Social Work Counseling Services

Our Social Work Counseling Services houses three clinics, providing quality counseling services and resources to the local community.

Social Work Counseling Services (SWCS) is a human services agency of the Center for Social Work Education that serves a dual mission of helping the community, while also providing you internship experiences in an agency setting, offering real-world generalist or clinical social worker experience.

Clinic Programs

SWCS programming is developed through collaboration between community agencies, students, faculty, and staff. There are several clinics to address the varying needs of the community, and a variety of onsite student teams provide services to clients, including Stinson Towers, Salvation Army, and more.

We helped clients that were often told by others that they couldn’t be helped. You get to see how you can impact a community, that the work you’re doing is really meaningful. — James Ross '18 MSW

Our Clinics

CORE is a macro-focused, social work faculty initiative that partners with under-resourced social service organizations in local communities. It provides assessment for community agencies and works to enhance their capacity for service provision and increase sustainability through faculty-student engagement. Services include agency needs assessment and program evaluation, literature reviews, administrative development, staff trainings, and clinical supervision.

CSVA provides free therapeutic services to adults who are considered to be vulnerable, such as people with intellectual disability or people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. To expand the circle of emotionally healthy supporters in a person's life, CSVA also provides services to members of their circle of support, including family members, caregivers, and friends.

CSVA works to promote resiliency, psycho-education, healing, prevention, and strength for these communities through person-centered, trauma-informed services.

For more information, call 610-499-4682.

Our Widener Community Connections team was developed in partnership with our community services and clinics. This team provides therapeutic case management and resource navigation services to clients of our clinics. As a generalist social work intern, you will staff this clinic to assist community residents served by our clinics with the support they need to overcome barriers in obtaining support services.

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