How to Answer: When working with child abuse cases, what do you find the most difficult and how do you manage your emotions?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Social Work job interview.
19. When working with child abuse cases, what do you find the most difficult and how do you manage your emotions?
How to Answer
Child abuse cases pull at every Social Worker's heart strings. The best way to answer this question will be calmly in a professional manner. You may want to share the time that you wanted to slash the perpetrator's tires but that would show the interviewer that you can't handle your emotions. Yes, we all get angry but the interview is not the time to share your aggression. Explain to the interviewer about your role of coordinating reporting processes and the team effort involved in child abuse cases. How were you the glue that kept the team together?
Written by Heather Douglass
Answer Example
"Being able to discuss cases with my colleagues, gain insight and get suggestions helps me manage my emotions."
Written by Heather Douglass