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

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • 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
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Child and Family Specialist
  • 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
  • School 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.
  • Conduct social research.
  • 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.
  • Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
  • 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.