{"id":24178,"date":"2024-07-11T23:18:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/?post_type=ra-industry&#038;p=24178"},"modified":"2024-11-22T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T00:57:25","slug":"social-services","status":"publish","type":"ra-industry","link":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/industry\/social-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If a passion for helping others and a focus on encouraging and promoting healthy behaviors sounds like you &#8211; look no further than a career in Social Services!<\/p>\n<p>The Social Services industry is one of the largest employing industries in the US and covers several subsectors, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Public and private hospitals<\/li>\n<li>Aged-care facilities<\/li>\n<li>Community health centers<\/li>\n<li>Ante-natal and maternity health clinics<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitation and physiotherapy<\/li>\n<li>Health insurance<\/li>\n<li>Allied Health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Careers in the sector range from being highly specialized such as Anaesthetists, Optometrists, and Physiotherapists to skilled such as Clinical Nurses and Psychologists, to entry-level such as Personal Care Workers, Aged Care Workers, and Administrators.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll often work as part of a multidisciplinary team with other healthcare professionals, such as doctors, therapists, and social workers, and will also liaise closely with patients&#8217; families and\/or carers.<\/p>\n<p>Working in healthcare and social assistance can be physically and emotionally demanding. You\u2019ll often be frontline helping people at their most vulnerable, but seeing that the care you have provided has improved health, recovery, or reduced suffering can be incredibly satisfying.<\/p>\n<h3>The Social Services field is vast, with career pathways available in different areas, including:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Air ambulance services<\/li>\n<li>Community and school health<\/li>\n<li>Emergency helplines<\/li>\n<li>Occupational health<\/li>\n<li>Prisons<\/li>\n<li>Research, teaching, and education<\/li>\n<li>Residential nursing homes<\/li>\n<li>The armed forces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Entry into the sector is as varied as the roles available, so no matter what academic pathway you choose to pursue, there\u2019ll be an opportunity to get started with a career in healthcare and social assistance!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":24192,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry\/24178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ra-industry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ra-industry"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/explorecareers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}