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

  • Child, Family, and School Social Workers

  • Medical Social Worker
  • Social Worker
  • Public Housing Community Relations and Services Advisor
  • 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 and Family Services Worker
  • Child and Family Specialist
  • Child Abuse Worker
  • Child Protective Services Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Social Worker
  • Child Welfare Worker
  • Community Organization Worker
  • Delinquency Prevention Social Worker
  • Family Preservation Worker
  • Family Service Worker
  • Family Support Worker
  • Foster Care Social Worker
  • Foster Care Worker
  • Group Worker
  • Licensed Social Worker
  • Licensed Clinical 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.

  • 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.

  • Advise clients or community groups on health issues.
  • Arrange physical or mental health services for clients.
  • Conduct research on social issues.
  • 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.