Social Worker
Duties and Responsibilities:
Social Workers help people
and their families modify to problems in their lives such as serious illness,
child abuse, substance abuse, mental illness, handicaps, juvenile crime, and
anti-social behavior. They must often help people accept situations that cannot
be changed. They frequently work with underclass, including the homeless. Most
social workers work for the government in offices, hospitals, clinics, prisons,
or the courts. Some of them also work in nursing homes, group homes, schools, or
businesses. They tend to have a lot of duties, with it being interviewing and counseling
the individual and groups.
Average Salary:
$20,000-$42,000
Educational Requirements:
To prepare for a career in
social work you should take challenging high school courses especially in English,
science, and math. Some organizations
may allow a social worker to practice with a bachelor's degree in social work
positions require a graduate degree.
Clinical positions require additional licensing after the completion of
one or two year supervised internships.
