Social Work & Human Services

Gain skills in conflict management and resolution, case management, crisis response, advocacy, and community collaboration. Prepare to work as a mental health aide, child advocate, or parole officer.

Gain skills in conflict management and resolution, case management, crisis response, advocacy, and community collaboration. Prepare to work as a mental health aide, child advocate, or parole officer.

Prepare to practice at the highest level of the social work field as a researcher, educator, or administrator. Choose from eight specializations including addiction and clinical expertise.

Advance your career in a social work agency or organization with your DSW. Choose from eight specializations, including addiction and medical social work. Learn how you can support diverse populations in your work.

Gain the credentials and knowledge to effect policy and lead social change. Focus on the holistic needs of people and communities. Choose from 14 specializations to focus your learning.

Our CSWE-accredited program offers four concentrations in advanced clinical practice, military, healthcare, and children and families. You combine theory with application, including field experience.

Walden's online master's in human services degree program is designed to help you advance your career and promote positive change. Learn more today.

In an ever-changing world, the need for conflict management and negotiation skills is more important than ever.

We offer hundreds of for-credit individual courses in education, counseling, business, IT, psychology, and health, among other areas which may be applied to Walden degree programs.

Beyond what is portrayed in the media, there is a complex criminal justice system that maintains law and order in American society. The Criminal Justice concentration allows you to examine contemporary justice systems to understand how they affect both criminal offenders and victims of crimes.

A person’s mood can be influenced by a variety of internal and external factors. The Psychology concentration in the online BS in Human Services program allows you to explore the physical, mental, and environmental causes that can affect behavior.

With the Self-Designed concentration, you can tailor your program of study to best match your educational needs and career goals.

The Leadership and Administration concentration in the online BS in Human Services program examines the challenges that face those in leadership roles, especially in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. You will study theories and principles of leadership development and analyze the ethical considerations facing leaders today.

Many people today suffer from addictions to a variety of activities and substances and seek treatment from qualified professionals to manage their addictions. Qualified professionals who understand addictive behaviors, such as alcoholism or drug abuse, gambling or shopping to excess, or viewing pornography, are needed to help these individuals explore their behaviors, both external and internal and uncover the causes for these disorders.

The period from childhood to adolescence is a complex time of transformational physical changes as well as important mental and social development. There are many social influences that can affect the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of children and adolescents.

Examine the psychological impact that terrorism, natural disasters, and other crises can have on individuals and communities.

Develop advanced skills to provide culturally sensitive support to children and families. You will discover specific resources and instruction for working with couples, families, children, and adolescents.

Enhance your skills as a supervisor or advanced clinician. You will explore major methods and practices as well as ethical and legal issues that you may encounter as a supervisor working with staff from diverse backgrounds.

Designed to help you gain an in-depth understanding of organizational behavior so that you can better assess the effectiveness of community-based social work organizations.

Develop and assess the best possible strategies in practice interventions with individuals and families facing chronic or terminal illness, disability, and issues associated with aging

Explore the psychology of addiction and the various interventions available for individuals and families who are dealing with addictive behavior.

Explore current forms of intervention and help pave the road for advances in individual and group psychotherapy and processes such as restorative justice. Use this knowledge to inform your role as a scholar, educator, policy analyst, agency leader, or researcher.

Explore the fundamentals of successful collaboration with legislators and lobbyists to create public policies that generate sustainable change.

With this specialization, you can study best practices related to traditional forms of intervention for both offenders and victims, including individual and group therapy.

This specialization can help you advance social welfare by identifying community needs and learning best practices for working with key stakeholders on today’s most pressing social policy issues.