Domestic Violence Certificate

Home / Home / Domestic Violence Certificate

Office of Gender-based Violence

Overview

The Domestic Violence Certificate is offered through the School of Social Work on ASU’s downtown campus. The curriculum for the certificate is designed to be complementary to social work elective courses and the AmeriCorps program. The certificate is open to other disciplines that will benefit from the emphasis on professional development and service delivery. The certificate provides both academic and practical expertise in domestic violence advocacy.

Our AmeriCorps program educates, trains, and certifies both professionals who are working in the community and current students at Arizona State University to be domestic violence (DV) advocates in the community through our certificate program.  We place the certified DV advocates within community agency partners in the role of interns, employees, and AmeriCorps volunteers. Social workers and other helping professionals with knowledge of domestic violence are better equipped to intervene safely, educate survivors, and provide appropriate resources and evidence-based interventions.

Knowledge, Competencies & Skills

  • Students will recognize gender-based violence and identify different approaches for intervention and prevention.
  • Students will be able to define domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and dating violence in local and global contexts.
  • Students will analyze and implement evidence-based practices specific to those dealing with domestic violence.

Admissions Criteria

A minimum of 56 semester hours with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 at ASU

Program Requirements

  1. Domestic Violence foundation course (SWU 416 / SWG 545) 
  2. Complete 300 hours (minimum) of service as an intern at an approved site
  3. Complete two special domestic violence electives

Outcomes obtained by students:

  • Increased access to evidence-based care for domestic violence survivors and those in our community effected by domestic violence
  • Learning about the variance in service delivery
  • Network of social services providers 
  • Students must determine the best evidence-based care for clients they work with at their placement
  • Conduct organizational assessment of service placement