The
Future
of Social
Work

Social work is one of the most rewarding, impactful, and versatile disciplines. 

With its focus on working with people in their environment, within complex systems, and often in crisis situations, social work students develop skills in areas including counseling, communication, research, policy analysis, and leadership that are pertinent and powerful in a wide range of positions and settings.

In almost any profession, you will find a social worker; there is no limit to what we can do.

Many NYU Silver graduates go on to traditional social work careers, providing direct, clinical services in settings including schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, treatment facilities, community courts, nursing homes, and in a vast array of social services agencies and not for profit organizations serving marginalized and vulnerable populations. Others pursue macro practice at the organizational and systems level, in areas including program development and management, policy analysis, research, program evaluation, and executive leadership. Some take the skills they have developed through their social work training and become lawyers, doctors, financial advisors, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and even elected officials.