Instruct preschool aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care center, or other child development facility. They are required to hold state certification.

Plan, direct, or coordinate programs designed to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. They provide counseling and guidance relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.

Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. They provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.

Assist individuals and communities to adopt healthy behaviors. They conduct outreach for medical personnel or health organizations to implement programs in the community that promote, maintain, and improve health. They provide information, social support and counseling. They advocate for health needs and provide services such as first aid and blood pressure screening.

Assist in providing client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families. They assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. They assist in programs to prevent and resolve problems with substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation, or dependent care.

Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. They make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Their activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. They advise family care givers, provide patient education and counseling. They provide care and case management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social, psychological and academic functioning of children. They maximize the family's well being. They assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. They address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy.

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life. They coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. They create programs for counseling, training, and job placement.