Even how successful the world is in terms of globalisation and technology, the need for social workers will remain. The world will...
Even how successful the world is in terms of
globalisation and technology, the need for social workers will remain. The
world will always be in the lookout for passionate, career oriented and
passionate social workers.
There are a lot of opportunities for social workers melbourne, the examples below will let you know how diverse this
profession can be.
Family,
school and child social workers
They are assigned to work with families and children
who are suffering with psychological and social issues in the home, in their
communities or at school. They interact with wide range of issues that are
related to family, school and children’s life.
These workers can be employed in government programs,
schools and foster care agencies.
Medical
social workers
They are responsible assisting families and
individuals who are facing health and illness related issues. They support
their clients work on different issues through health education, counselling,
referrals, and coping.
Public workers on the other hand assist communities
dealing with complications and illness related to widespread sickness community
disaster.
Both of these social workers are employed to provide
help in improving the well being of the community.
Substance
abuse and mental health social workers
They work with groups, couples, families or
individuals, to treat substance abuse and mental illness. Counselling and
intense therapy may be used to help these patients get through with their
situation.
Military
social workers
Their work is to provide help to both members and
families of military on facing challenges and obstacles of military life. For
example, helping a veteran get through post traumatic stress, or a member who
was injured while on service.
Community
social workers
They help provide resources and improve conditions for
specific communities. This branch of social work focus most of the time on
community development and organisation, administration, social action and
planning to improve the current condition of the entire community. They work
usually with large groups of individuals, different to other branches where
they handle only an individual, couple, families or groups of smaller size.
Researchers,
Planners, Administrators and policymakers
Researchers, planners, administrators and policymakers
are part of a different group of workers. Most of the time they hold only
administrative roles and they do not directly work with groups or individuals
they are targeting to help. They could lead a group of workers, draft policy,
write grants, raise funds and conduct research.
Most of the social workers that are part of this
branch already worked previously on other areas of social work, and at present
they are using their expertise and experience to enhance the field and promote
for change.
Whether private or public institutions need social
workers help. Hiring the right professional specific to what they require can
be a bit of a challenge, hence working with agencies to provide them with the
right professional based on what they need is highly favourable and
advantageous. And same with social workers, where they can ask help from these
agencies to be deployed to institutions where their expertise is suited.