How do they match: Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Child and Family Specialist
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Advocate
  • Child Care Counselor
  • Child Development Consultant
  • Child Protection Specialist
  • Child Protective Investigator
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Protective Services Specialist
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Child Welfare Caseworker
  • Child Welfare Consultant
  • Child Welfare Counselor
  • Child Welfare Specialist
  • Children's Counselor
  • School Social Worker
  • School Counselor
  • School PT
  • School Physical Therapist
  • School Speech Therapist
  • School Therapist
  • Family Advocate
  • Family Caseworker
  • Family Intervention Specialist
  • Family Manager
  • Family Preservation Worker
  • Family Preservation Caseworker
  • Family Protection Specialist
  • Family Resource Coordinator
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Service Caseworker
  • Family Services Specialist
  • Family Support Worker
  • Family Support Specialist
  • Social Worker
  • Adoption Social Worker
  • Adoption Worker
  • CPS Social Worker
  • Case Worker
  • Certified Child, Youth, and Family Social Worker
  • Certified Children, Youth, and Family Social Worker
  • Community Organization Worker
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Group Worker
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Protective Services Social Worker
  • Public Housing Community Relations and Services Advisor

  • 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.

  • Work in child and adolescent residential institutions.
  • Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.
  • Collect supplementary information needed to assist client, such as employment records, medical records, or school reports.
  • Conduct social research.
  • Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
  • Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, child care, or medical care.
  • Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
  • Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
  • Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
  • Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers.
  • Provide, find, or arrange for support services, such as child care, homemaker service, prenatal care, substance abuse treatment, job training, counseling, or parenting classes to prevent more serious problems from developing.
  • Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
  • Supervise other social workers.

  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • Confer with family members to discuss client treatment plans or progress.
  • Evaluate potential problems in home or work environments of clients.
  • Refer clients to community or social service programs.
  • Refer individuals to educational or work programs.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.