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Being a social worker is a rewarding, diverse job, and we feel useful. We rub shoulders with people and human distress on a daily basis, so you have to be a strong persevering person.
Social workers helps people in difficult situations. It is very diverse, it can be mental health problems, money, behavior, relationship or any situation that harms the client. Social workers are present to help understand the customer and give him possible solutions. It has a great supporting role. Social worker also helps to do prevention, its mandate is also to prevent problematic situations.
It is very difficult to establish a typical day. A social worker who goes to the home must come to the office in the morning to obtain the necessary files as well as getting the necessary intervention tools. Afterwards the social worker goes from home to home with his car, spends time with clients, accompanying people to their appointments or any occupation. Subsequently, the social worker will have to write notes to have a complete client file. A social worker in schools has his own office. He must receive students when there are difficulties, and he must do preventive work. At the CLSC, the social worker receives people in his office and listens to people, discusses with them and tries to find solutions.
Social workers work in a variety of environments. In the first place they work a lot from home. With young people, the elderly or adults in difficulty it is common to see social workers at home to help and see people in their own living environment. This brings better observation because the customer is at home, in a comfort zone. We can also see social worker at the CLSC. It can respond to front-line demands, such as youth or adults in distress. Community organizations are very common places for social workers. The mandate of the organizations is to provide services easily to the community. The social worker is essential for the reception of these people to guide and listen to them.
In Quebec, the technique is named Special Care Counselling and must be completed in a period of three years minimum. It lasts 2745 hours, divided into basic courses, specific courses and practicals. There is no prerequisite to enroll in this program. That said, being a very people-oriented formation, it is primordial to love people as well as be comfortable talking about difficult emotions and situations. After the technique, it is possible for an educator to continue his learning at the university. At first to acquire specifications or on the other side become a psychoeducator.
When leaving school, a social worker earns $24.78 per hour. That's $50,000 a year. In a career as a social worker we go through 12 salary steps. Each step is equivalent to one year for an increase of about $1. In the twelfth step we earn $35.67 per hour. For one year this equates to just over $67,000. The average salary in Quebec being $43,000, it is possible to say that we are above average. It should be added that to the public, an educator has several social benefits such as a pension plan and insurance. Without being an income, this is a clear advantage in monetary terms.
A social worker can continue to acquire knowledge through training. They talk about mental health, disabilities, ways of intervening or any other important content. It is even obligatory for a social worker to continue his training to stay up to date. Those training lasts few days, other courses are offered at the university, called certificates. They are longer, but they are a nice addition to a resume. One certificate is equivalent to one more salary step.
One danger to which social workers are exposed is a burnout. The heart of the work is to accompany people when they are not well. This means that we hear problems and difficulties day after day. This exposure to negative can cause one to become exhausted. It is therefore important to ventilate when we feel overloaded or simply seek help. A second danger can be physical aggression. We see people with behavioral difficulties and some are more aggressive. Bites, punches or kicks can be part of our daily lives.
From the nature of our work, it is practically impossible to be replaced by robots. We have to work with the emotions of others, and it is difficult for a robot to analyze the emotions of others with the verbal and the non-verbal. We need to listen, understand, and analyze the situation to draw conclusions. This is not robotic, it requires human sensitivity and understanding
I don't have a specific answer to that online. That said, the age of 65 is a popular age to retire. The advantages that those in the public enjoy allows the educator to retire at a not too advanced age. That said, given the nature of the profession, it is possible for an enthusiast to pursue his career for several years.
As you can see, being a social worker is an unpredictable job. That said, it is an essential job where we help people in their difficulty. Studies are accessible to almost everyone, we need to have the motivation and personality type to give a lot of importance to others.
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