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What is summer at SSW like? The ten weeks you’ll spend on campus each summer will be grounded in intense coursework, profound connection and fun. You’ll be immersed in classes and surrounded by people that share your commitment to accountability and care. Thoughtful extracurricular programming will weave your classroom learning together with intentional communitydriven activities to deepen your connection to, and understanding of, both SSW and the world. ssw.smith.edu/summer
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Many professors accommodate learning styles by accepting different forms of work:
✓ group podcasts
✓ presentations
✓ classroom role plays
What makes SSW's program schedule unique?
Each summer you’ll spend four days a week in the classroom learning from world-renowned educators and clinicians. Our unique low-residency program brings you to Northampton, MA, each summer along with the many resident and adjunct faculty who teach in our program allowing for an enriching community experience.
Have you already earned a B.S.W.?
We encourage you to explore our program as an Advanced Standing student! ssw.smith.edu/advancedstanding
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What’s the best way to prepare for your future as a clinician? Immersive clinical placements with community-based practice hours across the country. With more practicum hours than any other program, we offer you the space to bring the theoretical concepts you learn in the classroom into real-world applications. Throughout the practicum year you’ll participate in small group seminars and 1:1 advising sessions to ensure you are supported and can continue learning deeply throughout your placement.
A Sampling of Real Placements: practicum placements
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Radical Healing: Radically inclusive, transformative health and wellness center.
D.C. Rape Crisis Center: Supporting and empowering survivors of sexual violence.
Boston Children's Hospital: Providing psychological care and counseling to children and adolescents.
PRISM: Dismantling barriers to care for the 2SLGTBQIA+ community.
Brigham and Women's Hospital: Critical care during emergencies and critical pain relief.
Crime Victims Treatment Center: Helping survivors of violence heal.
Empathy in Action: Giving people tools to relate to one another through a lens of empathy.
UCSF Infant-Parent Program
Early Childhood Mental Health: Supporting relationships between young children and their caregivers.
Real Impact
Intensive placements
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Wondering what you can do with a master’s in clinical social work?
We hear this all the time! The opportunities after you’ve earned your M.S.W. are seemingly endless. Many of our alumni choose to work in schools, private and group practices or agencies. Whether you are interested in abolitionist work or palliative care, we probably know someone who can offer advice and guidance as you take the next step.
7% growth in social work by 2032
Predicted by The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's more than 7x the average rate for all occupations!
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Mareike Every-Giroux, M.S.W. '09, is the director of a substance use program and adjunct professor, LaToya Lopez, M.S.W. ‘18, holds a director-level position in behavioral health, and Kelly Wise, M.S.W. ’05, is in private practice.
Ready to Begin? begin?
From inquiry through decision, we are here to support you and answer your questions. Once you open an application you’ll be paired with an admission counselor who will guide you through the application process.
CONTACT:
Admission Office: sswadm@smith.edu (413) 585-7960 or text: (413) 416-1918
Deadlines vary but we encourage you to apply by January 5 as a non-binding early decision applicant as this gives you priority consideration for both the geographic location of your practicum assignment and financial aid awards. The final deadline to apply is February 21.
Writing my essays helped me articulate my “why” for going into social work.
Reading my essays back now re-inspires me and continues to affirm my career path and life journey.
Application Checklist:
□ Attend an admission event: ssw.smith.edu/visitmsw
□ Begin your application
□ $60 application fee
□ Résumé
□ Internship placement form
□ Three letters of reference
□ Essays
you may be eligible for a waiver!
Official transcripts Supplemental materials: Employment-Based Internship Form; financial aid application; test scores*
Additional materials are required for individuals applying as advanced standing, transfer or international candidates.
Learn more about our commitment to financial aid and making your M.S.W. affordable: ssw.smith.edu/affordingssw