The professional opportunities available to Social Work undergraduates include the following:​

• Direct provision of services to populations, in the social monitoring of individuals and families, of group and community intervention;
• Administration and management of social institutions and services;
• Consultancy, assessment, design and coordination of programmes and projects in the areas of social policy and intervention; 
• Social research.

Social Work professionals carry out their activity in different organizational contexts, such as the Public Administration Sector, Private Social Solidarity Institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations, Foundations, Private Companies, namely in the areas of:

• Social security;
• Social action;
• Early intervention;
• Health;
• Rehabilitation;
• Justice and social reintegration;
• Education;
• Housing and environment;
• Professional training and employment;
• Regional, local and community development.