Child Welfare Worker
Child Welfare Worker
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Job Description
Child welfare workers provide early intervention and support to children and their families in order to improve their social and psychological functioning. They aim to maximise the family well-being and protect children from abuse and neglect. They advocate for children so that their rights are respected within and outside the family. They may assist single parents or find foster homes for abandoned or abused children..
Top 39 specific things you need to know
As a Child Welfare Worker, you will need to master following:
- accept own accountability
- advocate for social service users
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
- assess social service users' situation
- assess the development of youth
- assist individuals with disabilities in community activities
- assist social service users in formulating complaints
- build helping relationship with social service users
- company policies
- conduct interview in social service
- contribute to protecting individuals from harm
- contribute to the safeguarding of children
- customer service
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- determine child placement
- encourage social service users to preserve their independence in their daily activities
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- maintain records of work with service users
- meet standards of practice in social services
- monitor service users' health
- perform child welfare investigations
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote service users' rights
- protect vulnerable social service users
- refer service users to community resources
- review social service plan
- support service users in developing skills
- support service users to use technological aids
- support social service users with specific communication needs
- support social service users' positiveness
- support traumatised children
- tolerate stress
- undertake risk assessment of social service users
Top 32 general things you need to know
More generally, a child welfare worker is also versed in:
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- adolescent psychological development
- apply organisational techniques
- apply socially just working principles
- assist social service users with physical disabilities
- child protection
- communicate professionally with colleagues in other fields
- communicate with social service users
- communicate with youth
- comply with legislation in social services
- handle children's problems
- involve service users and carers in care planning
- legal requirements in the social sector
- listen actively
- maintain privacy of service users
- maintain the trust of service users
- manage social crisis
- manage stress in organisation
- promote social change
- promote the safeguarding of young people
- provide social counselling
- relate empathetically
- report on social development
- social justice
- social sciences
- support children's wellbeing
- support harmed social service users
- support social service users in skills management
- support the positiveness of youths
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
- work in a multicultural environment in health care
- work within communities
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent child welfare worker
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Top employers for this job
Child Welfare Worker (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
Full Time
Urgent
Private
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