Goals
The goal of the social work program is ultimately to enable
students to integrate the knowledge, values, and skills of the
social work profession into competent practice by:
1. Providing content about social work practice from a
generalist perspective with client systems of various sizes
and types.
2. Preparing students with the skills, values, and knowledge to
practice with diverse populations at risk.
3. Providing content about social contexts, the changing
nature of those contexts, the behavior of organizations, and
the dynamics of change.
4. Preparing students who are aware of their responsibilities to
continue their professional growth and development.
5. Preparing students to practice with populations at risk with
unique discrimination and oppressive histories (with a
special focus on poverty).
6. Integrating biblical principles throughout the curriculum so
that students can appropriately integrate their faith and that
of their clients into the helping relationship.
7. Laying a foundation of core skills essential to a high caliber
of social work practice (i.e., problem solving, listening,
verbal and written communication, and critical thinking).
8. Creating an appreciation for the profession as well as an
understanding of the history, personalities, and issues and
events that helped to shape it.
9. Infusing throughout the curriculum the values and ethics
that guide professional social workers in their practice.
Faculty
Nelson Henning
, Chair; Senior Professor of Social Work.
Education: B.S.W., Southern Illinois University, 1976; M.S.W.,
University of Illinois, 1977; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1986.
Licensed Independent Social Worker. At Cedarville since 1994.
Lisa Clifton
, Assistant Professor of Social Work. Education:
B.S.W., Morehead State University, 1992; M.S.W., University
of Kentucky, 1994; J.D., Northern Kentucky University, Chase
College of Law, 2004. At Cedarville since 2011.
Christine Fulmer
, Associate Professor of Social Work. Education:
B.S., Baptist Bible College, 1990; M.S.W., Marywood University,
1996. Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervisor. At
Cedarville since 2004.
George Huff
, Professor of Social Work. Education: B.A., Ashland
University, 1973; M.S.S.A., Case Western Reserve University,
1977. Licensed Independent Social Worker-Supervisor. At
Cedarville since 2000.
Julie Kuhn
, Assistant Professor of Social Work. Education:
B.S.W., Philadelphia Biblical University, 2000; M.S.W., The
University of Pennsylvania, 2004. At Cedarville since 2008.
Social Work
The
social work major
prepares students for future ministries/
careers in professional social work, professional church and
church-related specializations, and informal assistance. The
wide range of opportunities within the social work field provides
graduates with numerous ways of investing in the lives of
individuals, families, groups, and communities.
The social work program is accredited by the Council of Social
Work Education. Social work graduates are eligible for licensure
and for advanced standing in graduate schools of social work.
Advanced standing allows students to earn a Master of Social
Work degree in a little over one year.
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