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Social Worker
Social workers help people to deal with personal and social
problems, either directly or by planning or carrying out
programs that benefit groups or communities.
Social workers may perform the following tasks:
- counsel individuals through a crisis that may be due to
death, illness, relationship breakdown or other reasons
- provide clients with information on services to assist
them and provide letters of referral or reports that will
help them to obtain other services such as crisis
accommodation or social security benefits
- guide small groups of people to share their experiences,
support each other and learn social skills
- help community groups to plan and carry out programs to
help themselves, for example assisting newly arrived
immigrants to form an association
- research community problems, needs and solutions through
client contact and records of welfare and health agencies
- analyse statistics and write reports
- develop policy and evaluate programs
- manage and train staff
- attend professional meetings
- lobby to change social welfare policies and procedures
in the pursuit of social justice for all members of the
community.
Social workers specialise in fields such as family, youth
and child welfare services, medical and health services,
disability services, psychiatric and general mental health
services, juvenile and family law courts, aged care and
disabilities, income support and mediation.
Some social workers travel to visit clients or run group
meetings. In country areas they may travel long distances.
They may also be involved in private practice, research or
teaching.
Required Skills - Social Worker
- emotional maturity
- keen analytical abilities
- able to view other people's problems objectively
- good organisational skills
- good communication skills
- able to work as part of a team
- able to work independently
- commitment to social justice
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