Studying in Social Sciences? Not knowing what to do with the rest of your life? Let the article introduce you to this job that could maybe be yours in many years. In Quebec, there is a great lack of social workers. Based on two reliable articles, here is a profession you could discover or learn more about. If you ever wonder what is the job of a social worker, this article is for you. It will explain in details all the responsibilities they have and what a typical day looks like in their life.
Social workers see a lot of different people during their career. People that are scared, sad and confused. When a social worker is able to help someone and make a difference in their life, it feels very rewarding for them.
Social workers have to work with individuals, couples, families and many more in order to help them solve or prevent personal, familial, social or financial problems. They also help families who are in need and victims of abuse. They give advice and directions for people who need help to live in their situations. It is a job where you face different obstacles such as complicated psychological, health, social, or financial problems towards their client and frequently people who don't show-up to their appointment.
On a typical day, social workers perform countless tasks in connection to counseling, administrative responsibilities, interviewing clients, meeting with lawyers and more. Social workers are always in touch with people. They have appointments with their client and try to find solutions to help them.
Social workers can work in a lot of different places. They can work in a school environment, a hospital, a Youth center, in a residence and many more. Wherever there are people, social worker can work. It is really nice, because they have a lot of different places where they can work.
You will need a minimum of a bachelor degree. You must go to university to practice this profession. To become a social worker you must have certain qualities. You should be a person that put other before yourself. Empathy, patience, organized, perceptive, resilient, flexible, persistent and objective are all traits you should have to be a good social worker. You don't need to have them right now, but you have to develop them because these are the main qualities you should have to work with people.
It depends on where you work. For example, the average salary for a social worker in Canada is $34.71 per hour. The average salary for a Social Worker is $25.31 per hour in Quebec, which is 23% below the national average.
Working with aggressive people can be dangerous, if you don't pay attention. The principal dangers for a social worker are more mental than physical. Sometimes, doing a job where you work with people who suffer a lot can be hard. You are not always making a change in people's life, even if you put a long time trying to help them. You can carry all the emotions you are feeling at work and bring them home. Social workers have to practice their abilities to create a wall between their work environment and their home.
None. Robots don't have emotions and do not really understand how they work. There are so many concepts you need to know to practice this job. Robots can not replace the mental part of the job.
It depends, in Canada, people normally retire at 60 year old. However, when social workers have many years of experiences, sometimes they change their branch and prefer to assign cases for example, instead of working in the field. Sometimes, young social worker quit after only one year of experience because it is difficult for their mental health.
Being a social worker is a hard job, but you truly feel that at the end, you made a change.
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