Child, Family, and School Social Workers Career, Salary and Skills

Occupation description

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.

National salary and employment

Top skills

Typical tasks

• Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
• Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
• Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
• Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.
• Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
• Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
• Arrange for medical, psychiatric, and other tests that may disclose causes of difficulties and indicate remedial measures.
• Maintain case history records and prepare reports.

Technology

• EasyCBM
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Patient electronic medical record EMR software
• Student information systems SIS software
• Web browser software

Child, Family, and School Social Workers salary by location

Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.

• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in CA
  Median $65,200 · Employment 60,310
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in NY
  Median $65,100 · Employment 30,170
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in Los Angeles, CA
  Median $71,250 · Employment 26,220
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in New York, NY
  Median $66,540 · Employment 24,350
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in TX
  Median $55,680 · Employment 21,670
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in IL
  Median $63,220 · Employment 19,860
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in PA
  Median $50,820 · Employment 16,200
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in OH
  Median $51,520 · Employment 16,050
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in MI
  Median $59,270 · Employment 15,760
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in FL
  Median $56,550 · Employment 14,000
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in Chicago, IL
  Median $64,790 · Employment 13,550
• Child, Family, and School Social Workers Salary in NC
  Median $59,610 · Employment 13,010

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