Occupations/21-1021.00
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.
Usually a four-year bachelor’s degree.
AI automation risk
30%
More resilient
Human characteristics
78%
Strong human-characteristic mix
Task orientation
55%
Mixed exposure
A day in this job
- Mostly human
Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
- Mostly routine
Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
- Mostly human
Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
Split from the wording of these tasks, shown next to the occupation’s AI risk. It is not a separate score for each task, and it is not a forecast that the job disappears.
Core tasks
- 01Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
- 02Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
- 03Serve 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.
- 04Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
- 05Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.
- 06Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
Model drivers (O*NET 1–5)
- Repeating same tasks3.16
- Degree of automation2.21
- Time sitting3.50
- Originality (ability)3.12
- Conflict situations4.53
- Hands-on objects/tools2.04
- Outdoors / weather2.83
- Disease exposure2.47
- Decision freedom4.44
Top abilities
- Oral Expression4.62
- Oral Comprehension4.38
- Problem Sensitivity4.25
- Written Expression4.12
- Written Comprehension4.12
- Speech Clarity4.00
- Speech Recognition3.88
- Inductive Reasoning3.88
Essential skills
- Reading Comprehension4.00
- Active Listening4.88
- Writing3.75
- Speaking4.50
- Mathematics2.00
- Science2.25
- Critical Thinking4.12
- Active Learning3.38
- Learning Strategies3.12
- Monitoring3.88
CIP matches
Schools offering related programs
12 of 83 shown
Earnings are College Scorecard medians for that program, 1 and 2 years after completion. A dash means the Department suppressed the cell or the campus is not in the field file.
| Institution | Program | Tuition | Admit | Grad 6-yr | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | Developmental and Child Psychology 42.2703 | $7,400 | 48% | 60% | 1 yr $74,576 2 yr $67,660 Graduate certificate · CIP 42.27 |
University of St Thomas St. Paul, MN · Private nonprofit | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $50,200 | 77% | 82% | 1 yr $71,854 2 yr $75,204 Master's · CIP 43.01 |
The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX · Public | Developmental and Child Psychology 42.2703 | $14,600 | 65% | 73% | 1 yr $62,012 2 yr — Doctoral · CIP 42.27 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | Developmental and Child Psychology 42.2703 | $60,100 | 4% | 96% | 1 yr $61,020 2 yr $57,318 Bachelor's · CIP 42.27 |
City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College Chicago, IL · Public | Developmental and Child Psychology 42.2703 | $4,600 | 100% | 27% | 1 yr $48,432 2 yr $39,369 Bachelor's · CIP 42.27 |
Miami Dade College Miami, FL · Public | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $2,900 | 100% | 41% | 1 yr $47,260 2 yr — Certificate · CIP 43.01 |
St Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN · Public | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $9,600 | 95% | 56% | 1 yr $45,598 2 yr $43,426 Bachelor's · CIP 43.01 |
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | Developmental and Child Psychology 42.2703 | $11,800 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $44,971 2 yr $31,839 Bachelor's · CIP 42.27 |
Winona State University Winona, MN · Public | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $10,500 | 77% | 67% | 1 yr $44,021 2 yr $41,058 Bachelor's · CIP 43.01 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public | Social Work 44.0701 | $9,000 | 17% | 91% | 1 yr $43,798 2 yr $43,575 Master's · CIP 44.07 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $15,200 | 57% | 86% | 1 yr $43,658 2 yr $43,143 Bachelor's · CIP 43.01 |
Minnesota State University Moorhead Moorhead, MN · Public | Juvenile Corrections 43.0110 | $9,800 | 71% | 61% | 1 yr $43,128 2 yr $44,649 Associate · CIP 43.01 |