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

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • Adoption Worker
  • Adoption Social 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 Worker
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Children's Counselor
  • Community Organization Worker
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Family Preservation Worker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Support Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Group Worker
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Protective Services Social Worker
  • School Social Worker
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Counsel students whose behavior, school progress, or mental or physical impairment indicate a need for assistance, diagnosing students' problems and arranging for needed services.
  • Determine clients' eligibility for financial assistance.
  • Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.
  • Serve on policy-making committees, assist in community development, and assist client groups by lobbying for solutions to problems.
  • Supervise other social workers.

  • Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs.
  • Evaluate potential problems in home or work environments of clients.
  • Refer individuals to educational or work programs.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.