What Do Social Workers Actually Do?
Question by Mz Lopez: What do social workers actually do?
I wanna go to school for psychology but I wanna work more along troubled teenagers or people in need of help like a social worker I guess. not giving medicine.
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Answer by Saadia
The investigate cases of child abuse and/or neglect.
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