Social Work Jobs Resources
Please find in this section links to where you can find more information about interesting career possibilities.
General recommendation
What we would recommend you to do is to contact your own government to receive information about opportunities there, or to contact the United Nations Non-Governmental Liason Service, 866 UN Plaza, DC1-1106, United Nations, New York, NY 10017, USA, and ask for a directory of "Non-Governmental Organisations Associated with the UN Department of Public Information". Listed are international service organisations likely to hire social workers, e.g. Save the Children, Red Cross and Red Crescent, Holt International, World Vision and Catholic Relief.
Another resource is the monthly newsletter "The International Employment Hotline", P O Box 3030, Oakton, VA 22124, USA www.internationaljobs.org/monthly.html
Our member organisation in the United States, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is offering a joblink hotline 24 hours a day on jobs in the US (95%) as well as international on their web www.socialworkers.org
Another resource is the monthly newsletter "The International Employment Hotline", P O Box 3030, Oakton, VA 22124, USA www.internationaljobs.org/monthly.html
Our member organisation in the United States, National Association of Social Workers (NASW), is offering a joblink hotline 24 hours a day on jobs in the US (95%) as well as international on their web www.socialworkers.org
Direct links to social work jobs advertised on the websites of IFSW member organisations
If you are looking for social worker jobs in a particular country, you might also find Positions Vacant on the web page of our member organisations. In the IFSW Directory there is a list of all the national social workers' organisations with web addresses for most of them.
General Social Care Council, United Kingdom (UK)
Information for people who want to work in the UK as a social worker and want to find out the status of their social work qualification gained outside the UK
General Social Care Council: Workers from abroad
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA also have job information on their web-site
gwbweb.wustl.edu
Also the Barry University School of Social Work at Miami Shores, Florida has an Employment Opportunities in Social Work website
www.barry.edu/socialwork/Employment_Opportunities.htm
Care and Health is another major on-line resource for people in the care sector. The site has a database of all UK approved social work courses, extensive policy and law references, a sector specific care jobs service, daily news, features on professional practice, over 1600 links to other sites, discussion areas and guides to finding the right training courses.
www.careandhealth.com
Council on Social Work Education has an online ad section for faculty, deans and program directors, and field directors
www.cswe.org/
Another resource assisting social workers in finding international jobs is
www.ngoabroad.com
VSO is a leading independent, international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries.
www.vsointernational.org/
And the United Nations has a number of agencies offering jobs.
UN Development Programme
www.undp.org/jobs
International Labour Organization
www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pers/index.htm
UNAIDS
www.unaids.org/en/Careers/default.asp
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
www.unhchr.ch/html/vacancies/vacancypage.htm
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
www.unrisd.org
The World Bank
wbln0018.worldbank.org/HRS/hrs
International Criminal Court
www.icc-cpi.int/recruitment.html
Information for people who want to work in the UK as a social worker and want to find out the status of their social work qualification gained outside the UK
General Social Care Council: Workers from abroad
The George Warren Brown School of Social Work
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA also have job information on their web-site
gwbweb.wustl.edu
Also the Barry University School of Social Work at Miami Shores, Florida has an Employment Opportunities in Social Work website
www.barry.edu/socialwork/Employment_Opportunities.htm
Care and Health is another major on-line resource for people in the care sector. The site has a database of all UK approved social work courses, extensive policy and law references, a sector specific care jobs service, daily news, features on professional practice, over 1600 links to other sites, discussion areas and guides to finding the right training courses.
www.careandhealth.com
Council on Social Work Education has an online ad section for faculty, deans and program directors, and field directors
www.cswe.org/
Another resource assisting social workers in finding international jobs is
www.ngoabroad.com
VSO is a leading independent, international development organisation that works through volunteers to fight poverty in developing countries.
www.vsointernational.org/
And the United Nations has a number of agencies offering jobs.
UN Development Programme
www.undp.org/jobs
International Labour Organization
www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/pers/index.htm
UNAIDS
www.unaids.org/en/Careers/default.asp
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
www.unhchr.ch/html/vacancies/vacancypage.htm
The United Nations Research Institute for Social Development
www.unrisd.org
The World Bank
wbln0018.worldbank.org/HRS/hrs
International Criminal Court
www.icc-cpi.int/recruitment.html
Other websites of non-governmental organisations, where you can find job
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crecent Societies
www.ifrc.org/jobs/
Care
www.care.org/careers/index.cfm
World Vision
www.worldvision.org/worldvision/hr.nsf/stable/working
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org/jobs.shtml
Help Age International
www.helpage.org/Aboutus/WorkingforHelpAgeInternational
Holt International
www.holtintl.org/employment.shtml
Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org
SOS-Kinderdorf International
www.sos-childrensvillages.org
www.ifrc.org/jobs/
Care
www.care.org/careers/index.cfm
World Vision
www.worldvision.org/worldvision/hr.nsf/stable/working
Save the Children
www.savethechildren.org/jobs.shtml
Help Age International
www.helpage.org/Aboutus/WorkingforHelpAgeInternational
Holt International
www.holtintl.org/employment.shtml
Anti-Slavery International
www.antislavery.org
SOS-Kinderdorf International
www.sos-childrensvillages.org
Consultants can find development jobs also at
DevelopmentEx Job Opportunities Center
www.developmentex.com/oppsummary.jsp
Gateway to International Development and Environment Jobs
www.DevNetJobs.org/
www.developmentex.com/oppsummary.jsp
Gateway to International Development and Environment Jobs
www.DevNetJobs.org/
page last updated on 14.07.2008