

• History of the Program

Social Work Program affiliated with the Department of Social Work and Counseling started education as formal education in 2014-2015. The student quota of the program is 40.

• Qualification Awarded

Associate Degree Graduate

• Admission Conditions

To be placed as a result of the OSYM exam.

• Transition to the Upper Degree

Graduates who successfully complete the Social Services Associate Degree program will be able to continue their educational opportunities by transferring to the Social Work and Sociology vertical transfer programs with the Dikey Geçiş Sınavı (DGS) conducted by OSYM. Graduates will also be able to transfer vertically to Anadolu University Faculties of Business and Economics, which provide distance education, without an exam, if they wish.

• Graduation Requirement

In order to obtain an associate degree in the field of Social Work Program, students must successfully complete all of the compulsory and elective courses (120 ECTS in total) and obtain a GPA of at least 60 out of 100 full points. In addition, he must have completed 30 working days of internship.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

• Ministry of Family and Social Policies, central and provincial organizations and affiliated organizations

         (Kindergartens, Love Homes, Children's Homes, Kindergartens and Day Care Centers, Orphanages, Nursing Homes, Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Centers, Disabled Care and Rehabilitation Centers, Women's Shelters, Violence  Prevention and Monitoring Centers (ŞÖNİM), Elderly Solidarity Centers)

• Ministry of Youth and Sports
• State Planning Organization
• General Secretariat of the Social Assistance and Solidarity Promotion Fund
• Provincial and District Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations
• Ministry of Health
• Hospitals
• Health Centers
• Family Planning and Maternal Child Health Centers
• Ministry of National Education
• Vocational Training Centers
• Credit and Dormitories Institution
• Ministry of Justice
• Prisons
• Juvenile Courts
• Children's Education House
• Forensic Medicine Institute
• Universities
• Health, Culture, and Sports Department Directorates
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Labor and Social Security
• Ministry of National Defense and its affiliated units
• Ministry of Interior and its affiliated units
• Local Governments and their affiliated units
• Crisis Centers
• Non-governmental organizations and foundations
• Private Sector (Private Disabled Care Centers, Private Nurseries and Day Care Centers, etc.)