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	Community Health Workers	Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
SUMMARY	14% Minimal Risk	5% Minimal Risk	7% Minimal Risk	5% Minimal Risk
JOB SCORE	6.1/10	8.2/10	7.1/10	8.0/10
POLLING	28% (Low Risk, Based on 15 votes)	20% (Low Risk, Based on 56 votes)	19.3% (Minimal Risk, Based on 168 votes)	11.2% (Minimal Risk, Based on 107 votes)
GROWTH by year 2034	11.3%	16.8%	3.4%	9.7%
WAGES	$51,030 or $24.53 per hour	$59,190 or $28.45 per hour	$58,570 or $28.16 per hour	$60,060 or $28.87 per hour
VOLUME as of 2024	60,730	440,380	382,960	125,910
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DESCRIPTION	Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.	Counsel and advise individuals with alcohol, tobacco, drug, or other problems, such as gambling and eating disorders. May counsel individuals, families, or groups or engage in prevention programs.	Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.	Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

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