Family Group Decision-Making Facilitator

Also called: Family Team Meeting Facilitator

Runs meetings where relatives, friends, and professionals make a plan together to keep a child safe.

A day in the life

A facilitator tracks down grandparents and aunts, prepares everyone for a sometimes tense meeting, and guides the group as the family writes its own safety plan.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$58k
High
$78k

Estimate.

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's or master's in social work; mediation training.

Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Social Work, Conflict Resolution.

Outlook

Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Tracks child and family social workers.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. AI can help find relatives' contact info; guiding a tense family meeting to a safety plan stays human.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Psychology, Speech or debate, Sociology.

Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1021.

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