FIELD INVENTORY: The goals of this interest inventory are to determine student areas of interest.
Listed below are a number of fields of interest and activities related to the social work field. On a scale of 1-
10 (1 = very little interest; 10 = strong interest), please rate your interest level in each field of practice.
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Paid
Working with individuals, groups and families who experience issues related to
addiction (drug, alcohol, sex, hoarding and/or gambling).
Services to children in need of protection and care; investigations of abuse and
neglect; adoption and foster-home evaluations; services to abused, neglected and
victims of incest; and assistance to children with behavioral or learning
problems, to improve their functioning.
Assisting in planning, advocacy, evaluation, and change in social service delivery
systems; and outreach to advise the community of available resources.
Working with children or adults with mental and/or physical disabilities and
5. Diversity
Address issues of discrimination and/or oppression with vulnerable populations.
6. Emergency and Economic Supports
Assisting clients to obtain shelter and emergency food and to identify and obtain
needed financial, medical, or social services. Disaster relief services. Working
Assisting parents in understanding the needs of their children; assisting families
with problems in social functioning; providing support therapy for parents who
abuse/neglect their children; family preservation services.
Services related to corrections, courts, incarceration, probation or parole for
Assisting patients and families affected by illness or injury with their bio-psycho-
social needs in an inpatient, rehab, outpatient, clinic and/or hospice setting.
10. International Social Work
Working with multi-national, trans-national, international, governmental, or
NGO’s to provide traditional social services, disaster relief, human rights or
development of services or services to military families.
Assisting the mental health needs of individuals, families, services through
employee assistance programs, or groups.
12. Political Action and Advocacy
Participating and organizing in agency and/or community efforts for political
advocacy. Development of research to and in political advocacy as related to
social issues and/or disenfranchised populations.