What is the criteria for a social worker?
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Hopefully some schooling. I have my masters in social work. \nA good social worker is someone who is flexible, determined, good listener, problem solver and someone who likes to better peoples situations. \nSocial workers get paid "dump" and are not respected in their communities. \nSocial Work is a hard and rewarding job.  \n\nThe everyday job depends on what type of social work you practice. I am currently a child protection service worker(formally a foster care worker).  \nMy day entails putting out fires in people lives and making sure that children are safe. On occasions I have to place children into foster care. I really like my job. Never a dull moment!
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You can take whatever courses you are lacking to get into the social work area. I think most social workers have a masters degree. It is sad, but I see too many people go to college without any set goals in regards to employment after college. All college students should major in something that can earn them a reasonable wage, not just to take up time and space at college, and then later down the line, find out that what they trained for is useless in earning a real living.
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Whatever I loved best, Psychology is my personal favorite of these choices. it may be more work to become a psychologist than a social worker but usually the work is a bit better paying. There are a lot of job openings for Social Workers but they also tend to be lower paying and low prestige. Choose what you LOVE to do
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You want to be a social worker? I'm aiming for something like that too, more with children though.
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as many as fall into the guidelines:\n\nTests To Be a Qualifying Child Tests To Be a Qualifying Relative \nThe child must be your son, daughter, stepchild, eligible foster child, brother, sister, half brother, half sister, stepbrother, stepsister, or a descendant of any of them. \n\nThe child must be (a) under age 19 at the end of the year, (b) under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student, or (c) any age if permanently and totally disabled. \n\nThe child must have lived with you for more than half of the year. 2\n\nThe child must not have provided more than half of his or her own support for the year.\n\nIf the child meets the rules to be a qualifying child of more than one person, you must be the person entitled to claim the child as a qualifying child
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For accredited social work, that doesn't exist because you're required internships, supervision, etc. It's considered a professional degree to have even a BSW and requires classroom attendance. I'm sorry that other options don't exist.\n\nI got my BSW at the University of North Texas and it was GREAT! \nI got my MSSW at the University of Texas at Arlington and it was fabulous, also.\n\nBoth universities are in the DFW area. Both are great! Good luck with whatever you choose.
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i am studying to be a social worker in London and the main thing they want before letting you study is experience. I'm not sure how old you have to be when you leave school but maybe you could start off doing voluntary work in a care home or that environment. its hard to say to much as like i say I'm not sure on the education system over there. however you do it i wish you all the luck as there is not enough social workers but too many people needing them.
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Eligibility for what?  More information is needed in order to answer this.
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Get a bachelors degree in social work.
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That will depend on where you obtain your graduate degree from.  They might require that you fulfill core classes more closely related to your social science degree.  Your best bet would be to speak to an advisor or someone at the school.
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In my view a Social worker is very much the same as a teacher in the sense that a Social worker is a Social pedagogist or Social Educator and a teacher is a pedagogist or an educator. Each have a role in society to educate and advance the individual towards taking responsibility and making choices in life with the goal of achieving their individual aspirations. \n\nAs to which profession would be the best for you is a difficult question. Social work is tough regarding Child welfare. The children you will be involved with will need someone who can stand by them when no-one else will and listen to their stories that will make you glad that it was not one of you own children. However your role would still be to educate (life coping skills) the child towards understanding and dealing with their situation until the are able to return home or another safe environment and hence continue school. \n\nTeaching on the other hand teaches children the things they need to know to live in the modern world and gives them tools for coping and continuing with their educational life until the go to work and to contribute positively to society. \n\nBetween the two the are both demanding, but also fulfilling however the wages are very bad with both.
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I like the idea of having to do community service to qualify, but 8 years of pro-bono work?\n\nThey'd have to be on welfare or have very rich parents.\n\nMaybe a certain number of hours a year from age 18. Something in the neighbourhood of 300 hours a year for a minimum of 4 years, verified by a non-partisan board of some kind.\n\nI like the civics classes, etc.
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check out this website for the National Association of Social Workers code of ethics:\nwww.naswdc.org/pubs/code
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Generally a State Licensed Social Worker is 4-6 years of college and a state board exam.  A "Social Worker" actually has a lot of counseling training and that is why you see so many of them working at counseling centers.  As far as the Dept of Social Services you would need to get your degree in social work first then apply with the state you are interested in working in.  However there are many organizations that employ social workers that dont work for the state.  My aunt is a Social Worker for a Headstart program but she is employed by her County.
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You would most likely need a psychology or sociology degree with some experience working with children & family services.  Your work experience would probably qualify you more than the actual degree area in which you majored.
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You would probably have to check with your state's licensing board...however, in Illinois you cannot call yourself a social worker until you have a BSW + work experience or a MSW and pass a licensing exam.
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someone else also asked this question very recently.. \nI will copy and paste the previous answer for ya  :)\nThe current standard for setting universally accepted criteria is...\nThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV)\nThis is the place where all doctors, psychiatrists, and psychologists find the classifications necessary to diagnose patients according to certain traits in whatever their mental affliction may be.. \nI have used the following webpages for my own research uses. I am bipolar and found them very helpful..\ncut and paste the links :)\n1.) http://www.a-silver-lining.org/bpndepth/... \n2.) http://www.mental-health-today.com/bp/ds...\nthe first explains the process for diagnoses.\nthe second applies to mood disorders\nHope this helps ya out \nGood Luck.