Career Research-Social Worker
Child Protective Services Social Workers
"A person's a person, no matter how small."(Dr.Seuss) A child is the greatest gift that anyone can have so “Why would anyone hurt them?” No one really knows the real answer but many have tried to answer that it but what is the point if they are not going to stop. That is why people have dedicated to protecting these children who get hurt whether it is at home or it is at school they are known as social workers. When I was little I didn’t know what i wanted to do with my life but what I did know was that I wanted to protect children from those who harm them. Based on my research I believe Child Protective Services Social Workers is the ideal career for me.
Every career needs different kinds of education and training. The minimum education need to be a child social worker is a “highschool diploma”(careerinfonet.org). In my opinion a that is not enough to decide if a child should or should not be removed from a parent. The places one could go to get education would be “ junior college, on the job training, vocational school”(socialworker.com). If someone would want to have higher pay then one should look at the highest kind of education one could get.The courses one could take in high school would “English/Language Arts, Sociology, Psychology, Family and Consumer Sciences, United States History”(ehow.com). These classes are offered ,at Westminster High School, and I will consider taking them in my near future.Every career needs to have a set of skills whether it is computer to math skills or even to science skills.
A child social worker needs skills, without skills they will not be able to do much. There are 3 main skills in which a child worker needs to be proficient in:active listening, critical thinking and social perceptiveness(careerinfonet.org). The first one is an active listener giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made,and asking question.The next one
"A person's a person, no matter how small."(Dr.Seuss) A child is the greatest gift that anyone can have so “Why would anyone hurt them?” No one really knows the real answer but many have tried to answer that it but what is the point if they are not going to stop. That is why people have dedicated to protecting these children who get hurt whether it is at home or it is at school they are known as social workers. When I was little I didn’t know what i wanted to do with my life but what I did know was that I wanted to protect children from those who harm them. Based on my research I believe Child Protective Services Social Workers is the ideal career for me.
Every career needs different kinds of education and training. The minimum education need to be a child social worker is a “highschool diploma”(careerinfonet.org). In my opinion a that is not enough to decide if a child should or should not be removed from a parent. The places one could go to get education would be “ junior college, on the job training, vocational school”(socialworker.com). If someone would want to have higher pay then one should look at the highest kind of education one could get.The courses one could take in high school would “English/Language Arts, Sociology, Psychology, Family and Consumer Sciences, United States History”(ehow.com). These classes are offered ,at Westminster High School, and I will consider taking them in my near future.Every career needs to have a set of skills whether it is computer to math skills or even to science skills.
A child social worker needs skills, without skills they will not be able to do much. There are 3 main skills in which a child worker needs to be proficient in:active listening, critical thinking and social perceptiveness(careerinfonet.org). The first one is an active listener giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made,and asking question.The next one