Social Work Volunteering

Those who wish to get an experience in Social Work before starting their career can enroll into a variety of volunteer activities. Students can use their gap year for volunteering activity, or find short-term summer programs. Some people start volunteering after their graduation.

Social Work volunteers are needed all around the globe, and a huge diverse of non-profit social and healthcare organisations offers volunteering positions.

Of course, administration and advocacy positions are usually unavailable for volunteers, but they can receive experience in practical social work.

Hospices usually welcome volunteers who interact with patients and their families, and support them. Orphanages also provide job places for volunteers, whose duties include communicating with children  

Volunteers are also welcome in military area. Social workers help people who lost their relatives because of the war, those who have nowhere to live, refugees who were forced to leave their country because of hostilities. Assistance includes provision of food and drinking water, assistance in the restoration of documents, sometimes social workers also collect funds for victims of war and their families.

Volunteers in social work can also help disadvantaged families and victims of domestic violence: help them find a good lawyer, provide psychological help, help them to move and protect themselves from the influence of an abuser.

Although volunteering is not a paid job, organizations often provide meals and accommodations for volunteers. Some organizations, although, can offer outstanding volunteers a paid job.