To contribute to the production of policies related to social problems by producing professional knowledge and experiences obtained by using scientific methods and techniques that will contribute to the national and international scientific knowledge in the field of social services and by creating social service applications based on evidence and information and service models.
Vision
It is to be an efficient and effective scientific institution in interaction with internal and external stakeholders at local, national and international levels.
Department of Social Work
Social work is a profession that contributes to social change, problem solving, empowerment and emancipation in order to increase the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Social work intervenes at the point where people interact with their environment by taking advantage of human behavior and social system theories. Graduates of the program are awarded the title "social worker".
The social work department conducts an education and training program aimed at educating professionals, who will be able to conduct successful studies at national and international levels and provide services for social works within the framework of their occupational responsibilities in social sciences, social service methods and techniques.
The aim of the department is to train planners, organizers, administrators, researchers and practitioners of social services in social works at various levels, participating in social policy and planning, having knowledge and skills about the basic social structure, problems and social service methodology of the country. The trained individuals work as "social workers" who have regulatory, planner, enforcement, and effective communication and leadership qualifications in rural and urban areas, public, private sector and non-governmental organizations.
Department of Social Work
-Social Issues Department
-Social Development and Social Policy Department
Study Fields of Social Work Undergraduate Programs
Nowadays social workers are working in the following institutions and organizations.
Ministry of Family and Social Policy
General Directorate of Youth and Sports
State Planning Organization
General Secretariat of Social Aid Encouragement Fund
Provincial and District Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations
Children's Halls
Children's houses
Nursery and Day Care Homes
Orphanage
Nursing Homes
Community Centers
Women's Refuge Houses
Rehabilitation Centers
Elderly Solidarity Centers
Street Children Center
Adolescent Advisory Center
Ministry of Health
Hospitals
Health centers
Family Planning and Mother and Child Health Centers
Ministry of National Education
Vocational Training Centers
Loan and Dormitories Institution
Ministry of Justice
Prisons
Juvenile Courts
Child Education House
Forensic Medicine Institute
Universities
Hospitals
Health Culture and Sports Departments
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Labor and Social Security
In the Ministry of National Defense and its affiliated units
In the Ministry of Interior and its affiliated units
