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

  • Child Care Counselor
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Protective Services Specialist
  • Child and Family Services Worker
  • Family Service Caseworker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Services Specialist
  • Field Service Representative
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Medicaid Service Coordinator
  • Protective Services Social Worker
  • Public Housing Community Relations and Services Advisor
  • Youth Care Specialist
  • Youth Services 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.

  • 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.
  • Serve on policy-making committees, assist in community development, and assist client groups by lobbying for solutions to problems.
  • 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.
  • Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
  • Evaluate personal characteristics and home conditions of foster home or adoption applicants.
  • Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Arrange physical or mental health services for clients.
  • Counsel clients or patients regarding personal issues.
  • Help clients get needed services or resources.
  • Refer clients to community or social service programs.
  • Supervise workers providing client or patient services.