Social Work
The mission of the Asbury College Social Work Program is to prepare social work graduates who are rooted in the liberal arts, the Christian and Wesleyan perspectives, social work values and ethics, prepared for generalist social work practice, and as agents of change in a variety of settings.
The Asbury College Social Work Program is accredited by the Commission of Accreditation, Council on Social Work Accreditation. In order to provide a quality, generalist social work education, the program's faculty has established the following goals for beginning generalist practitioners through the curriculum's knowledge, ethics, and practice with diverse populations.
1. Provide the knowledge, values, skills, and ethics to serve diverse client systems of all sizes and types integrating knowledge about how individuals, families, groups, communities, and organizations grow, change, and function together within the context of their environment.
2. Develop generalist social work practitioners who are both knowledgeable and understanding of diverse client systems of all sizes including: minorities of color and ethnicity, social and economic status, women, mentally and/or physically disabled, gay and lesbian populations, whether individuals, families, groups, or communities.
3. Infuse throughout the curriculum social work values and ethics as stated in the NASW Code of Ethics to prepare graduates for professional practice.
4. Prepare graduates who can think critically about knowledge, and practice, integrating social work history, values, research, skills in practice, and who value continuing learning and professional development throughout their careers.
5. Develop practitioners who understand, integrate knowledge, and practice in evaluation of programs and client systems of all sizes.
6. Develop practitioners who will use their knowledge and practice base to work as advocates and agents of change at all levels of service and organizations and with diverse cultural groups.