Social workers can work in child welfare, family counseling, corrections, community organizing, disability, gerontology, health, mental health, homeless, substance abuse, domestic violence and more.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects a very strong labor market in social work, with a 2.4% increase in jobs per year plus a 10% turnover per year. The Missouri Department of Economic Development projects a 31% increase in social work jobs in the medical and psychiatric fields, a 42% increase in the Missouri elderly population by 2020 with a corresponding increase in jobs, and increased need for social workers to work in child sexual abuse and substance abuse treatment.

The following graduates have given permission for you to contact them to receive information about their jobs:

Rachel Cooper '98, MSW program at KU, 816-942-2587
Melanie Curnow '00, juvenile justice, MCurnow@juno.com
Jackie Hobbs, hospice, JacqlHobbs@aol.com
Martha West '95, community center, mwest@donbosco.org

Joan Cook '94, hospital social work, 816-5278
Lisa Ezeamii '97, adoption, 636-625-2266, ezelisav@aol.com (St. Louis)
Karen Grindel '99, mental health, 816-292-5205, n2socialwork@hotmail.com
Tammy Harvey '94, child welfare, 773-292-7815 (Chicago area)
Pat Klasinski '94, child welfare, 913-649-2480
Carla McCarty '99, child welfare (DFS), 816-325-1023 x346
David Rawles '97, child welfare, 913-764-2887, david@kidstlc.org