Army Social Work Program Packet

Two army medicine social workers at the walter army medical center talk about the rewards of being behavioral health specialists within a military environment.

Army social work program packet. Enlisted soldiers receive a direct commission in the medical service corps and on graduation serve on active duty as social work officers serving in a variety of clinical and operational settings. The goal of producing highly qualified military social workers capable of independent clinical practice in multiple practice areas. And they began to explain it all to me and i said i want to do that. Applicants must first be selected for long term health education in the army master of social work program by the headquarters usarec accession board followed by admission selection by the university of kentucky graduate school and college of social work.

The us army social work internship program swip is the army s formal training program for preparing recent master s in social work graduates for advanced clinical social work practice with soldiers and families. I want to be a social worker in the army knowing full well that i would get to go. The social work internship program swip is an educational bridge between the master of social work msw program at the amedd center and school and independent social work practice.