Occupational Employment Statistics
21-1021 Child, Family, and School Social Workers
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.
Southeast Minnesota
| 720 | 73 | $29.35/hr | $15.78/hr | $22.28/hr | $29.28/hr | $36.66/hr | $44.13/hr |
Financial Activities | N/A | N/A |
Professional and Business Services | 130 | $23.72/hr |
Education and Health Services | 4,800 | $22.67/hr |
Leisure and Hospitality | N/A | N/A |
Other Services | 190 | $24.03/hr |
Public Administration | 3,290 | $32.05/hr |
Healthcare Social Workers
| 4,390 | $28.31/hr | 12.4% |
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
| 2,490 | $29.00/hr | 15.4% |
Rehabilitation Counselors
| 3,490 | $18.74/hr | -5.2% |
Social and Human Service Assistants
| 12,970 | $17.60/hr | 8.2% |
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
| 1,580 | $33.11/hr | 7.4% |
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
| 4,610 | $27.41/hr | 6.7% |
Residential Advisors
| 2,560 | $18.85/hr | 9.7% |
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists
| 2,850 | $41.03/hr | 11.9% |
Marriage and Family Therapists
| 1,380 | $27.59/hr | 19.9% |
Recreational Therapists
| 410 | $27.98/hr | 12.9% |
- Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
- Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
- Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
- Refer clients to community resources for services, such as job placement, debt counseling, legal aid, housing, medical treatment, or financial assistance, and provide concrete information, such as where to go and how to apply.
- Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
- Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
- Counsel individuals, groups, families, or communities regarding issues including mental health, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, physical abuse, rehabilitation, social adjustment, child care, or medical care.
- 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.
- Consult with parents, teachers, and other school personnel to determine causes of problems, such as truancy and misbehavior, and to implement solutions.
- 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.