Aging and Health Care Field gives emphasis to social work practice in nursing homes, hospitals, rural primary care clinics, and aging and health administrative services.
Children and Families Field emphasizes social work practice that affects family well-being, including preventing and treating neglect, abuse, and exploitation, and developing and supervising alternative family care systems.
Community Mental Health Field stresses a generic model of social work practice adaptable to the evolving field of mental health, and includes brief treatment therapy models, use of community support systems, and case management.