Assistant(e) Social(e)
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DURATION
3 years
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CONDITIONS
Bac and more
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DIPLOMA
Specialized Technician
The social worker works with people, couples or groups who encounter social, financial or family difficulties to help them find suitable and lasting solutions.
Mission of the profession
Roles of the social worker
In direct contact with populations in difficulty, the social worker provides information to her interlocutors on their rights to social benefits, this job consists of :
- Listen to the people received to detect the origins of their difficulties.
- Provide advice.
- Propose solutions.
- Inform about the social, medical rights, access to housing or training in force.
- Referral to specialized reception centers.
- Traveling to the homes of people in difficulty.
- Support and accompany people in the steps taken.
- Ensure neighborhood consultations.
- Communicate with all social workers.
- Know the administrative rules.
- Ensuring file management.
- Write reports.
Required qualities
The social worker works with people in great difficulty. She encounters suffering on a daily basis and must know how to deal with it. For this, having a sense of human contact is essential to exercise this profession. It is necessary to create a climate of trust so that people can express themselves without fear and talk about everything. However, social assistance must keep enough distance from these situations not to get personally involved.
Patience and motivation are required to become a social worker, available and attentive, this social worker does not shy away from the task. Some crisis situations require the ability to react quickly and complete the necessary steps in record time. The organization of working time is an important factor in this profession, which relies heavily on autonomy and initiative. Finally, the social worker is bound by professional secrecy. She practices her profession with discretion and respects a strict code of ethics.
