Find Your Dream Job
To get started, on complete the following quiz: https://advance.appily.com/careers/healthcare/quiz
- What were your results?
My ideal role could be a Practitioner. According to the quiz, I am an empathetic person who likes to help others. Things like anatomy and biology intrigue me, and natural bodily functions don’t phase me. Whether it’s through nursing or surgery, therapy or routine care appointments, what matters to me is improving the health of others. I may already have a background in patient care and are ready to advance your career, or I may be answering a new calling.
- Did they surprise you? Why or why not?
These results did not surprise me. I am an empathetic person and I work best when I can help patients one-on-one. In my future career, I want to work with patients long-term and get to know them individually. Nursing and therapy are both routes I am exploring, and the results are correct that as long as I am positively impacting others’ health, I’m open to different callings.
Find at least 3 job postings that you would be interested in applying to that requires the degree you are currently pursuing or a degree you’re interested in pursuing. Answer the questions under each link in complete sentences.
- Job 1 Link:
https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0f13cd80023348aa&tk=1icjc6l9okgql85o&from=serp&vjs=3
- Identify the salary range:
$91,922 – $121,797
- How much experience would be required to apply for that job?
A minimum of four years of related, full-time equivalent experience. Preferred human services program experience in a senior lead or supervisory capacity.
- What degrees, certifications or training is required?
A Bachelor’s degree in social work or a closely related field, but a Master’s degree is preferred. A valid driver’s license and driving record in compliance with City Driving Standards is required. Human Services program experience in a Senior lead or supervisory capacity OR any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
- What skills and tasks are involved in performing the job you have found?
Supervises daily operations of Social Services under the direction of the Department Deputy Director, ensures compliance by Social Services with Federal, State, and City regulations governing public assistance, individual and family services, and employment services programs, oversees the Fraud Team, investigates customer complaints; takes corrective action as required, coordinated staff requests to attend City training classes, gathers and maintains inform to support periodic and special reports documenting activities and events for area of responsibility, conducts staff, task force, committee, and other professional meetings to exchange information.
- Job 2 Link:
- Identify the salary range:
$32.18 per hour
- How much experience would be required to apply for that job?
Knowledge of mental health, substance abuse, and intellectual disability services for adults and children; experience working with computers, computer reports, and spreadsheets; experience with the monitoring and utilization of data.
- What degrees, certifications or training is required?
A combination of education (at least a bachelor’s degree) and experience equivalent to nine (9) years in fields utilizing the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed above and associated with such positions as clinician, counselor, therapist, social worker, psychologist, or psychiatric nurse. Also requires a Virginia driver’s license.
- What skills and tasks are involved in performing the job you have found?
Perform routine chart reviews of clinical records, facilitate and perform root cause analyses of sentinel events involving individuals participating in behavioral health programs, conduct reviews of clinical documentation related to updates in external documentation requirements (e.g., regulatory, insurance related), use and develop electronic record reporting tools and distribute information to staff members and supervisors, assist in the development and updating of char review tools to ensure that they are consistent with standards and requirements, analyze information obtained related to chart reviews.
- Job 3 Link:
https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b064db6570116da7&tk=1icjcs80rk8hd8a6&from=serp&vjs=3
- Identify the salary range:
$59,922 – $100,280
- How much experience would be required to apply for that job?
A minimum of two years of post-license clinical experience. An understanding of sensitivity and empathy for children and their families. Must have past work experience in a school setting to qualify for assignment.
- What degrees, certifications or training is required?
Master’s Degree from an accredited Graduate Program in a Mental Health related field. Valid unrestricted independent counseling license from a State, District of Columbia, US Territory or Commonwealth that grants authority to provide counseling services as an independent practitioner. A minimum of two years of post-license clinical experience. Pass a Child National Agency Check and Inquiries (CNACI) Clearance and an Installation Records Check (IRC), Criminal History Background Check and FBI Fingerprints Check.
- What skills and tasks are involved in performing the job you have found?
Requires ability to engage and communicate with military members or children as assigned, in order to accomplish job functions, and to respond quickly to emergent situations in any physical location on a military installation and/or within a school setting, which includes the need to traverse short and/or long distances within the base to both indoor and outdoor locations, to maneuver through rugged, outdoor or uneven locations (e.g., steep inclines, stairs, grass), and work in outdoor weather and other military base conditions. Due to the nature of working on military installations or related worksites, counselors may need to comply with various site-specific requirements to work at designated locations.
Reflection
- From the 3 job postings you found, choose one job you want the most. Why does this job appeal to you the most? What skills do you already possess that would help you to get this job? Identify skills you are still building or need more experience performing. Discuss options to sharpen or learn the skills you will need to gain.
From the 3 job postings I found, I would want to work as an Assistant Direct of Social Services the most. This job appeals to me because of the salary, tasks, and environment. Skills/experience that I already possess that would help me get this job include the necessary physical strength, experience & comfortability with computers, leadership skills, and ownership of a valid driver’s license. Skills/experience that I am still building include earning a bachelor’s degree in a social work related field, working at least four years of related, full-time equivalent experience, and working Human Services program experience in a Senior lead. To perfect the skills needed for this job, I need time. I am a college student and believe that if this were a job that I wanted to go for, I am on the right track to earn it.