社会工作学位为您提供专业技能，以开发解决社会和个人问题的干预措施。社会工作者通过与个人，家庭，团体，社区，组织和社会各阶层的人们一起工作来创造社会变革，以增进健康和整体福祉。社会工作者可以在儿童福利机构，卫生和公共服务部门，医院，社区精神卫生机构，药物滥用，医疗诊所和老年护理机构中找到令人满意的职业。温哥华岛大学社会工作学士学位课程的目的是提供满足本地，国家和全球需求的社会工作教育。该计划的目标源自使命宣言，该使命宣言旨在提高个人和社区的能力，解决因缺乏平等和机会而产生的社会问题，并通过培养在以下领域具有
A degree in social work gives you the professional skills to develop interventions to solve social and personal problems. Social workers create social change by working with people as the individual, family, group, community, organization and societal levels to enhance health and overall well-being. Social workers can find fulfilling careers in child welfare agencies, departments of health and human services, hospitals, community mental health agencies, substance abuse and medical clinics and elder care facilities. The purpose of the Bachelor of Social Work degree program at Vancouver Island University is to provide social work education that addresses local, national and global needs. The goals of the program are derived from the mission statement which seeks to promote the capacity of individuals and communities, to address social issues emanating from the absence of equality and opportunity, and to promote social justice by producing graduates who demonstrate capability in the areas of clinical intervention, research and community development. In addition, this Social Work program will link colleagues in the faculty and other disciplines within the broader Vancouver Island University community with local, national, and/or international organizations. Community study will focus on physical, historical, economic and social dimensions, and the diversity of cultural backgrounds of individual members, encourage critical analysis about the environmental, economic, and social conditions that contribute to community capacity building, incorporate a collaborative approach to community-based social work that includes the application of skills and knowledge and understanding through study within specific focus areas: Disabilities, Older Adults, and Child Welfare.