Jobs after Master of Social Works

Can you tell me in details about the job options available after completing Master of Social Works as I want to sure about it before taking admission in the course?

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The career opportunities for graduates of MSW are quite high nowadays. All jobs in this field are related with social services or charity works.

It is also possible for graduates to work with educational institutions. After gaining enough familiarity in this field, aspirants can work as consultants in many well known organizations. The area of their work comprise of:

• Clinics
• Correction Cells
• Counseling Centers
• Disaster Management Department
• Education Sector
• Gender Issues Associations or Groups
• Health Industry
• Hospitals
• Human Rights Agencies
• Mental Hospitals
• Natural Resources Management Companies
• Old Age Homes
• Prisons

The salaries of these professionals vary on the qualification and experience.
A fresher can get as much as Rs.8000/- Rs.10, 000/-.
Nonetheless it may differ on the basis of the standard of the organization they work with.

Some of the vacancies that ware available in diverse government organizations include:

• Assistant Director
• District Consultant
• Documentation and Communication Officer
• Humanitarian Values and PMER Officer
• Junior Research Fellow
• National Secretary Community Development Professor
• Programme Coordinator
• Project Coordinator
• Senior Manager - Human Resource
• Sub Regional Training Coordinator

The M.S.W Degree holds a good status at the International Level. Premier international organizations like WHO, UNESCO and UNICEF employ Social Workers in awareness campaigns and projects meant for developing countries.

Internationally recognized NGO's like the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) and the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), the largest professional organization for social workers in the United States is the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) also take up Indian social workers along with good salary.

Help Age India and other similar organizations also hire Social Workers.

Teaching, Research based and administrative jobs are the other jobs which one can acquire.

Master of Social Work Job Types
Documentation & Communication Officer
Humanitarian Values & PMER Officer
Project Coordinator
Programme Co-ordinator
District Consultant
Professor
Junior Research Fellow
Sub Regional Training Coordinator
Welfare Officer
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Assistant Director