World Ranking Guide

A social work graduate can choose to specialise in areas such as:

• children and families
  
• criminal justice
  
• mental health
  
• community care
  

Social workers work in many different workplaces such as:

• health and mental health facilities,
  
• schools,
  
• rehabilitation clinics,
  
• private practice,
  
• employee assistance programs,
  
• correctional facilities,
  
• private industry,
  
• nursing homes,
  
• domestic violence and homeless shelters,
  
• child welfare agencies,
  
• and community advocacy agencies.
  

Top UK Universities for Social Work:

1 Bristol
2 Bath
3 Dundee
4 Southampton
5 Robert Gordon
6 Hull
7 Birmingham
8 Nottingham Trent
9 Middlesex
10 Bradford
11 Huddersfield
12 Salford
13 De Montfort
14 Ulster
15 Anglia
15 Brunel
17 Liverpool John Moores
18 Northumbria
19 Leeds
20 Durham

Source: Times 2006

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