Social work
Providencia, Chile
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2027
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: Social Work at Instituto Profesional IACC trains professionals for social development and inclusion. It values diversity, respects human rights, and teaches methods, techniques and communication technologies to address social problems. Applicants must not be disabled under Law 20.594. IACC began 1981 and gained recognition 1987.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in community organizations, public welfare and health services, schools, municipalities and NGOs. They’re prepared for roles such as community social worker, case manager, program coordinator, welfare officer, NGO practitioner, policy assistant, applying skills in assessment, intervention, advocacy and ICT-enabled service delivery. They can work across urban and rural settings.
At IACC, Social Work, without a Bachelor's Degree, was born as an initiative for the current context and the need for professionals committed to social development, with relevant capacities, skills, and aptitudes to face the demands and challenges of the current social scenario. Therefore, it seeks to contribute to the social inclusion of people, families, groups, organizations, and communities; to the improvement of the quality of life, and to the social development of the context in which the professional is inserted.
To study this career it is necessary not to be disabled by Law 20.594
The professional Social Worker of IACC, will be distinguished by its Valuation of Diversity, manifesting an ethic from respect for the Universal Human Rights of people, for being competent for the world of work, since it applies methods and techniques related to its disciplinary area for the resolution of problems, needs, and contingencies given in certain social circumstances as well as for the use of Communication Technologies in their professional work, oriented to processes of social change.
