Michelle Ederer: High School Social Work

Furthermore, I am extremely interested in attending the Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work for its social work program. I have always been a clear advocate social work as well as policy to be prevalent in our society. The Hunter College Silberman School of Social work is historic in developing effective change strategies at the individual, agency, community, national, and international level.. Moreover, the Hunter College Silberman School of Social work students as well as faculty are fully engaged in policy and practice issues for innovation and change. This essential environment is the foundation that I want to learn and gain professional growth. In parallel, the Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work has a diverse student

Karen received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology- Human Development from Duke University in Durham, NC and her Masters of Social Work from Catholic University in Washington Dc. Karen is a Licensed Clinical Social

All my life my parents have taught me the value of helping others. Having different experiences and growing up in an atmosphere where the need of others were put before our own, led me to have a desire to be a social worker. Believing that being a social worker involves many special skills, as an example one of those that u need to interact with people from different cultures and principles than me. For as long as I remember I have had the desire to become a social worker inspiring people and developing people that will drive me to dedicate my excitement and dedication to do what is important in this dream job a reality.

This capstone course assisted in connecting all the material I have learned thus far in the program as well as helped me to identify what skills and knowledge I need to continue working on. The capstone presentation, as well as class, helped me to practice strength-based language and be conscious of how I describe my clients when presenting them to others. It can be a habit to use negative language to describe a problem-saturated story and unintentionally describe a patient’s story in a way that comes off as stigmatizing. This class helped me become conscious and tactful about how I word sensitive circumstances. It was a great experience to present my patient’s case to the class and practice being thoughtful of how I portrayed my patient’s presenting problem to the group.

She got her master’s degree in community organizing from the University of Connecticut School of Social Work.

Social workers play a crucial role in many professional realms. With the focus on social workers in educational settings, I interviewed Erika Bougdanos who is a Dean of Students at Niles North High School, located in north suburban Skokie, Illinois. Bougdanos has been working at Niles North for over ten years as a Dean and holds her MSW degree and Type 75 certification (Illinois Administrative Certificate). Bougdanos mentioned that although the high school is highly ethnically diverse, the majority of the student population is White. While Bougdanos interacts with many students throughout her work week, she mentioned that the students she primarily sees in her office are those from low-income or minority backgrounds.

During Cupcake Brown’s tumultuous years from age 11 to 25, social workers showed up only a handful of times. Her first experience with a social worker commenced when she was taken from her Daddy and placed in Diane’s care as a foster child; intervention in Brown’s abuse at the hands of Diane came in the form of two home visits from her social worker and a promise that Diane was being watched (Brown, 2006, p. 73). Instead, her social worker could have referred Brown to counseling either before or after these evaluations, committed to a serious evaluation of Diane’s household, or transferred foster homes if available to change Brown’s environment, increase Brown’s quality of living, and reduce her experience of abuse and her need to runaway for

The Circle Center has two social workers, Jay Burkhardt and Erin Brunette. I interviewed Erin Burnette January 30, 2017 in her office at The Circle Center. When I first walked into her office, I noticed how clean and neat it was which was surprising to me because I always imagined a social worker’s office to be unorganized with files everywhere. As I looked around I noticed pictures of her family and historical pictures, leaving me under the impression that she was a strong advocate for human rights. From the looks of her room, I assumed that having pictures of her family in her helps her keep stress at a minimum while at work. Erin Burnette, from Knoxville, Tennessee moved to Richmond in 1999 to attend Virginia Commonwealth University where she received her master in social work. Erin also has a master of divinity from Baptist Seminary at Richmond. With her master of divinity, Erin served as a Hospice Chaplain for ten years. As of today, she withholds sustainable credibility due to her Erin’s social work career began in the year of 2004 but she feels that she has been involved with social work her entire life. During our interview, Erin explained why she chose social work, she says that her parents and her

Latasha Willis, an intern at River Valley Area Agency on Aging, is currently at Troy University to obtain a Masters in Social Work (MSW).Latasha will be interning with the agency until July 2016 which is when she graduates with her Masters degree. She has earned her undergrad in Social Work (BSW) as well from Troy University in 2014. After graduating with her BSW, she worked with the Division of Family and Children Services as a CPS investigator in Butler, Ga. She also worked at the Division of Child Support Services as a Child Support Agent 2 in Columbus, Ga. She plans to continue working with seniors after her gained experience with interning at the agency.

While as a Candy Striper at Memorial Regional Hospital, she developed an interest in Social Work from a health perspective but her main interest began when she read a book “Black like me” which was about a white male who was interested in race relations in the country where he would take drugs to make his skin darker and travel to different areas to try to experience what a black male would experience. Because of this, she chose to be in the Social Work Program.

Denise McKinley is from Tulare, CA. She attended College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA where she got her Associates degree in Social and Behavioral Studies. Currently she is attending California State University, East Bay where she is working towards her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with an option in Social Services. She is participating in this program because she wants to educate the youth. She hopes to gain a new experience, by working with a different grade level. In the past Denise has worked with 3rd graders. Where she interned for Wilson Elementary School in Tulare, CA. Her goal is to educate and learn from the community in which she serves. Denise is looking forward to serving Washington Manor Middle School in San Lorenzo, CA.

As I have a passion for helping children and an interest for pursuing school social work, I decided to interview my mother’s co-worker, Belle Walker. Belle is an exceptional children’s (EC) social worker for Union County public schools and works directly with students and families who need assistance finding resources to help them succeed in the classroom. Belle is a very passionate person and loves her work. During her undergraduate, she held an internship at a transitional homeless shelter working with families. As she attended graduate school in Illinois, Belle worked in a domestic violence shelter as a counselor during the nights. After graduate school she decided to move back to Charlotte and found a job working with A Child’s Place as a caseworker for homeless families through the school system. She has now been working with Union County public schools for three years and plans to work with the school system for as long as she can because she feels that she has found fitting.

Jessica Lane is a graduate from CMU in fine arts. When asked what was social work she responded with “Someone who helps homes that are in trouble, or kids that need help from parents because they don’t have a good environment to live in. I was not surprised because this seems to be the main idea that people are familiar with. When asked what a health care social worker was she responded “Did not know that there was such a thing, body is thing” When I asked her body was awkward she was not

As the saying goes, “Our children are our future” and who you are as a child can determine who you can be later on in life. It is important for a child to be in a safe, comfortable and loving environment during its development so that the child can have the full advantage to become the best he can be in his future. My future career as a social worker will ensure just that. I chose this profession because of my own history. Growing up, I’ve had my share of social workers in my house. I experienced them as people who helped my family during a hard time. This is a career where I can fight for people’s rights. I will also be able to protect

Child abuse is horrible and it affects everyone in one way or another. Before 1963, there were no laws to protect the kids from abuse but thanks to social workers and other judicial people, there were laws passed (Pfohl). This paper is going to explain why it is so important for social workers to protect kids by talking about this history of abuse and why social workers need to be around. It will also discuss what social workers do today to prevent kids from being hurt. Social workers are useful in just about every aspect of life but in my opinion this is one of the more important jobs of a social worker because your protecting those of the future. Abuse isn’t just