social workers

[stilleto]

my good friend got a job with DYFS (i think it's like the child protective services) and she LOVES it, but she has a degree in art and has been working in marketing with me.

no social work degree or experience.

so if she's a case worker, what do social work degrees get you?

 

[PICK3]

what do social work degrees get you?

trips to the ghetto

 

[Smurfy]

my good friend got a job with DYFS (i think it's like the child protective services) and she LOVES it, but she has a degree in art and has been working in marketing with me.

no social work degree or experience.

so if she's a case worker, what do social work degrees get you?

ok well most counties/states now require a degree in human service field (hers obviously does not)
what she is doing is working in child welfar but she is not techincally a SOCIAL WORKER
Real social workers have a Masters in Social Work and a License in their state. This allows them to do lots of things i.e. be a school social worker, be a therapist doing direct service (either privately or for a practice or through a mental health organization), work in a jail as a social worker, work in a hospital as a social worker, etc there are lots of options.

but simply working as a case worker does not make someone an actual social worker although the title is thrown around loosely.

 

[the_clockwork]

social workers have to have beyond a BA.. She probably is a follow up "social worker".. the real social workers go in and she follows up their work, more like a checkup

 

[blackhat]

ok well most counties/states now require a degree in human service field (hers obviously does not)
what she is doing is working in child welfar but she is not techincally a SOCIAL WORKER
Real social workers have a Masters in Social Work and a License in their state. This allows them to do lots of things i.e. be a school social worker, be a therapist doing direct service (either privately or for a practice or through a mental health organization), work in a jail as a social worker, work in a hospital as a social worker, etc there are lots of options.

but simply working as a case worker does not make someone an actual social worker although the title is thrown around loosely.

Smurfy ftw

 

[Smurfy]

Smurfy ftw

whats FTW?


(where I'm from it means fuck the world)

 

[heatherrae]

my good friend got a job with DYFS (i think it's like the child protective services) and she LOVES it, but she has a degree in art and has been working in marketing with me.

no social work degree or experience.

so if she's a case worker, what do social work degrees get you?

they get you a really shitty paying job

 

[blackhat]

whats FTW?


(where I'm from it means fuck the world)

for the win

 

[drsketch]

When I was in a grouphome I found my social worker to be a piece of shit.

FTW = fuck the world, fuck the warden

 

[Smurfy]

for the win

oh ok yeah
i get it now
thanks i'm pretty much always right

 

[blackhat]

When I was in a grouphome I found my social worker to be a piece of shit.

FTW = fuck the world, fuck the warden

Although I do not deny the acronyms use in these statements, I have always heard it to be used in the fashion described below, as UrbanDictionary explains:

FTW

"For The Win."

An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, but often sarcastic.

Originated from the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.

 

[stilleto]

smufry is right again.

 

[hotzie]

i just wanna see your teets

 

[Cardinal Slin]

my good friend got a job with DYFS (i think it's like the child protective services) and she LOVES it, but she has a degree in art and has been working in marketing with me.

no social work degree or experience.

so if she's a case worker, what do social work degrees get you?

a job in the art field?

 

[Smurfy]

my good friend got a job with DYFS (i think it's like the child protective services) and she LOVES it, but she has a degree in art and has been working in marketing with me.

no social work degree or experience.

so if she's a case worker, what do social work degrees get you?

question:
What made her want to switch to the child welfare field from art/marketing? That's quite a different path.

 

[drsketch]

Although I do not deny the acronyms use in these statements, I have always heard it to be used in the fashion described below, as UrbanDictionary explains:

FTW

"For The Win."

An enthusiastic emphasis to the end of a comment, message, or post. Sometimes genuine, but often sarcastic.

Originated from the game show Hollywood Squares where the result of the player's response is expected to win the game.

FTW=for the win, most common internet useage

 

[Dial_tone]

ok well most counties/states now require a degree in human service field (hers obviously does not)
what she is doing is working in child welfar but she is not techincally a SOCIAL WORKER
Real social workers have a Masters in Social Work and a License in their state. This allows them to do lots of things i.e. be a school social worker, be a therapist doing direct service (either privately or for a practice or through a mental health organization), work in a jail as a social worker, work in a hospital as a social worker, etc there are lots of options.

but simply working as a case worker does not make someone an actual social worker although the title is thrown around loosely.

so.................wiggers aren't really black? LAND SAKES!

 

[stilleto]

question:
What made her want to switch to the child welfare field from art/marketing? That's quite a different path.

she was only doing assistance work in the marketing department. it translated to a lot of data entry stuff. She's a little older and her kids are grown and she realized how little her job meant to her and really... to everyone. SO she wanted to make a difference and work with families in crisis.

 

[digimon7068]

what do social work degrees get you?

if i were single and the degree-holder was a certain big-breasted jap. . .it might just get her a ride on the old digi-go-round. . .

 

[Smurfy]

she was only doing assistance work in the marketing department. it translated to a lot of data entry stuff. She's a little older and her kids are grown and she realized how little her job meant to her and really... to everyone. SO she wanted to make a difference and work with families in crisis.

oh well that's noble.

 

[stilleto]

oh well that's noble.

it's pretty cool- to be able to switch gears like that to something you enjoy and feel good about. The salary isn't bad, compared to what she was making before at least.