{"id":2221,"date":"2023-03-22T07:03:10","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T07:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.7.100.29\/cssh\/?page_id=2221"},"modified":"2026-01-09T13:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T13:55:05","slug":"about-social-work-dept","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/about-social-work-dept\/","title":{"rendered":"About Social Work Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e3fca40 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e3fca40\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-138aa783\" data-id=\"138aa783\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a874250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a874250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<h3><strong>About Social Work Department<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"fontstyle0\">The Social Work program is built upon an interdisciplinary foundation of knowledge drawn from related social science and<br \/>\nhumanities disciplines such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, medicine, philosophy and ethics, economics, personnel<br \/>\nmanagement and public administration, social policy, and law. The program is designed with the understanding that developing the<br \/>\nknowledge and skills required for competent practice with individuals and families necessitates extensive coursework.<br \/>\nAt first, Social Work at Ambo was not a standalone department; it was part of a joint department combining Sociology and Social<br \/>\nWork. This combined \u201cSociology and Social Work\u201d department was originally established under CSSH (College of Social Science<br \/>\nand Humanities). Currently, the department offers both Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree programs in the regular modality. The<br \/>\nBachelor of Social Work (BSW) program began in 2016, while the Master of Social Work (MSW) program was established in 2021<br \/>\nGC. The department currently has seven active academic staff members: two PhD holders, one Assistant Professor, and four<br \/>\nLecturers, all of whom have more than ten years of experience<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] About Social Work Department The Social Work program is built upon an interdisciplinary foundation of knowledge drawn from related social science and humanities disciplines such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, medicine, philosophy and ethics, economics, personnel management and public administration, social policy, and law. The program is designed with the understanding that developing the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_type":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2803,"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2221\/revisions\/2803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ambou.edu.et\/cssh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}