School of Social Work Career Plans and Salary Survey Report
2004-2005 Graduates

Each year Career Services surveys graduates of the Graduate School of Social Work to identify their post-graduation plans. This report summarizes information reported by the December 2003, May 2004 and August 2004 graduates who responded to the survey. Despite a restricted job market due to funding cuts, changes in the health-care and welfare systems as well as traumatic national events during this school year, most respondents who reported employment accepted positions that made direct use of their professional training.

School of Social Work Graduates

A total of thirty-eight (38) graduates from the School of Social Work returned surveys. Thirty-six (36) of those graduates obtained as MSW, while the remaining two (2) recieved Ph.D.s.

We did not recieve enough relevant information regarding employment from the Ph.D students, so their information is not reflected in the statistics below.

Of the thirty-eight (38) MSW graduates who returned surveys, all reported their post-graduation plans. Master of Social Work graduates reported their plans upon graduation as follows:

MSW POST GRADUATION PLANS

Plan	Number	Percentage	Percentage in 2003
Full-time employment	37	100	94
new position self-employed continued current position	(38) (0) (0)	100 0 0	(100) (0) (0)
Part-time employment	0	0	0
Full-time graduate school	0	0	2
Seeking employment	1	2	2
Not seeking employment	0	0	2

Geographic Information

Of the thirty-seven (37) respondents who reported work addresses for full-time or part-time positions, thirty-five (35) graduates (95%) are employed in the northeastern states. The exact breakdown for this year is noted below.

STATES IN WHICH MSW RESPONDENTS ACCEPTED JOBS

State	Number	Percentage	Percentage in 2003
Pennsylvania	27	73	70
New York	2	5	4
New Jersey	4	11	9
District of Columbia	0	0	4
Maryland	0	0	4
Other States	2	?	7

In addition to those listed above, the following states were each reported once: California and Texas.

TYPES OF POSITIONS ACCEPTED BY MSW RESPONDENTS

The University of Pennsylvania has joined a national effort among schools of social work, to adopt a more uniform survey in hopes of receiving a more comprehensive picture of where Social Workers go upon graduation. Below you will find the 2003-2004 categories and statistics, as well as the previous job categories and statistics.

2003-2004 Categories

Blend of Caste Management and Clinical Practice (50% of each) positions were accepted by 19% (7) of graduates.

Assessment, Placement Plan, Crisis intervention positions were accepted by 2% (1) of graduates this year.

Case Management positions were accepted by 30% (11) of graduates this year.

Clinical Practice positions were accepted by 8% (3) of gradautes this year.

Community Development poisitons were accepted by 2% (1) of graduates this year.

Fundraising positions were accepted by 2% (1) of graduates this year.

Management/Administration positions were accepted by 8% (3) of graduates this year.

Policy positions were accepted by 5% (2) of graduates this year.

Research positions were accepted by 8% (3) of graduates this year.

Program Development positions were accepted by 2% (1) of the graduates this year.

8% (2) of this year's graduates reported taking Other positions.

Previous Survey Categories

Blend of Case Management and Clinical Practice (50% of each) positions were accepted by 22% (10) of graduates in 2003.

Clinical Practice positions were accepted by 20% (9) graduates in 2003.

Case Management positions were accepted by 22% (10) graduates in 2003.

Management/ Administration positions were accepted by 13% (6) graduates in 2003.

Program development/ Administration positions were accepted by 9% (4) graduates in 2003.

Policy positions were accepted by 4% (2) graduates in 2003.

Research positions were accepted by 4% (2) graduates in 2003.

Community Development positions were accepted by 2% (1) graduate in 2003.

Other types of positions were accepted by 2% (1) graduate in 2003.

POSITIONS ACCEPTED BY MSW GRADUATES

Assessment, Placement Plan, Crisis intervention

Organization	City	State	Title
Defender Association fo Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker

Blend of Case Management and Clinical Practice (Approximately 50% each)

Organization	City	State	Title
Abramson Cancer Center of University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Patient Services Coordinator
Jewish Family Service	Margate	NJ	Case Manager/Therapist
Jewish Family & Children's Service of Greater Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
Project Self-Sufficiency	Newton	NJ	Young Family Services Counselor
Jewish Family and Children's Service	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
The Mentor Network- Pennsylvania Mentor	Swarthmore	PA	Behavioral Specialist Consultant
St. Barnalas Nursing Home	Bronx	NY	Social Worker

Clinical Practice

Organization	City	State	Title
Comhar	Philadelphia	PA
Joseph J. Peters Institute	Philadelphia	PA	Therapist
Joseph J. Peters Institute	Philadelphia	PA	Clinician

Case Management

Organization	City	State	Title
Gloucester City School District	Gloucester County	NJ	School Social Worker/Case Manager
Liberty Resources, Inc.	Philadelphia	PA	Housing Advocate
Ro's Place	Houston	TX	Coordinator of Family Programs
Northport VA Medical Center	Northport	NY	Social Worker
City of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
Penn State University	Philadelphia	PA	Clinical Social Worker
Heritage Oaks Hospital	Sacramento	CA	Assessment and Referral Clinician
Liberty Resources Inc.	Philadelphia	PA	Housing Advocate
Department of Human Services	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
Horizon House	Philadelphia	PA	Behavioral Health Clinician

Management/Administration

Organization	City	State	Title
University of Pennsylvania Center for AIDS Research	Philadelphia	PA	Coordinator
Horizon House, Inc.	Philadelphia	PA	Team Leader/New Keys
Planned Parenthood Southestern Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Manager of Community Resources

Policy positions

Organization	City	State	Title
City of Philadelphia	Philadelphia	PA	Social Worker
Office of the Child Advocate/ State of NJ	Trenton	NJ	Assistant Child Advocate

Research positions

Organization	City	State	Title
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Research Coordinator/Therapist
University of Pennsylvania Research Unit	Philadelphia	PA	Post Doctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA	Research Fellow

Community Development positions

Organization	City	State	Title
Community Education Alliance	Philadelphia	PA	Health care Coordinator/School Social Worker

Other Types of positions

Organization	City	State	Title
Fairmount Ventures Inc.	Philadelphia	PA	Development Associate
Living Independently For Elders (LIFE)	Philadelphia	PA	Manager of Outreach & Enrollment

Salary Information

To maintain confidentiality, salaries are included only when reported by three or more respondents.

2003-2004 Categories

	Salaries Reported	Range	Average
Overall	33	$28,000-$5,2650	$34,850
50% Case Management/ 50% Clinical Practice	7	$33,000-$46,500	$37,643
Clinical Practice	3	$32,000-$33,000	$32,500
Case Management	10	$31,000-$52,650	$40,482
Management/ Administration	3	$35,000-$45,000	$40,000
Research positions	3	$30,092-$38,000	$34,000
Program development/ Administration	1	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)	N\A
Policy positions	2	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)	N/A
Assessment, Placement Plan, Crisis Intervention	1	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)	N\A
Other types of positions	1	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)	N/A

Previous Survey Categories (2002-2003)

	Salaries Reported	Range	Average	Average in 2000
Overall	49	$27,000-$71,000	$37,568	$35,477 (53 salaries)
Administrative	14	$30,000-$61,000	$37,785	$36,540 (15 salaries)
Direct Service	27	$29,000-$71,000	$37,785	$33,026 (24 salaries)
Medical	3	$34,125-$43,000	$38,041	$37,661 (9 salaries)
Research	2	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)	N/A	$42,666 (3 salaries)
School	3	$27,000-$40,000	$33,666	N/A (fewer than 3 salaries)

Andrew Coopersmith, Ph.D.	J. Michael DeAngelis
Associate Director	Graduate Group Assistant
Career Services	Career Services
ascooper@pobox.upenn.edu	jmdeange@pobox.upenn.edu
215-898-4381	215-898-7530

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