What Does The Social Worker Do?

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Social Workers play a very important role in the society. Social Workers are the first to reach out to the client when a problem occurs. They provide clients with hope and encourage them to have a better life. Social workers must make the role of their work clear when they are approached by a client. Their job is to assist the client to know why they need help and where they can get it. Social Workers also unite clients with services, resources and opportunities, which provide them with the help they need.

There are various steps Social Workers must do before performing any cases or looking for any solutions for a client. A Social Worker would look at the first visit to the clinic that the client has visited, which client have given them and information of their history which includes family background, social history, developmental history, and history of the peculiar difficulty. This way, they can suggest what treatment is good for him or her. For instance, a Psychiatric Social Worker would find out the cause of the difficulty he or she is going through. According to the article, What does the Social Worker do? Psychiatric Social worker would deal with many cases. Such as “a case of a fifteen-year-old boy brought to the clinic by his mother, who reported that although he had been promoted to sixth grade twice, he was both times demoted. Both the boy and his mother felt that this was unfair and that the school was "picking on" him. The mother denied any delinquency. A social investigation revealed the fact that this boy and his brother had a history of stealing, truancy, and poor school progress in the four successive schools of their attendance” (Elizabeth V. Triumph). They would look at the case very deeply and see what treat...

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...vices available for those in need (Princeton review). Social workers have to be preparing to face some challenging clients who may give them a hard time.

To be a successful Social Worker, they have to do writing assessment, making referrals to other agencies, counseling support and many more. A Social Worker has certain education requirement. A Bachelor’ degree in Social Work (B.S.W) is required for Clerical and related field such as psychology or sociology. For those who want to further their education for position which involves psychological recommendations or assessments, Master’ in Social Work (M.S.W) is required (Princeton review). According to the article “Career: Social Work,” “all states have strict licensing requirements for social workers, and additional professional certifications are available from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)”.

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