Bachelor's degree in Social Work

The aim of this discipline is to engage in social intervention and assess social needs to promote change, solve problems in human relations, strengthen freedom in society, and increase wellbeing and cohesion. To do so, theories about human behaviour and social systems, and specific methodologies must be applied so that social work conducted with individuals, groups and communities is effective.

Social work is relevant in all situations in which people interact with their environment.

The principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work, as is the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights.

The main areas of activity of social workers are:

• Social services: basic and primary social care, permanent care to attend social emergencies, help and home care, specialized social services, care for the homeless, old-age care, care for children and the family, care for women, care for people with disabilities, reception and social care for immigrants and refugees.
• Health: health centers or primary health care services, home social health care, general hospitals, maternity and infant hospitals, social health centers, mental health services, drug addiction care.

• Education: psychopedagogical and social assistance to the teams of the school centers and secondary education institutes, school and family mediation, workshop schools and other initiatives aimed at compensating socio-educational deficits.

• Justice: technical services for psychosocial assessment, mediation with the victim, programs to monitor environmental measures, centers d'internament for minor offenders, penitentiary institutions, etc.

• Company: attention and social benefits to the workers of certain companies that have a service.

• Housing: promotion programs, study and award of social protection housing, community revitalization of newly built neighborhoods or in the process of remodeling, urban planning.

• Third sector: an area in integrated expansion for non-profit organizations and entities that work against social exclusion with preventive, assistance programs, etc.

• Areas of social planning and programming: strategic planning of wellness services, organizational analysis and development, advice on social welfare policies, social marketing, communication and image related to social issues, etc.