General information
- Character: Official qualification
- Credits: 240 ECTS
- Duration: 4 years
- Price of the first course
- Type of teaching: In person
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Degree in
Job
Social
Social work aims to intervene and assess social needs in order to promote change, resolve problems in human relations, and strengthen the freedom of society to increase well-being and cohesion. This work utilizes theories of human behavior and social systems and applies specific methodology that integrates case, group, and community social work. Social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environment.
From the above, it follows that the profession of social worker consists of helping people strengthen their capacities to resolve individual and collective social problems; working to protect people, especially those unable to do so for themselves; promoting the incorporation of socially excluded, vulnerable, and at-risk groups into full citizenship; raising awareness among people so they can participate and commit to promoting the social well-being of their communities; promoting mediation, gender and disability equality, respect, and intercultural dialogue as a means for the mutual enrichment of individuals and communities.
Although regulations allow access from any post-secondary education option, the knowledge acquired in the Baccalaureate in Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as in the higher-level training cycles of Social Integration and Sociocultural Animation, are those that best adapt to the subjects that will be studied in the degree, which will contribute to a better understanding of the content, and facilitate the student's progress.
In addition to the above, it is interesting and advisable for prospective students to possess relational skills: empathic, reflective, analytical, and adaptive abilities to social changes and dynamics. They should also have an interest in psychosocial issues, both in terms of opinions and active participation through social volunteering or work activities in the social field.
Graduates in Social Work will be able to practice their profession in the following areas:
Social Services: basic and primary social care, permanent care to address social emergencies, home assistance and care, specialized (care for different groups), aimed at homeless people, the elderly, children and families, women, people with disabilities, and immigrants and/or refugees.
Health: primary and specialized care services, home social and health care for people with chronic and terminal illnesses, social and health centers, mental health centers, drug addiction care centers, and the third sector.
Education: school and family mediation, priority education centers, special education centers for students with specific needs, school-based associations, detection and treatment of truancy and other risk situations, early childhood care services, and others.
Justice: technical services providing social advice to judges, victim support, social and labor integration, family mediation, prison social assistance committees, specific programs for the treatment of certain crimes, support for prisoners on parole, social and labor reintegration services for former inmates, among others.
Companies: care and social benefits for workers of certain companies that offer this service.
Housing: programs for promoting, studying, and allocating public and/or social housing; community development in newly built or remodeled areas; urban planning.
Third sector: preventive, care, training, social and employment integration programs at the local level, to achieve social inclusion.
Training and technical advice: teaching in various fields, ongoing training, and technical support.
Other areas of intervention for social workers include: strategic planning for welfare services; promotion, management, and evaluation of equal opportunity policies and plans; external evaluation of programs and services; validation of best practices in the development of social programs and services; organizational analysis and development; consulting on social welfare policies; social marketing; communication and image related to social issues; occupational risk prevention; social expertise; and management and direction of social services and facilities.
Notifications
April 1, 2025 - 12:16 UTC
Final proposal for the allocation of places and waiting list for the ERASMUS+ program corresponding to the 2025-26 academic year of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication
March 26, 2025 - 11:39 UTC
Dean's Resolution publishing the list of applications for change of university and/or official Spanish or foreign undergraduate studies admitted and provisionally excluded from the procedure (Ordinary Call 2025-26)
General information
- Character: Official qualification
- Credits: 240 ECTS
- Duration: 4 years
- Price of the first course
- Type of teaching: In person
Social work aims to intervene and assess social needs in order to promote change, resolve problems in human relations, and strengthen the freedom of society to increase well-being and cohesion. This work utilizes theories of human behavior and social systems and applies specific methodology that integrates case, group, and community social work. Social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environment.
From the above, it follows that the profession of social worker consists of helping people strengthen their capacities to resolve individual and collective social problems; working to protect people, especially those unable to do so for themselves; promoting the incorporation of socially excluded, vulnerable, and at-risk groups into full citizenship; raising awareness among people so they can participate and commit to promoting the social well-being of their communities; promoting mediation, gender and disability equality, respect, and intercultural dialogue as a means for the mutual enrichment of individuals and communities.
Although regulations allow access from any post-secondary education option, the knowledge acquired in the Baccalaureate in Social Sciences and Humanities, as well as in the higher-level training cycles of Social Integration and Sociocultural Animation, are those that best adapt to the subjects that will be studied in the degree, which will contribute to a better understanding of the content, and facilitate the student's progress.
In addition to the above, it is interesting and advisable for prospective students to possess relational skills: empathic, reflective, analytical, and adaptive abilities to social changes and dynamics. They should also have an interest in psychosocial issues, both in terms of opinions and active participation through social volunteering or work activities in the social field.
Graduates in Social Work will be able to practice their profession in the following areas:
Social Services: basic and primary social care, permanent care to address social emergencies, home assistance and care, specialized (care for different groups), aimed at homeless people, the elderly, children and families, women, people with disabilities, and immigrants and/or refugees.
Health: primary and specialized care services, home social and health care for people with chronic and terminal illnesses, social and health centers, mental health centers, drug addiction care centers, and the third sector.
Education: school and family mediation, priority education centers, special education centers for students with specific needs, school-based associations, detection and treatment of truancy and other risk situations, early childhood care services, and others.
Justice: technical services providing social advice to judges, victim support, social and labor integration, family mediation, prison social assistance committees, specific programs for the treatment of certain crimes, support for prisoners on parole, social and labor reintegration services for former inmates, among others.
Companies: care and social benefits for workers of certain companies that offer this service.
Housing: programs for promoting, studying, and allocating public and/or social housing; community development in newly built or remodeled areas; urban planning.
Third sector: preventive, care, training, social and employment integration programs at the local level, to achieve social inclusion.
Training and technical advice: teaching in various fields, ongoing training, and technical support.
Other areas of intervention for social workers include: strategic planning for welfare services; promotion, management, and evaluation of equal opportunity policies and plans; external evaluation of programs and services; validation of best practices in the development of social programs and services; organizational analysis and development; consulting on social welfare policies; social marketing; communication and image related to social issues; occupational risk prevention; social expertise; and management and direction of social services and facilities.
Notifications
April 1, 2025 - 12:16 UTC
Final proposal for the allocation of places and waiting list for the ERASMUS+ program corresponding to the 2025-26 academic year of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication
March 26, 2025 - 11:39 UTC
Dean's Resolution publishing the list of applications for change of university and/or official Spanish or foreign undergraduate studies admitted and provisionally excluded from the procedure (Ordinary Call 2025-26)
March 19, 2025 - 2:28 PM UTC
Provisional list of Erasmus+ Studies places for 2025-2026 at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication
March 19, 2025 - 07:55 UTC
Final list of admitted and excluded candidates in the pre-selection process for Erasmus+ study mobility at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication for the 2025-26 academic year
February 21, 2025 - 2:18 PM UTC
Provisional list of candidates admitted, admitted conditionally, and excluded in the pre-selection process for Erasmus+ study mobility at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Communication for the 2025-2026 academic year