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PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL: I've Always Been Interested In Prevention and Health

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Claudia shares her story of being a public health professional. She goes in depth about her job helping families with children who are considered lead poisoned and about getting the word out to the community about the importance of lead poisoning prevention.

Degree: Public Health

Job Title: Professional Technical Specialist

Employer: Alameda County Community Develop Agency

Job Summary: Social Workers, All Other

Job Description

There are two main types of social workers: direct-service social workers, who help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives, and clinical social workers, who diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.

On-the-Job Training

None

Additional Info

Licensure varies by state. All states have some type of licensure or certification requirement. All states require clinical social workers to be licensed. However, some states provide exemptions for clinical social workers who work in government agencies.

Certification Requirement

License requirements vary by state but all states required a license in order to become a clinical social worker.

Quick Facts

Average salary

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$25,000 - $70,000

Projected Job Growth

20 to 30 percent

Typical schedule

Full-time

Typical workplace

Hospital / Clinic, Indoor, Office, Military

Personal Qualities

Empathy, Organizational skills, People skills, Problem solving skills, Patience, Verbal communication skills

Educational Path

Education Requirement

High school degree
Associate degree
Bachelor's degree

Recommended Education Degree

High school degree
Internship
Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
Professional Degree

Recommended Majors

Social Work
Psychology
Counseling
Social Sciences
Sociology

Related Careers

Health Educators
Mental Health Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapists
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Psychologists
Rehabilitation Counselors
School and Career Counselors
Social and Community Service Managers
Social and Human Service Assistants
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors.

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P3.instances[0].transcript.parse_transcript_data({"transcript":"So I'm currently working for Alameda County Community Development Agency. And I work for the Healthy Homes Department under the Lead Poisoning Prevention Program as well as the Healthy Kids Initiative. Well, my job's specifically broken down into two pieces. The number one is the Public Health Nursing Case Management Program. So I work with the public health nurses doing home visits for children that are considered to be lead poisoned. And we go into the home. And we assess the home to see where the sources of lead are. We work with the families, provide them with resources, work with their doctors to make sure that we can address the sources of lead and lower those blood lead levels of the children. The second part of my job is focusing on outreach and partnerships, really getting the word out in the county about our services to homeowners, property owners, as well as tenants about getting assessments for lead in their homes. I was always interested in prevention. I was always interested in health. And so I started working mostly in youth health services. And I slowly started getting into more maternal child health, family health services. And so I worked all over the place, working in hospitals, working at schools, and working at county agencies and government agencies. Then I went off to grad school and got a better perspective about public health and program managing and implementation. And so now I'm looking at getting back into the public health scene in a more programmatic way, basically looking at how to develop programs that the communities and residents are going to respond to, really looking at more innovative ways of delivering services that are culturally appropriate, that are also accessible, and really just communicating health messages to families. What do you know now about your career that you wish you would have known when you first started? That it's a very small world. I think I've been in the public health scene for about seven years. And it's really interesting to see how we're all connected. In the years that I've worked in public health, I've run into the same people. And so I think it's really interesting to see how everybody's programs interact with each other. And so that's been one of the biggest pieces for me, just seeing how all of my different jobs have come together and pieced together. ","file":{"id":272759,"video_id":"2698881051001","name":"72207580","duration":149823,"thumbnail_url":null}});