Becoming A Social Worker

Choosing to pursue this education to become a Social Service Worker has been a life long passion; living a so called “roller coaster” of a life and being subjected to many things, enjoyable and regretful has helped me in many ways to comprehend what it is to truly have human empathy and compassion for others. A veteran at life in its lowest and highest forms, and feeling completely alone and hopeless at times; being subjected to sexual and physical abuse, seeing what alcohol and drugs do to families, how poverty effects children and loved ones. Fortunately there were a few individuals that reached out, bring me up out of the darkness. This is something that I feel in my heart that needs to be given back, for me to provide someone the empowerment that others have given me, to show that there is hope and give reason to keep going, individuals who feel desperate, help to raise their chances, dreams and the basic needs of life. Having the knowledge of education to give these resources for expert referrals to assist people in desperate times, so they can live the life that is deserving and fulfilling to them, therefore this is my ultimate goal!

I am in college for one reason and one reason only; to further my education and earn a degree. Coming to SBU has always been my dream, I have always had an appreciation for the fact that by attending this university I can get a Christian based education. Beginning my journey here at SBU I have already wrestled with deciding on a major. Upon my arrival I thought I was going into English Education and then soon after I arrived I had decided on Christian Ministry, but again decided that wasn’t right for me. That process is what has brought me to where I am today; pursuing a degree in Social Work.

Clinical social work is not something that you just “get into” you have to think about this type of career. This profession can take quite a toll on your mental health because you’re not allowed to speak about your clients. Except with another therapist that works with the client. It can be hard to get advice or just talk about anything without breaking certain rules. Because of that clinical social workers end up going to therapy themselves to be able to talk and get advice. There are very few people who become clinical social workers (CSW’s). The people that consider becoming a Clinical Social Worker will be need to go through a lot of work to become one.

Entering into the social work practice provides the basic but detailed three phases of initiating treatment. The helping process starts its phases off at one which as stated follows exploration, engagement, assessment, and planning. These beginning phases follow the start of the clients treatment with identifying the basic problems and necessities that need/should be met by the end of treatment. An identification of trust must be established between the client and the social worker. A basic assessment is drawn up on the client and mutual goals agreed between both parties are included within the assessment. Lastly any and all referrals are made to further treatment that will benefit the client. A prime example of the movement

Pursuing a social work career can be very challenging but yet rewarding. In order to provide services for clients, you must have the adequate education and training to assist them. The minimum degree to become a social worker is a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW). The bachelor degree prepares graduates for entry-level social work positions. In order to be classified as a social worker, you must obtain degree from a college or university that accredited by Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). This degree will prepare you to understand the way the human body and mind function, the role of culture in our society, the impact of the economy and the political system on the lives of the people that social workers serve, and the use of statistical

Growing up, I didn’t really grow up with much. My family and I were always moving from house to house, we never really had a stable home. I was a family of eight and we didn’t have money. It was just my four sisters, three brothers and I. I never knew why we always had “nice people” always coming through our house talking to my sisters and me. My oldest sister moved in with her grandparents. I was allowed seeing her if I went to her house. Not too long after I was placed with my dad. I later understood what happened and that my mom wasn’t fit to be a mother. When I think about my future I think about helping others in need. I want to help children. I began to learn about social work and how it is a great need in our society.

There is many information that is important to the public, but most people are not aware of. For example, the fringe economy. Being a social worker will give me a great opportunity to reach out and educate people, especially low-income families and immigrants who needs urgent rescue from the fringe company. High interest rate and money management are some of the information that might help.

Aside from wanting to leave Norfolk, I came to Virginia Commonwealth to start my journey to a professional career as a social worker. I had many goals coming into the fall semester, some of which were maintaining a grade point average of 3.5 or higher to make the dean’s list, make friends outside of those from my hometown, express and develop my independence even more, and get a start on networking within the social work field. As of right now, I have met two of the four goals, meeting friends from different locations, and further develop my independence. Coming into the 2016 fall semester, I didn’t have many expectations. I feel like I was just going with the flow of everything because I have always believed that having expectations for certain

There are many social issues in America such as abortion, freedom of speech, illegal immigration, etc. Those are all very important issues but there is one that has always been brought to my attention which is drugs. Drugs are an international issue that effects many people.

My career objective is to become a social worker when I finish school. I would like to become a social worker because of the many things they do for kids. Ever since I was little i always wanted to help people out. This job would make me happy because i love working with kids. Making kids happy and seeing them succeed brings joy to me . I feel as though there aren't many people who try with kids and they are not giving them a chance. People assume that just because they do bad things that it makes them a bad person when all they want is attention. A social worker has to do many things and they are responsible for helping people and families cope with their problems and try to help them. I have met many people who have struggled growing up and

Becoming a master’s level social worker would enable me the credentials and opportunity to do what I want as a macro social worker. In order to get a career in this field you really need to have a master’s in order to be taken seriously and to get the position you want. I really want to work with an agency on an administration level developing programs and grant fundraising. Creating a program to fill the needs of others is something that I am passionate about along with changing policies that hinder clients.

I was in grade 10 when I thought of becoming a social worker. As social worker practitioner the fields that interest me to work in is domestic violence and child abuse because I want to make change to the society. Also Mahatma Gandhi was my major inspiration through this quote “Be the change that you wish to see in the world”. Than an idea came to me, why not involve my contribution to the wide variety of communities. My communication with school counsellors and social workers has impacted my choice of desiring to study social work. I realised that if I have had a chance of seeing a social worker when I was young, things would have been much easier and less stressful. I want to provide opportunities that I did not encounter to other people. This essay will reflect my past experience, motivation and why I want to be a social worker, values, beliefs and theory of practice.

My chosen career profession in life is to become a social worker. My current study of field is Human Services in Child Welfare. This field requires one to be very professional as well as having many characteristics to be good at your job. One of the main characteristics one must possess is being organized. Being organized will help you succeed in this job field actually any job field. Besides the fact that you may be dealing with a heavy case load so you need to have everything in order this also includes having yourself in order. A social worker can’t come to work and plan on working with a client looking disheveled and messy. One must organize themselves as well as their work space.

In the communications program, there are various courses which would benefit my future career goals of becoming a social worker. The main characteristic of a social worker involves being able to talk and understand people from various backgrounds. So, any communication class I am studying in would assist in building the foundation for my upcoming profession. Three courses, taught here at ULM, that I believe would benefit me the most would be Communication and Conflict (Comm 3010), Interpersonal Communication (Comm 1018), and Persuasion (Comm 3030). From the description, the communication and conflict course teaches about the possible scenarios in which conflict could arise and how to best handle the situation. Interpersonal communication teaches on the conversations between small groups of individuals and understanding how to read nonverbal messages. The persuasion course’s description explains that the class focuses on the values and approaches of persuasive communication. I feel that each of these classes would help me become more comfortable speaking with others and create a self-assured tone when speaking. Each of these three classes would definitely benefit my future career goals. As an aspiring social worker, I will be working with a small group or one-on-one and the interpersonal communication course would prepare me for how to understand individual mannerisms. Both the conflict and persuasion courses could help when dealing with difficult cases who have trouble

Social Work is a diverse field, which grants the worker the chance to touch a wide kind of people. The range of social work is widespread that a worker could work with one population or many, depending on the workers ' goals. In addition, it permits the worker with the ability to divulge into their life passions. An individual requires a passion for the work they do because it is what pushes the desire to help. It is important to explore what one is passionate about while embarking on the journey of becoming a social worker. Obtaining an MSW degree helps to insure that the person who possesses it will be able to explore the many pathways of social work. An individual with an MSW could become a professor, do clinical social work, forensic social work or throw their hat into the political arena. With all these different areas, narrowing down to one pathway might prove difficult. While the goal might be to participate in every path that social work offers, one could still find sole passion in a single population. One 's passion can be discovered in a variety of ways. Their passion could have emerged as a child, through their education, through their job or through their internships.