Why Does Social Work Appeal To Me?

Why does Social Work appeal to me? As a social worker you are responsible to uphold the community especially the disadvantaged either with guidance, psychological counseling and assistance with basics such as housing and places to obtain food. In buffalo much is needed especially in the disadvantaged communities by providing education and special services for those who need it. These are some of the reasons why I would love to become a social worker to obtain knowledge that would be helpful for individuals that need help with solving problems in their everyday lives.

I am in interested in the aspects of Social Work that has to do with medical and public health issues and substance abuse. From my research medical/public health social workers are the ones that provide psychosocial support for anyone and their family that has a chronic disease such as Cancer, Alzheimer’s, Aids. They are the ones that take care of the needs of the patient after they are release from the hospital helping family members with basic needs such as arrangement for home nurse or meals on wheels, how to maintain disease, and healthy coping skills for family members. As for the substance abuse part of the social work I have always been interested especially since taking Mr. Bozarth class Drug Addiction, there I learned much more than I thought possible. I believe that assessing is an important aspect of learning about what the individuals needs may be, after that’s done helping the individual plan what they need to change in order to stop his/her addiction. These social workers assess and treat individuals with mental illness and substance abuse problems. Some of these services I would love to become a part of would be individual or group therapy, outreach...

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I am a very opinionated person who feels that with a little research on what your arguing and being able to express yourself can go alone way. When I first started back at the University at Buffalo it was subjected by my counselor to take a women’s class. I choice Intro to feminism, in this class I had to give a presentation on how eating disorders have affected America. With research I presented orally that the media bombards young girls with images of how to be perfect, the professor said I did a good job expressing myself and putting myself in the role as educating the people. While Interpreting you also have to express yourself orally since your expressing your client’s words. You have to make sure you are clear and loud enough so the judge can hear you and also for you to be recorded for it to be filed later. The only other language I’m fluent in is Spanish.