New BSW From COSC

[louise]

I've never seen an employer of a BSW pay for their MSW. It's just not a common thing in the field of social work. It's a low paying, low respect, thankless field. Generally, assistance paying for an MSW comes from agreeing to work for CPS/DCS after graduation for a certain number of years, but that's a pretty raw deal and you don't need a BSW to qualify, just be working towards MSW.

There are also few employment opportunities (unfortunately) that a BSW can get you that a BS/BA in sociology, psychology, etc., won't. The only area I can think of is medical social work like hospital discharge planning, hospice, home health, etc.

The only real perk of a BSW is that is can shave time off the MSW, but if you got a BS/BA in a related field with alternative credits that would probably be the quickest, cheapest way to go overall.