Hi! My name is Marie-Maude and I have been studying Social Science program for 2 years now. I want to become a social worker in a near future. If you want to know more about what social work is about, this page is for you. Indeed, I explain what social workers do, their average wage, the risk they are exposed to and even talk about the place of artificial intelligence in it.
Being a Social Worker is to help people create a personal plan and assist them, depending the client need in order to help them to develop a satisfying and stable life.
These individuals help people or groups acquire skills to function in society. They offer counseling services and intervene to meet various needs (unemployment, racism, poverty, etc.).
They can meet their client at their job, or they come at the client house. They are also doing a lot of office jobs in order to create a plan to help their client achieving a better life.
Social workers can work in many places. For example, they can work in hospital, school centers, social service agencies, community organizations, etc.
To become a social worker, you have to pass all your Social Science courses in cegep. Then, you need to pursue at university for a bachelor's or a master degree in social work depending on where and what you want to apply. Becoming a social worker can be achieved by many paths. For example, you can be in Natural Science in cegep and still be accepted in university if you followed the right courses. For people studying in the Social Science program in cegep, being accepted in a social work bachelor or master does not require to have some math or chemistry class, but you also have to follow some specific courses that university ask you to have to get into this program.
In Canada, Quebec, social worker average wage is about $37 per hour
Social workers sometimes need additional training like practical internship under supervision.Sometimes, this job also require to have special training for working in family mediation case.
The danger of being a social worker is probably mostly related to the draining and burning out feeling. Indeed, it is hard to help people dealing with difficult situations and emotions and still be able to keep living a regular life outside of it. Most people who work in help-care often share the personality trait of being empathetic, which is really helpful, but can also be harmful if the worker is unable to distinguish and keeping a distance from what does not belong to him.
Dr. James Thomas shares that AI will probably take over routine task, but it cannot replace the courage of standing beside the oppressed, the wisdom of navigating complex human emotions, or the moral conviction to challenge unjust systems. There are not tasks you can code into an algorithm ; they are the heartbeat of humanity. (Linked in)
Social workers retired on average by the age of 65(from the FTQ website).
To conclude. I hope these basic knowledge guide you for your future career if you want to apply this job or just to start to collect information of what you would like your future career to look like.
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