Also called: Youth Care Worker
Cares for children who crossed the border alone while they stay in a shelter waiting to join family.
A youth care worker supervises kids in daily activities, helps them call home, keeps them safe overnight, and often speaks Spanish or another language with them.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma; bilingual skills are often required.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: Human Services, Spanish.
Growing about average. Depends on federal funding and border conditions.
Low risk for 10 years. Supervising and comforting children who crossed the border alone is hands-on human care.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply to youth shelters for care worker openings; they provide crisis training First: Background check, CPR and crisis prevention training
Classes: Spanish, Psychology, Physical education.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1093.
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