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

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • Social Worker
  • Medical Social Worker
  • Adoption Social Worker
  • Adoption Specialist
  • CPS Social Worker
  • Certified Child, Youth, and Family Social Worker
  • Certified Children, Youth, and Family Social Worker
  • Child Protection Specialist
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Protective Services Specialist
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Specialist
  • Child and Family Specialist
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Early Intervention Specialist
  • Family Intervention Specialist
  • Family Protection Specialist
  • Family Services Specialist
  • Family Support Specialist
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Juvenile Specialist
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker
  • Program Support Specialist
  • Protective Services Social Worker
  • School Social Worker
  • To Go Specialist
  • Youth Specialist
  • Youth Care Specialist
  • Youth Development 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.

  • Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
  • Collect supplementary information needed to assist client, such as employment records, medical records, or school reports.
  • 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.
  • Place children in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, or medical treatment centers.
  • 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.
  • Supervise other social workers.

  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • Refer clients to community or social service programs.