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Originally posted by MaggieL
Actually, I think I may know of the outfit that's posting this job; it sounds familar because a friend of mine used to work for these guys. They get federal money for sending people with minimal social science credentials to go evaluate and teach learning disabled kids in impoverished households at home.
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Hey now...I've got a ton of social science credits.
I think this one dealt with mentally ill adults. But I have seen ones similar to what you have described, Maggie. I couldn't do what was described above. Though I would like to work with refugees and immigrants, I primarily go by gut instinct when perusing the social work want ads: Is it something that could work for me? What are the possible limitations and bureaucratic hoops? Could I be as objective as possible in doing a job like this?
The pay sucks for most social work jobs...no doubt. But I have no problem with making $26K a year if I'm reasonably certain I am going to love the job. Private agencies (with the exception of the Catholics) tend to pay more, but I have not really seen that here in the Philadelphia area.
I took the County Caseworker 1 test for the state in January, and did very well. Montgomery County came calling in March...all I probably would have had to do is play nice in the interview and I would have had the job. I turned it down though...I couldn't justify driving or taking the hi-speedline to Norristown every morning for the salary. Montgomery County has to be one of the richest counties, if not the richest, in the Commonwealth. $26,700? Bullshit.