Social Services

Childhood Studies Majors
Common Career Paths

Child and Family Social Worker:

Protect vulnerable children and help families in need of assistance find housing or services, such as childcare, or apply for benefits, such as food stamps. Also known as caseworkers, they intervene when children are in danger of neglect or abuse. Some help arrange adoptions, locate foster families, or work to reunite families.

General Requirements:

BASW/MSW degree.

For more information, see:
https://www.bls.gov/OOH/community-and-social-service/social-workers.htm
https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice

Social & Human Service Assistant:

Provide client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families, to identify benefits or community services.

General Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree.

For more information, see:
https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/21-1093.00

Applied Behavior Analyst (ABA):

Assist children with autism by providing a particular type of therapy which focuses on improving specific behaviors, such as social skills, communication, reading, and academics as well as adaptive learning skills – fine motor dexterity, hygiene, grooming, domestic capabilities, punctuality, etc.

General Requirements:

Registered Behavior Technician (RBT) – high school diploma; 40 hours of training; pass competency exam
Board-certified Assistant Behavior Analyst (BCaBA) – Bachelor’s degree, certification, supervised experience
Board-certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) – graduate degree, certification, and related experience

For more information, see:
https://www.bacb.com/rbt/rbt-requirements/
https://www.bacb.com/bcaba/
https://www.bacb.com/bcba/

Therapeutic Staff Support (TSS):

Deliver quality therapeutic mental health services to children with a mental health diagnosis, through implementing behavioral interventions in a treatment plan, primarily in the homes of families and also in community settings and through schools.

General Requirements: