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

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • School Social Worker
  • School Counselor
  • School PT
  • School Physical Therapist
  • School Speech Therapist
  • School Therapist
  • 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
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Community Organization Worker
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Family Preservation Worker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Support Worker
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Group Worker
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Protective Services Social Worker

  • 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.
  • 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 students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
  • 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.
  • 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.