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 Care Counselor
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • 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
  • Youth Care Specialist

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.
  • 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.
  • Recommend temporary foster care and advise foster or adoptive parents.
  • 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.

  • Advise clients or community groups on health issues.
  • Arrange physical or mental health services for clients.
  • Evaluate potential problems in home or work environments of clients.
  • Refer individuals to educational or work programs.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.