# Social Work

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39.03.02 
*In English and Russian*

Level of education Bachelor

Type of instruction Full-time

Duration 4 years

Programme description

- The programme provides training of professionally competent experts in a modern, highly humane profession, who are capable of: successfully implementing programmes and projects aimed at improving the well-being of society; addressing its most important social tasks; and implementing the state's social policy
- The bachelor’s programme ‘Social Work’ is designed to train personnel who are capable of: being fully functional in various fields of social work; providing various types of support and assistance to the population; contributing to the implementation of the national social policy; and coordinating the interests of various social actors
- By incorporating a variety of subjects from sociology, psychology, law and medicine, the programme trains graduates for social work with different clients of social services: individuals; families; and social groups and communities
- Students master: methods of social and psychological diagnosis; social project planning and forecasting of social situations; technology for social and legal protection and rehabilitation of vulnerable groups; and methods for activating social service users

Main courses

- Social Policy and Social Welfare: Issues and Tendencies of Development
- Philosophy, Methodology and Methods in Social Science
- Studies in Social Innovations
- Integrative Human Study
- Modern Approaches to Management of Social Services
- English for Professional Communication
- Information Technology in Social Sciences
- Modern Theories in Social Work

Our advantages

- Graduates acquire knowledge and skills to: effectively address social problems at the individual, social group and society level; implement innovative projects and programmes; and enhance partnerships between social actors
- The extensive list of competencies to be mastered will enable graduates to: carry out research activities in social work; develop innovative technologies, drawing on modern information tools and advances in human and social sciences; and use new models and standards of social services
- The programme focuses on: staffing the processes of modernisation and renewal of the social sphere; solving increasingly complex social problems; improving the state's social policy; harmonising the interests of different social groups; and applying innovative technologies in the social sphere
- Students have an opportunity to participate in: international academic mobility programmes; internships; and volunteer internships in Europe and the USA. They can take an active part in: research activities; international, Russian and regional scientific conferences on relevant topics; and the activity of the Council of Young Scientists at the Faculty of Sociology of St Petersburg University
- Students with a focus on studying in postgraduate programmes at leading Russian universities or PhD programmes at foreign universities receive appropriate training
- Students acquire knowledge of a quality that meets international standards for a master's degree in the social sciences
- Graduates rise to a much higher level in their personal development and social engagement. They become experts in conflict resolution, and business and interpersonal negotiation

Career opportunities

- Governmental and non-governmental social welfare institutions — as managers and social workers
- Public authorities and local bodies — as social workers at the appropriate departments
- Businesses, social and political organisations, mass media — as researchers and consultants on social issues

##### Professions

- Division manager in a social service organisation
- Specialist in social work
- Specialist in social work with young people
- Specialist of child protection services
- Specialist in family work
- Specialist in integrated social rehabilitation work (rehabilitation therapist)
- Lead specialist in organising and determining social benefits from the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation
- Research project executor
- Social entrepreneur
- Social media analyst
- Project manager
- Community manager
- Grant manager
- Training manager

Accreditation

The programme is internationally accredited by the Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development (AKKORK), [the Certificate dated 09 January 2019](https://spbu.ru/file/36515/download?token=ciSoY5HA).

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