Integrative Social Work

Challenge the status quo, break down barriers, and pave the way for a more just and compassionate society within the Integrative Social Work course at Saybrook University, where you’ll harmonize time-honored traditions of social work with the values of social justice and social progress.

Advance your social work capabilities as a practitioner, educator, and researcher who can illuminate complex social issues with a holistic and interdisciplinary perspective. Guided by the philosophy that neglecting any one dimension compromises the whole, the Integrative Social Work course at Saybrook University is the nexus of social justice, community healing, individual growth, and policy change.

Within the Integrative Social Work online Ph.D. curriculum, you’ll learn community-based approaches to social change, person-centered social work, mind-body-spirit approaches, how governments address public health issues, advocacy in the legal system, how to identify and address the needs of aging populations, and more. You’ll also deepen your commitment to social justice, develop greater self-awareness and cultural humility for oppressed populations, and advocate for policies that promote equity.

Job Outcomes

Upon graduation, you will have the skill set to work in a variety of roles in community organizations, higher education, nonprofits, government agencies, and beyond, including:

• University professor

• Clinical social worker

• Researcher

• Programme director

• Policy adviser

• Community outreach director

Courses include:

• Foundations of Integrative Social Work

• Public and Community Health

• Public Policy and Social Work