I’m trying to give someone advice on choosing a career that will suit them better than the one they’re in and hate. I wanted to get together a list of good questions for them to ask themselves so they can use the answers to compare options like “do you prefer to work sitting or moving around,” “do you want to not work weekends” etc.

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    No argument from me that many CPS departments have serious issues, but that’s CPS, not “social services,” which is a term that includes homeless service providers, hospital departments, mental health authorities, housing nonprofits, food banks, and so many more, and I can’t believe I’m still trying to communicate this to you since it’s clear you’re never going to get it.

    A CPS department is a social service, but 99.5% of social services are not CPS. All squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.

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        3 months ago

        You are mistaken on that one. I’ll link this for you again:

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_services

        Types:

        Healthcare
        
        Education
        
        Police
        
        Labour Laws
        
        Fire Services
        
        Insurance laws
        
        Food banks
        
        Charitable Organisations
        
        Public housing
        
        Aged Care
        
        Disability Services
        
        Legal aid
        
        Youth Services
        
        Crisis Support Services
        
        Emergency Relief
        
        Public transportation
        

        And for good measure: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work

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          In no non-broad definition is police going to be on there. I already clarified myself, everything else is just trying to ignore that, so no.

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            3 months ago

            You claim there’s an “official sense of the word” and have never said what that is. Not sure where you think you clarified that

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              I’ll put it this way, when your one and only business card says “social worker” on it, that’s how you know. No one who is into insurance is going to say “here, this is my one card, call me” and it has an extension of the local court’s phone number on it.

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                3 months ago

                Hello, I’m a licensed clinical social worker, and you didn’t give a straight answer yet again. But by your vague description, I’m the one who should know lmao