Introduction
Founded in 1988, the department of social welfare has demonstrated its commitment to promote well-being of individual and society through excellency of research and academic achievement.
The Department consists of a community of scholars of social welfare and social work dedicated to pursuit, advancement, and transmission of the most up-to-date knowledge of a broad range of social welfare policies and social work practices in Korea.
The academic goals are to seek the ways of preventing social problems and alleviating well-being of people, and to find a way to build the capacity of social work through the scholarly and educational endeavors of its faculty and students.
To achieve such goals, the department offers two study sections. The first section concentrates on social welfare policies, and the second section considers social work practices.
The study of social welfare policies focuses on social insurance systems, public assistance systems, and social welfare service institutions.
The study of social work practices centers on a methodology that solves several social-psychological problems of society through clinical practices.
The field work education is also an essential and integral component of a social welfare education.
Graduates of this department are employed as a social worker in many social work settings including child and family service agencies, mental health centers, senior centers, the criminal justice system, community welfare centers, public administration, hospitals, day care centers and schools, etc.
Contacts
- E-mail : welfare@jbnu.ac.kr
- Phone : 82-(0)63-270-2962
- Fax : 82-(0)63-270-2968
- Address : Department of Social Welfare, College of Social Science, Chonbuk National University,567 Baekje-daero, Dukjin-gu, Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, 561-756(zip), Republic of Korea.
Faculty
- Paik, Jong-man, MSW, Ph.D. (jb2963@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Professor: Social Welfare Administration, Community Work & Welfare, Social Services.
- Choi, Won-gyu, MSW, Ph.D. (jb2964@chonbuk.ac.kr)
- Professor: Social Welfare Thoughts and History. Volunteerism, Social work and Cultural Diversity.
- Yoon, Myeong-sook, MSW, Ph.D. (yoon64@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Professor: Clinical Social Work, Mental Health , Addiction.
- Choi, Ok-chai, MSW, Ph.D. (okchai@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Professor: Correctional Social Work, Social Welfare Studies in Korea, Organizing Skills for Community Work.
- Kim, Mi-ok, MSW, Ph.D. (kimok@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Associate Professor: Clinical Social Work, Social Welfare for People with Disabilities, Human Right and Social Welfare.
- Kim, Shin-yeol, MSW. Ph.D. (sykim@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Associate Professor: Aging, Program Development and Evaluation, Research Methodology.
- Lee, Sang-rok, MSW, Ph.D. (LSR1187@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Professor: Social Welfare Policy, Anti-poverty Policy.
- Kim, Soon-gyu, MSW, Ph.D. (soongyu@jbnu.ac.kr)
- Associate Professor: Child & Youth Welfare, School Social Work
- Yeo, Yeong Hun, MSW, Ph.D. (yhyeo2@gmail.com)
- Assistant Professor: Social Welfare Policy, Asset Poor, Quantitative Research Methods.