Child, Family, & School Social Workers
Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.
Also called: Case Manager, Family Protection Specialist, Family Service Worker, School Social Worker
Knowledge:
- customer service
- administrative services
- psychology
- sociology and anthropology
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
- understanding people's reactions
- looking for ways to help people
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include helping people, teaching, and talking.
They do well at jobs that need
- Concern for Others
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Integrity
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Initiative
Technology:
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Student information systems SIS
- Patient electronic medical record EMR software
