Healthcare Social Workers

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Social workers help families in crisis, protect children, support students, and connect people to housing, health care and counseling. They work in schools, hospitals, county agencies and nonprofits. Clinical social workers also provide therapy.

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High school courses that build toward it

• Psychology · Social Studies

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Child Development · Career and Technical

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• Health and Wellness · Health and PE

  Builds psychology, which this job uses.

• English 10 · English

  Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

• German · World Language

  Builds how groups and cultures work, which this job uses.

• Anatomy and Physiology · Science

  Builds helping people through therapy and counseling, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.