Tips for youth worker interviews.

Do you have any tips to help prepare for an upcoming youth worker interview?

Are there common interview questions that come up again and again?

Well. am doing ma ist year in Nelson Mandela University offering a course of YOUTH WORK. i would love to thank you for the great job you are doing over there especially for the youths. I love being a youth worker and would like to be updated on the discussions especially in this field. It is great to put alot of concern for the youths. Thank you.

I would assume they are going to ask how much you know about the child welfare system. I believe child protective services and foster care is a branch of that. Generally the whole process starts with the suspicion that a child is being abused or neglected. Often times teachers or doctors will make the call to the police, as they are mandated to report any suspicion of child abuse. The police contact cps and a case worker is assigned. During an investigation, the case worker will speak to both the child and guardians to determine the situation. At the sole discretion of their assigned case worker, the child may be removed from the home. Police officers are the only ones allowed to remove the child. If the child is removed from the home, a physical must be done to determine the physical state in which the child was received. Once the physical is complete, the child is admitted into the shelter at which time the daily schedule and house rules would be explained. If the guardians are found to be fit care takers, the child may be returned to the home. If not, the state will proceed in finding foster care. Prior to leaving the shelter, the child will be required to have another physical done to determine their physical state at the time of discharge.

Other information that may help you is cultural knowledge of your area. I live in Hawaii, so knowing the language, names of the mountains, oceans and even some of the local customs and "old wives tales" are a big plus.

Other than that, you can research some of the more common interview questions like "Tell me about yourself".