Also called: Army Social Work Officer, VA Social Worker
Helps service members, veterans, and their families with combat stress, deployments, and transitions.
On a base, counsels a soldier back from deployment and runs a class on stress for a unit. At a VA hospital, helps a homeless veteran get into housing and benefits.
Officer pay plus housing allowances; VA pay follows federal GS scale.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. MSW; military officers commission after graduate school, or work as civilians at the VA.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, Military. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Social Work, Psychology.
Growing faster than average (about 6% over 10 years).
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with screening and benefits paperwork; counseling soldiers and housing homeless veterans stay human.
Classes: AP Psychology, Sociology, Health.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-1022.
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