About Social Work
Opportunities Galore
We focus on practicum experience to help you spark change.
At UW-Green Bay, we are deeply connected to the community we serve. Numerous community partners mean you have the opportunity to complete practicum placements, which is similar to a social work internship, in a variety of settings. Through our comprehensive program that integrates the practicum with coursework, you’ll be prepared to obtain state certification and pursue a variety of career paths.
Applied Experience
As one of the most vital aspects of your time in our program, practicum education helps you build experience.
Tuition Aid
Ease financial stress and make college more accessible by exploring scholarships and stipends.
Student Orgs
Connect with like-minded peers and build your experience through joining a student organization.
Emphases
Three distinct emphases allows you to customize your education to align with your career goals.
General
The general emphasis teaches all the skills required to be a generalist practitioner. You will learn how to apply a strengths-based change process across system levels, enabling you to work with any client system, from individuals to communities.
Child Welfare
If you choose child welfare, you may work with families in crisis, advocating for their rights and ensuring the safety of children. Required coursework for this emphasis focuses on child and family development, cultural considerations, relevant policies, and learning about child welfare systems and evidence-based practices.
Behavioral Health
If you choose behavioral health, you will gain additional knowledge about working with persons who have mental health and/or substance use challenges. Required coursework for this emphasis focuses on how to address crisis situations, understanding substance use and mental health diagnoses, along with an introduction to psychopharmacology.
Annual Social work showcase of research and practice
Celebrating the success of our students.
The 2026 Social Work Showcase of Research and Practice will be on Friday, May 8, 2026 in Phoenix Rooms A/B/C from 2:00-4:00 pm.
Community Partners
The Social Work Professional Programs are honored to partner with a wide range of community professionals, groups, and agencies such as those listed below. They help provide diverse learning opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate social work students.
- Advocates for Healthy Transitional Living
- Aging and Disability Resource Center of Brown County
- Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Lakeshore
- Aging and Disability Resource Center-Portage County
- Aging and Disability Resource Center of the Wolf River
- A Healing Place
- Algoma Long Term Care Unit
- Algoma School District
- Appleton School District
- Appleton Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic
- Ascension St. Elizabeth's Hospital
- Ashwaubenon School District
- Aspiro
- Aspirus Hospital
- Attic Correctional Services
- Awaken
- Baeten Counseling
- Bellin Hospital
- Bellin Psychiatric Behavioral Health
- Berlin Area School District
- BIPOC R.I.S.E
- Boys & Girls Club Door County
- Boys & Girls Club of the Fox Valley
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Green Bay
- Brown County Children & Family Services
- Brown County Community Treatment Programs
- Brown County Department of Health and Human Services
- Brown County District Attorney's Office Victim/Witness Assistance Program
- Brown County Drug Court
- Brown County High SchoolYouth Justice
- Calumet County Department ofHealth and HumanServices
- Caravel Autism Health
- Center for Grieving Children
- Charles Fernandez Center for Alternative Learning
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
- Chilton High School
- Community Services Agency INC (COMSA)
- Compassus Hospice
- Connections for Mental Wellness
- CP Center
- Curative Connections
- DarJune Recovery Services
- Delta-Schoolcraft Intermediate School District
- Door County Behavioral Health
- Door County Health and Human Services
- East Shore Industries, Inc.
- Evergreen
- Expressive Therapies
- Family Academic Support Team & Virtual Acadmeny
- Family Services
- Family Services Day Treatment
- Family Services Sexual Assault Center
- Fond du Lac School District
- Foundations Health and Wholeness
- Fox Cities Victim Response
- Fox Lake Correctional Institution
- Fox Valley Memory Project
- Generations Community Services
- Golden House
- Goodwill Northcentral Wisconsin
- Greater Green Bay YMCA
- Green Bay Area Community Church: Circles Program
- Green Bay Area Public Schools
- Green Bay Department of Corrections
- Green Bay Vet Center
- Habitat for Humanity
- Harbor House
- Heartland Hospice
- HELP of Door County
- Holy Family Memorial
- Homes for Independent Living
- Hope House of Manitowoc County
- House of Hope
- Howard Suamico School District
- Howe Community Resource Center
- inCourage
- Innovative Counseling
- Jackie Nitschke Center
- JOSHUA
- Journey to Adult Success
- Kewaunee County Children & Family Unit
- Kewaunee County Human Services
- Kids Matter, Inc.
- Kimberley Welk and Associates
- King Veterans Home
- Lutheran Social Services
- Macht Village Program
- Manitowoc County Child Protective Services
- Manitowoc County Human Services Department
- Marinette School District
- Menasha Joint School District
- Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
- Milestones Behavioral Pediatrics
- Milwaukee Public Schools
- NASW-Wisconsin
- Nicklaus Counseling Center
- Nicolet Elementary
- Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
- Northpointe Behavioral Health Menominee MI
- Northwest Journey
- Oconto County Child Protective Services & Youth Justice
- Oconto County Department of Human Services
- Oneida Behavioral Health
- Options Treatment Center
- Oral Health Partnership
- Oshkosh School District
- Oskeh-Waepeqtah Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Program
- Outagamie County Health and Human Services
- Outagamie County Jail
- Paul’s Pantry
- Pillars Resource Center
- Power for Change
- Prevea Behavioral Health
- Rawhide, Inc.
- Redgranite Correctional Institution
- Rennes Health & Rehab Center
- Riverview Gardens
- Safe Haven
- Salvation Army Sheboygan
- Scholarships Inc.
- Seymour School District
- Shawano County Department of Health and Human Services
- Shawano School District
- Sheboygan County Health and Human Services
- Sheboygan County Juvenile Court
- Sheboygan Safe Harbor
- SOAR Fox Cities, Inc.
- Southfield Townhouses and Neighborhood Center
- St Vincent DePaul
- St. John's Homeless Shelter/The Micah Center
- St. Mary’s Hospital
- St. Paul Elder Services
- St. Vincent Hospital Regional Cancer Center
- Sturgeon Bay Health Services
- Stevens Point School District
- Sun Prairie School District
- The Production Farm
- Thompson Center on Lourdes
- Treffert Center/Agnesian Beyond Boundaries of Autism
- Unified School District of East De Pere
- United Way
- Unity Hospice
- University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Counseling Center
- Us2 Behavioral Health Care
- UW Extension
- UWGB Admissions
- UWGB Behavioral Health Training Partnership
- UWGB Counseling and Health Center
- UWGB Dean of Students Office
- UWGB GPS Program
- UWGB Pride Center
- UWGB Veterans Services
- Walworth County Health and Human Services
- Waupaca County Department of Health and Human Services
- We All Rise
- Willow Creek
- WI Department of Corrections: Community Corrections
- Winnebago County Child Protective Services
- Winnebago County Health and Human Services
- Wisconsin Department of Corrections
- Wisconsin Rapids School District
- Wisconsin Resource Center
- Wise Women Gathering Place
- World Relief Fox Valley
- You Belong
- YWCA Greater Green Bay
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Phoenix You
"I am a non-traditional student, I needed a university that had flexible programs that would allow for me to maintain my career while pursing my education. UW-Green Bay did just that!"
Karrie Wilson '23
Director of Programming at House of Hope
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