Careers in Social Services
A career in Social Service where you can capitalize upon your world language skills may be attractive to you.
The Social Services Job Site
The Social Service Job Site posts jobs in social work, counseling, psychology, sociology, mental health, case management, employee assistance, volunteer management, substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, community development, mentoring, youth development, child welfare, developmental disabilities and all other areas of social services. If you are interesting in a social service career where you can use your language skills, use their “Advanced Search” page and enter your language or the word “bilingual” to view all jobs falling under these criteria.
Law Enforcement
Positions in law enforcement are made available through individual Law enforcement administrators, and normally require a specific training regimen established by each state. Police officers who can speak a world language are sought after as liaisons between non-native speakers, and as peace-promoting officers in situations involving language barriers.
More Social Services Careers
Here are more examples of Social Service categories that may require or recommend world language skills:
- Bilingual Police Officer
- Bilingual Social Worker
- Civil Service Employee
- Court Interpreter
- Fire Fighter
- Foreign Social Worker
- Human Resources Director
- Immigration Counselor
- International Police Officer
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Multilingual Defense Attorneys
- Nursing in ethnic communities
- Public Assistance Interviewer
- Social Work Specialist
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