What careers are directed toward helping troubled teens?

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Answer 1

Police officer

Drill Sargent.

Answer 2

An electrician, a carpenter, a plumber, etc. Then volunteer to be a big brother, or sister. To help teens, you don't have the be specially trained, or paid. You don't think that teens don't wonder whether the highly educated counselor is only doing it for the money they are being paid? One problem with educated counselors is that they push the idea that if you don't have a college education, you will never amount to anything. Most of these struggling teens don't see college as a possibility. We need more working class folks talking to these young folks, showing them that you can achieve without a college degree. Yes, perhaps a rich man provided the money for the new hospital wing, but it was the blue collar worker who actually took it from a drawing and made it into a reality. These kids need to know someone nto being paid, and whose there because they want to be, is what they really need.

Answer 3

Working With Troubled Youth

Answer 4

There are many carrers to help teens in crisis.

Social worker; Police Officer; School Guidance Counselor; Mentoring; A Medical Counselor of children with terminal deseases; A Planned Parenthood Representative for teens, Suicide Hotline Counselor.

There are so many fields in which you can go into that help teens with specific problems. What field you decide to go into is entirely up to you and where you want to make an inpact in someone elses life. Choose Wisely..... Good Luck..

Answer 5

The possibilities are nearly endless, depending on the level of education you wish to seek and what your other interests are.

You could work in the schools as a teacher or coach; this would give you the opportunity to interact with teens and to serve as a mentor to those in need.

You could be a school counselor, a child psychologist or psychiatrist, which would give you the opportunity to deal directly with helping teens through their emotional problems and guiding them on the right path.

You could volunteer or even seek a job in many capacities with programs designed to specifically help troubled youth. They often offer tutoring, sports activities, or even just opportunities for youth to find meaningful and healthy relationships with adults.

You could work in juvenile probation or in the juvenile corrections system, where you would encounter youth who were already in trouble and give them the opportunity and the options to better their life so they won't be in the same situation in the future.

You could work in a religious capacity through a church as a pastor or youth group director, where you could develop youth outreach programs.

You could open your own business that caters to teens and young adults - an arcade, a skatepark, etc. - that provides them with an after-school outlet and something to do in the evenings and on weekends to keep them out of trouble. You'd have the opportunity to pass on a positive message by interacting with the teens who use your business.

These are just a very few of the options available, but maybe it will help you to see that just about any career path can be specialized to help out troubled teens. Best of luck in choosing a career path in an area that's desperately needed right now.

Answer 6

You can work in a teen shelter as a counselor. I would also suggest being a case manager. However you must at least have a BS degree in order to qualify for these types of career. Some companies require beyond a BS degree. It is a very stressful job and you must have the patience to deal with these troubled teens. They require lots of love and attention. Good Luck!!!!

Answer 7

in most states there are dys (department of youth services)(not always the term used) but the same idea. basically through that department you could get a great paying government job with great benefits and work with troubled teens, positions include: case workers, trackers ( if the teen is out of programs they would call you to check in with you for curfews, drug testing) basically a youth parole officer, you could work in programs through the state where troubled teens live in positive drug-free environments to help gain perspective, get their GED or high school dipoloma which is a great way to have a good influence and help troubled teens adjust to a more positive lifestyle without putting you in a corrections position its more like being a big brother or sister but getting paid for it, also you could work in juvenile corrections and depending on what the level of security is it also could be more of an influence and babysitting job where you can have a positive influence on troubled kids, also you could be a counselor in any of these facilities or anywhere else as well.

Answer 8

I'm going to give your question/answer a different slant based on my personal experience and say : Children's Librarians! We are like the "bartenders" of the Young Adult community! I say that to mean that, you know how sometimes bartenders are the hearers of all that ails those who frequent bars? So it is with librarians. Our doors are always open and welcoming kids (in MOST communities, especially progressive ones) and that is the PURPOSE for our existence... to be here to serve the public. Short of babysitting (we end up doing it anyway), we really are the unofficial caregivers of the "village." I was a Youth Services Librarian in a Chicago suburb for 12 years. I saw kids go from Stollers to College, from storytime to marriage and from foster care to adopted families as well. I saw a lot and like to think I played a positive role in the lives of hundreds of children. One of my jobs was to design programming which catered specifically and directly to my clientele. When the need arose, I designed an after school program that met the needs for about 50 youngsters from ages 7 - 18 between the hours of 3 and 7 each weekday. Mostly I saw the same kids each season, but faces did change from time to time. Some do this with a large staff, but I did alot when it was "just me, too." We had mentoring, movies, homework help, etiquette and even offered a few cooking programs which meant the kids got to eat something other than "Hot Fries" before dinner, which sometimes didn't come until waaaay late into the evening. I would truly encourage anyone wanting to make a sweeping, effective, positive impression upon a lot of children in our world to become a Children's, Teen or Youth Services director in a progressive library system. It was life changing on both sides of the spectrum. It allowed me to work with schools, social agencies, parents, teachers and most importantly directly with the kids. As times change, the library sees more and more "troubled teens" and they often fall through the cracks. Just the very nature (open doors, open knowledge, free, welcoming) of libraries make them a receptor of our societal personality.

Answer 9

Counselling
Social Work
Psychology
Therapy

Answer 10

If you get a bachelors and/or Masters degree in psychology, you will be able to professionally (legally) work with teens in many aspects.

Other ways are by becoming a youth minister if you feel the "call" on your life and guidance counselor which may require training and certification.

It is a noble thing to desire to help kids in trouble. It is also a much needed "thing" these days. Good luck!

Answer 11

I work at an RTC a residential treatment center for juvenile offenders and at risk youth. This is a locked facility for the treatment of these kids with emotional or criminal problems. I work in education there, but there are many more jobs there working as a YCW a youth care worker. They function like teacher's aides and guards combined. They need to be able to do a restraint on a kid who may be bigger than them. Other jobs are therapists and psychologists and nurses.
This job is kind of on the front lines. We are trying to turn kids around and stop kids from going to prison. Most of these kids would be in jail otherwise and many already have been. Most kids I work with have been abused and/or sexually abused. Most of these boys have been raped and will go to be adult sex offenders if not taught otherwise.