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Community Worker

This is not a career for a soft-hearted person who believes that a magic wand will make everything better! You do need compassion for the plight of others and a love for people as well as a deep desire to help them to cope with their losses and pain and a genuine concern for their well being.
You should be able to handle stress and combat burnout and maintain close relationships while providing personal support. The ability to work on your own is vital and you would have to be good at documenting each case.

However, before you enter this profession, you must take a good hard look at yourself. Do you take and follow advice from qualified, concerned people? Many of the people with whom you would come into contact would listen to you and then go and do just what they wanted to do in the first place and this can become very frustrating to a social worker who has spent a great deal time and trouble finding the best solution to the problem. But as it is a human trait, it has to be accepted as part of the job. When these self same people came unstuck and bumped their heads, you would just have to repeat the process all over again and hope for the best.

To successfully help someone is one of the most truly satisfying perks of this profession. Your job would also involve placements of orphans in foster homes or with adoptive parents who have long awaited a child that they can care for and love. The handicapped and the elderly also appreciate the services of a social worker who often becomes close friends with them all.

You would have to liaise with employers, residential institutions, prison authorities, government departments and community organisations in the course of your duties.

* Community Workers deal with communities to identify and meet needs by acting as catalysts in the towns. This includes feeding schemes, creches, benefit funds, recreational facilities and housing schemes.


Career Fields


Social and Community Work
 
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