California State University, Dominguez Hills
Social Work - Community Mental Health
Carson, USA
Master degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
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EARLIEST START DATE
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: The Master of Social Work (MSW) programme at California State University, Dominguez Hills trains students to address social service needs in Los Angeles County’s metropolitan context. It uses psychosocial, ecological and cross-cultural approaches with Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality. The integrated curriculum examines bias, prejudice and institutionalized racism and prepares students for practice with individuals, families and communities, offering Social Work Practice in Communities concentration and specializations including Community Mental Health.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in community mental health, clinical social work, child and family services, policy development, school social work in agencies, non-profits, health systems and clinics.
Social Work - Community Mental Health
The Master of Social Work (MSW) program at California State University, Dominguez Hills is intentionally designed to address the diverse social service needs, issues and problems particular to a large metropolitan area such as Los Angeles County. Building on the diversity of the various ethnic groups and cultures residing in the area, the program will prepare social work students for contextually competent social work practice, inclusive of the issues of culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, religion, class, sexual orientation and gender. The effects of bias, prejudice and institutionalized racism are examined so that students understand how these issues can affect social work practice, policy development and program implementation. Students learn a variety of perspectives and ways of identifying strategies and interventions for addressing these concerns and other problems in social work practice with individuals, families and communities.
The Department of Social Work promotes a psychosocial, ecological and cross-cultural approach to social work practice with Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality serving as the theoretical framework for contextually competent practice. The curriculum is developed and organized as a coherent and integrated whole consistent with program goals and objectives. California State University, Dominguez Hills offers one concentration: Social Work Practice in Communities (SWPC) and three specializations that students can choose from: Children, Youth and Families, Community Mental Health and Community Capacity Building.
In addition to the Social Work major requirements, modules for the Community Mental Health Specialization include:
- Social Justice in Social Work Practice
- Advanced Social Work Practice in Communities
- Advanced Practice in Administration and Leadership
- Social Welfare Policy III: Children, Youth and Families
- Fieldwork Practicum III
- Fieldwork Practicum IV
- Seminar in Community Capacity Building
- Directed Research
- Project or Thesis
Several scholarship options are available. Please visit the university website for more information
