Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-21
Choosing Your Career
Social Welfare Work Demands Social Point Of View
Toward Life and People-Bdekground of Educa-
ton Makes for Comprehension.
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BY LILLIAN VALID

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Settlement, New York. She founded it
in 1893. and has long been leader in
the, under privileged She has received
various notable awards in recognition
OF her work.
y OCIAL welware work demands in
its very essence that you have a
social point of view toward life
~ and people. Such an approach
makes for easy association with
all people, irrespective of economic
status, race, or religious conviction.
1t is an expression of democracy
that is genuine and without which 1t
would be literally impossible for you to
understand the problems of people and
community questions, which are only
the sum of many peoples problems.
OF course, a background of education
and training will enable you really to
comprehend with the head as we'll as
the heart. With such equipment your
Judgment is strengthened and your
imagination is allowed to play its part
with a readiness to get into action
whether it be a family or individual
problem-or even one Of longer range
Some universities and special schools
are equipped to give special training and
aim to provide courses and field work
to those of you who choose to qualify
professionally. They equip you If your
interests and aptitudes lie in work In
the field.
Supervised Field Work.
Field work, however, is not valuable,
unless supervised by those Of more ex-
perience and education. While the
schools of social work more particularly
equip you for case work, other opportu-
mites present themselves to you If your
eyes are open to see possibilities of other
avenues of service.
In settlements the activities are so
diversified that often, If you are a stu
dent, you will discover IN the varied
programs your special aptitudes. Occa-
Sionally man or woman demonstrates
in residence at a settlement that fur
ther academic work Is not needed as
much as experience. It is often the case
that college and other students who
have spent vacations in settlements find
there the opportunity for service.
Much of the luable work in the
settlements is done by the volunteers
many of whom are professionally equip
ped to do their work Frequently in
Summer camps they find good oppor-
tunity to test their ability with children
of different nationalities.
The salaries of the paid social worker
vary. Statistics taken recently by the
Welfare Council in New York City show
that 81 per cent of the head workers
earn less than $4,000 and 80 per cent
earn from $4,000 to $4,000. Assistant
head workers average between $4,000
and $4,000. Directors of boys athletics
range from 81, 200 to $4,000. These fig
ures, however, are not conclusive, as ex-
perience, personality, qualifications, etc.
are factors.
Health Nurse Important.
The public health nurse ranks nu-
merically first in importance in social
welfare work, because her field has not
yet been absorbed. You can bear ir
mind that her work Is one of the mos
satisfactory that can be offered. Hell
field has broad and far-reaching results
She is in large measure the agent tt
carry out the program of preventive
medicine.
Remember, therefore, that she carrle'
with her not only the opportunity fol
service in its literal sense, but that shf