Practice prompts based on occupational tasks
These Applyace practice prompts use O*NET tasks for child, family, and school social workers. They are not reported employer questions. If you have not done a task, explain your approach and learning needs instead of inventing experience.
1. Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
Describe a real example of this task. What was your responsibility, and what happened?
2. Interview clients individually, in families, or in groups, assessing their situations, capabilities, and problems to determine what services are required to meet their needs.
How did you decide which approach or tools to use? Explain the tradeoffs.
3. Serve as liaisons between students, homes, schools, family services, child guidance clinics, courts, protective services, doctors, and other contacts to help children who face problems, such as disabilities, abuse, or poverty.
What could go wrong during this task? Describe how you would check your work.
4. Develop and review service plans in consultation with clients and perform follow-ups assessing the quantity and quality of services provided.
Explain a time you coordinated this work with someone else. How did you communicate?
5. Address legal issues, such as child abuse and discipline, assisting with hearings and providing testimony to inform custody arrangements.
How would you handle an unfamiliar part of this task? Identify what you would need to learn.
6. Counsel parents with child rearing problems, interviewing the child and family to determine whether further action is required.
What evidence would show this task was completed successfully?
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Pick an occupational task, then outline a real example. This is practice, not a prediction of an employer’s questions.
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Maintain case history records and prepare reports.
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Questions to ask the interviewer
- Which of these occupational tasks takes the most time on your team?
- How do you measure success in the first three months?
- Which tools, training and support are available for this role?
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