School of Social Work - Simmons College

School of Social Work
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115-5898
Phone: 617-521-3900
Fax: 617-521-3980
Email: ssw@simmons.edu
www.simmons.edu/ssw
Simmons College and the School
of Social Work reserve the right
to change its courses, programs,
tuition and fees at any time.
Simmons College does not
discriminate unlawfully on the
basis of race, color, national
origin, age, sex, disability, sexual
orientation, religion, ancestry,
genetic information, or veteran
status in admission to, access
to, treatment in, or employment
in its programs and activities in
accordance with state and federal
law, including but not limited
to, Title VI of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title
IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972, the Age Discrimination
Act of 1975, and the Code of
Federal Regulations Parts 100,
104, 106, and 110. The College’s
Office of Human Resources,
300 The Fenway, Boston, MA,
02115 (telephone: 617-521-2084)
has been designated to handle
inquiries regarding the College’s
nondiscrimination policies concerning
employment. All other
inquiries should be directed to
the Office of the President, Simmons
College, 300 The Fenway,
Boston, MA, 02115 (617-521-
2073). Inquiries concerning the
application of nondiscrimination
policies may also be directed to
the Assistant Secretary for Civil
Rights at the U.S. Department of
Education, Office for Civil Rights,
330 C Street, SW, Washington,
DC, 20202.
School of Social Work Mission Statement
The mission of the M.S.W. Program is to prepare
master’s-level practitioners with the knowledge and
skills for clinical social work practice in a multicultural
world. The Program is grounded in a values perspective
that emphasizes client strengths and diversities
and actively opposes all forms of oppression and
injustice. The educational experience is designed to
help students develop critical thinking and problemsolving
abilities, as well as ethical and cultural sensitivity,
self-awareness, and a professional identity as a
social worker.
Students will learn multiple social work roles and
skills necessary to be effective within evolving fields of
practice. Graduates will be able to work with a variety
of populations and social issues, using a broad and
flexible array of interventions at an advanced level.
They will be able to work with individuals, families,
groups, and communities to facilitate development
and change in the service of social justice.
A Definition of Clinical Social Work Practice
A disciplined process for collaboration, in service of
social, emotional, and behavioral change for individuals,
groups, families, organizations, and communities.
Clinical social work draws on knowledge of human
development, relational and group process, cultural
learning, and social policies. It employs evidenceinformed
methods that facilitate change through
dialogue and collective action. It is grounded in a
history of commitment to social justice and guided
by a professional code of ethics.
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