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Dept. of Social Welfare

Introduction of Departments Dept. of Social Welfare
Professional welfare service Dept. of Social Welfare
Sahmyook Health University Department of Social Welfare is introduced here.
The department is designed to producetalents capable of providing professional senior welfare service based on social welfare science to tackle issues of aging population rapidly emerging in the contemporary society. The department also provides field practice courses offering field education opportunities as well as theoretical classes focusing on systematic curricula for providing better welfare service. It also strives to producespecialists required in the aging society by providing the students with opportunities for domestic and overseas service and training while obtaining certificatesfor providing professional senior welfare service.
  • Location
    Main Building Room No. H502
  • Tel
    02-3407-8664
  • Fax
    02-3407-8668

Educational Goals

  • Social worker embodying Christian human respect.
  • Social worker equipped with vision and insight.
  • Professional social worker managing cases based on practical social welfare skills.
  • Social workers resolving diverse welfare needs in the multicultural society.
  • Social workers capable of predicting problem solutions using deployed database.
  • Social workers specialized in senior citizens, capable ofenhancing the happiness of the elderly in the super-aged society.

Concentrations and Specialties

Courses include: Theories in Social Welfarestudying senior citizen issues and senior welfare policy programs for providing elderly-centered services;
Theories in Elderly Nursing and Carefor overall understanding of systems and services related to long-term senior care insurance and studying specialized job ethics
Students learn case management acquring overall knowledge and techniques for case management while easily understanding and analyzing cases based on cases of fields where social welfare is practiced;
Students also learn skills or techniques for caring senile diseases while truly understanding care service as social workers; and care techniques and introduction to care researching techniques for enhancing the life quality of senior citizens.

Certificates and Licenses acquired

  • National licenses and qualification certificates: Social worker 2nd grade (certificate issued by the Government Ministry of Health and Welfare)
  • private licenses: Silver coaching counselor, Laughter coaching instructor 1st grade, Senior citizens health and exercise instructor 1st grade, MOS qualification certificate

Career paths after graduation

Social worker course (Comprehensive Social Welfare Center, Comprehensive Senior Welfare Center, Welfare Center for the Disabled, various social welfare facilities, elderly care facilities, community care facilities, startup of community care service)