Personal Narrative: My Work Experience As A Social Worker

I am passionate on helping people and making changes in others’ lives. Like I stated before, my mother had been trapped herself in the apologetic emotion for years. The mental burden had made her down. Therefore, I decided to help my mother get rid of the self-accusation, by using the knowledge I learned in the Human Services major. To illustrate, I was telling her that it was not her fault of divorce, and she was not showing me the negative image of a marriage. Instead, I admire her braveness of ending a marriage when it was necessary, especially in the time when people were stereotyping divorced women and at the place where people were being judgmental. Now, her self-blameless has been reduced, and she told me that she was not felt as guilty

My passion for Human Services began while traveling in Asia, Mexico, and through different communities in our country. The most important lesson I learned whether overseas or here in the USA is compassion. Compassion and understanding for what is needed. Compassion for underprivileged people, the elderly, and most importantly the children. The one thing that has stayed constant with me since I started traveling with my family is that people need help.

The history of mental health in the United States show a robust movement towards the mental healthcare system we have today. Prior to the 19th century, individuals with mental health issues were widely considered to be demonically possessed, thus contributing to the stigmatization of mental illness and the proliferation of poor treatment conditions. However, in the 1800s, there was a dramatic change in mental healthcare in the U.S. The government took a proactive role in treating the mentally ill, leading to the dawn of state psychiatric facilities.

Please note all questions must be answered and completed. Moreover, these answers will be evaluated as part of your application package. Social Work full performance level requires completion of a minimum of 1 year of post-MSW degree experience in the field of health care social or In addition to meeting basic requirements, a doctoral degree in social work from a school of social work may be substituted for the required 1 year of professional social work experience in a clinical setting. In addition, the candidate must demonstrate the KSAs below.

I am a Social Worker and community organizer with a 20+ year history of assisting children, individuals, and families from diverse backgrounds in achieving their goals. I am familiar with social media, promoting, advertising, and as well, working with young adults, under-served population and those with HIV/AIDS and other physical and or mental disabilities. I have over 12 years of working with the LGBTQ community, organized, facilitated and hosted various panel discussions and films on race, sexuality, gender, social justice matters that impact our community. I have led several marches for a call to action for unity within our community- the “Unity Walk in the Grove.” I as well, served on the Pride St. Louis Board and Prior President of

I have limited experience working with children. I have tutored children from my neighborhood and family members. I would help them out with their homework and prepare for exams, in social studies, reading, and some math. Tutoring included having discussions with the students, parents, and teachers to figure out what material to go over. After these discussions, I created assingments and study guides to help the students, out of the tutoring

I stared patiently watching the men walking up to the door, repeating the same act as the two days prior. Once again I waited until they were around the corner before quickly going outside and grabbing the flyer. It read:

Today after I cleaned two office in place of employee on vacation. I spotted Richard G. Stroupe standing at the back door. He asked why he was not allowed back at the facility. I plainly told him it was because of his poor job performance.

This week went by really fast for some reason or maybe it was because I was constantly busy all week long. This week I had a patient who just stuck out to me and when I went into her room to get her to sign the important message from medicare form I just felt like we connected. After I had been in her room for about twenty minutes talking I guess one of the case managers realized I was still in the room so she came and walked to the door way to ask me a question. When I went to the door she told me she just wanted to check on me because the patient was bipolar and she just wanted to make sure I was safe. Note the door was open the entire time I was there and I was standing about two feet from the door talking to the patient. The patient was

The period of time I will be focusing on is my late 20’s and early 30’s. I plan to be living in Adelaide with a house in the middle of everything, like the shops and the beach. It will have 4 bedrooms and a big backyard for some family fun. I will have a part time job at the Women and Children's Hospital as a nurse and will specialise in pediatric. If nursing doesn't work out, I think social work seems really interesting.

Life has pushed her put of her comfort zone. After graduating high school, she moved to another state completely alone. There was a time to become self-reliance, to become independent. This is an example of recentering( Professor T. Rondinone, personal communication, April, 2017). Grace found full time job at the post office as a dispatcher. “For the first time I felt wanted. People started acknowledging me. I realized that I can be good at something.” However, the job was making her feel good about herself, she still wanted something more. She was craving for close intimate relation with that special man, who can love her and in return she can love him. She had such a strong need for meaningful, profound bounding with that romantic partner,

How do you account for your interest in social work? In your response, discuss paid or volunteer experiences that support your choice of social work as a profession?

The decision to pursue my education in social work at Dalhousie University was not an easy one. While I was growing up, my career choice changed all of them time, but I always knew that I wanted to do something fulfilling, in which I could “help” and support people. My mom was a nurse and always loved helping people; I always figured I would follow in her footsteps, however I learned at an early age that sciences do not come easy to me. Unfortunately, my mom lost her battle to breast cancer when I was eight years old, so I hope that by me helping people socially, rather than medically like she did, will continue her legacy.

I am interested in acquiring an international placement because it would present me with an invaluable opportunity to cultivate unique skills needed for a future career in international social work. The UNHCR Geneva’s Community-Based Protection Unit (CBP) placement is the perfect internship for me to develop a deeper understanding of how international policies and organizations influence our response to the needs of the global refugee population. The UNHCR is my top choice for several reasons: its impactful services, its capacity to challenge my macro skills to the fullest, and because I would have the opportunity to collaborate in two areas of interest; improving outcomes of organizational development; and further developing gender

Getting interested in the helping profession was not a hard at all. As long as I can remember I have been helping and caring for people. I was always interested in helping, all I had to do was find the field that let me help people. Becoming a social work major was just putting a name to something I had always wanted to do and get paid for it. I think what made me realize that this is the job for me was just thinking about what I do on a daily basis and what I love to do. I love helping people and being there for people, so my interest was always in a helping profession. Also every other profession besides social work would not make me as happy as social work would.