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Real Life 101: Social Worker

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Blonde woman in a black blazer stands in front of a diploma on a white wall talking to someone off screen. Caption. For persons with disabilities.

Meet a social worker who helps individuals with disabilities find stable jobs. Then, visit a victims services advocate from Safe House, an organization whose mission it is to end domestic violence. Outlines how she helps victims of abuse recover emotionally. Finally, travel to New Orleans' Desire Street neighborhood to speak with the owner of an outreach ministry that provides young men with a second chance at life. Accessibility options on the DVD are: (1) description, (2) English subtitles in a black box.

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Runtime: 18 minutes 10 seconds

Topic: Careers, Counseling and Self-Help
Subtopic: Counseling, Job Skills, Occupations
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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Release Year: 2008
Producer/Distributor: Landmark Media
Series: Real Life 101

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Blonde woman in a black blazer stands in front of a diploma on a white wall talking to someone off screen. Caption. For persons with disabilities.

2 chefs in white chef's jackets and hats stand at a counter. 1 holds a small dish in their hands while the other stirs something in a bowl. 4 other chefs stand in the background. Caption. Now we're gonna take some black pepper.

Side view of man wearing a collared shirt under a beige sweater squatting as he touches the door of a white vehicle that is not yet fully assembled. Caption with Darcy as narrator. Now, you were talking about paint.

Closeup of a young man with short, dark, curly hair wearing a yellow and black plaid shirt in front of a tan background. Caption. Do you think you could explain to us the process of writing?

Woman with curly blonde hair and a green shirt sings into a hanging microphone while looking at a paper on a music stand in a recording booth. A young man looks on in the background. Caption. Diamond earrings that make the woman who wears them.

Crowd of people walks along a partially shaded campus path with large trees and a flag along the side. A building appears in the background. Caption. Around about 35,000 of those students are undergraduate students.

Closeup of a woman with long dark hair wearing a white coat and a stethoscope around her neck as she sits and talks in an examination room. Caption. And then we watch the interviews with our faculty advisor.

Woman with brown curly hair wears a red collared shirt and sits in a beige chair in a small room, with a larger room with lots of tables and chairs visible through an open door. Caption. You're a career planner. How would you help me?