Vannari Sang CG 140 A Module 6 Research Paper The career field I’m interested in is social work. Social work professions can specialize on many different things such as families, clinic patients, students and more. Social workers strive to help others through difficulties they are having in life and therefore help improve communities that need the help. School social workers make a connection “between the home, school and community in providing direct as well as indirect services to students, families and school personnel to promote and support students' academic and social success” (School Social Worker’s Role). I had a school social worker when I was in high school who reached out to me while I was in middle school. For a while, I considered him to be my counselor, but when he told me he was a social worker, I looked into the profession and realized that that I could fulfill my goal of making the world a better place by joining this work field. I believe that social workers ultimate goal is to create harmonious, understanding communities and push for happier living. As a social …show more content…
When I tell people that I’d like to join the social work field, they always tell me I'm crazy and that they’d never be able to do it, but it just sounds so effortless to me to be there for someone in need. I think I’m now leaning towards being a caseworker for a private agency versus my earlier interest in becoming a veterinary social worker. I still would like to eventually start an animal rescue, but I am more focused on my career as a social worker for now. I would love to go to University of Washington and apply for a study abroad program, but my wallet says Portland State University is where I will go. I am excited to have made another step forward towards my final decision on what I’d like to do in the future through the research I’ve
Practicum Application Essay Throughout the Social Work Program at Winona State University-Rochester, I have been able to expand my knowledge about what it means to be a social worker. Prior to joining this program, when I thought of a social worker, I thought of someone who is highly motivated, compassionate, supportive, and someone who wants to make a difference in somebody’s life. Although this definition is true, overtime I have been able to expand this definition. Now, they are also someone
The origins of social work in the United States mirror an ongoing growth of ideas put together from many different cultures. While modern social work here in the states were built on Christian idea many of its concepts are in part due to the influence of the Koran and the mutual aid practices of Native Americans, the African-American community, and immigrants from all over the world. Before the American Revolution, systems of helping the poor, child welfare, and even mental health services systems
Introduction The role of social workers in society is to help extend opportunities and resources to promote equality and social justice to their clients. A successful social worker’s goal is to positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable individuals in society. In a particular community, the role of the social worker is to represent and advocate for their clients. The social worker uses their expertise and professional skills to improve the quality of life by raising the awareness level of
Direct Social Work Practice: Teen Depression and Suicide Teenage depression is a serious problem that impacts every aspect of a teen’s life. Teen depression is a persistent feeling of sadness, hopelessness, and worthlessness that interferes with the teenager’s ability to function. The depression has an effect on how teens think, feel, and behave. The depression can cause emotional, functional, and physical problems. Teen depression can lead to destructive and risky behaviors: substance abuse, self-mutilation
therefore I chose to interview a social worker. I believed it would be interesting since social work is one of the disciplines that influenced occupational therapy. Claire Fultz was able to give me a glimpse of the social work profession and corresponding background during our interview. Fultz is a psychiatric social worker employed at Mindoula Health Inc. who began working in the human services and social work field back in 2001. Prior to her professional work experience, she completed two Master’s
Social workers play a very important role in many situations. Most people can only help an individual up until a certain point then they have no clue what to do to help the individual. A social worker comes up with a plan to help an individual that cannot help themselves. Without social workers many individuals will not know how to manage certain situations. They will come up with an idea that they believe is suitable and move on without thinking about it. Social work has come a long way from when
Social Work and Social Welfare are crucial to today 's society without social workers along with the help of social welfare programs, many necessities of america could not be met. this year over 6 million children will be reported as being abused. Each and every day the innocence of an adolescent is marred. whether that be physically, sexually, emotionally or even just being neglected. which brings america to the clear assumption that social workers are a necessity to promote safety to the children
What is a social work? “Social work is a profession which promotes social change and problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance wellbeing. Utilizing theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the point where people interact with their environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work”. (Understanding Social work, Neil Thompson, 2005, page 13, 2nd Edition). Social workers convey
love for interventions and social services. My years of acclimating to American culture have enabled me to engage in my education and earn responsible positions such as a resident assistant (RA), and president of the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville’s Black Student Union organization. To effectively sustain my positions, I became accustom to wearing many hats on any given day and setting boundaries. These skills have helped me to prepare myself as a future social worker by allowing me to aide
Given the high incidence of HIV/AIDS and the rapid spread of the pandemic over the last two decades, the social work profession should take an active stand to mitigate the overwhelming psychological and social effects” (National Association of Social Workers, 2015, p.155). NASW supports prevention and education; social work education on HIV/AIDS; service delivery, care, and treatment; and political action and advocacy. Professional cooperation with existing HIV
The social work profession is defined as “a practice-based profession and an academic discipline that promotes social change and development, social cohesion, and the empowerment and liberation of people (ISFW, ‘Global Definition of Social Work’, 2016).” The definition may be true about the profession but it is more in depth than just that. To me, the profession’s primary focus is to help others through life as much as we can while letting them make their own choices and guiding them. In society
Research is a necessity when it comes to providing services. Social Workers need it to be able to determine their clients ' needs, to see what resources/services they have access to and if their client doesn 't have much access where can they get it. Research is also used to see how effective an intervention is and whether it would be a right fit for their clients. It provides social service agents with ways to identify problems within their clients, communities, organizations, and the government
I want to pursue a career in social work because I want to help people who are suffering from mental illness and who are underserviced when it comes to getting help for mental illnesses. By working with a distressed person to become better, not only will I be able to enhance their life, but also the community will transform into a more positive place. I view transformation as a ripple effect, where changing the situation for one person eventually causes a change in the majority. This is especially
even if it is over the phone. My thoughts on social work and workers use to be a thought that they only helped those who were poor or in trouble of hurting themselves or others. I used to think that I would never have to get involved with any of that. But that changed a few years ago for me. I got an insight to what social workers actually do to help others in everyday life. I want to share why I got an insight of what kind of people are in the social work category. My mom and step dad were in the
is the National Association of Social Workers and it has 150,000 members. Its four main functions are as follows: professional development, professional action, professional standards, and membership services (Suppes: 31). 1b. The NASW’S journal, Social Work, provided the findings of research from a variety of different fields of study which aids students in writing papers. NASW News is published monthly and “provides information regarding new developments, social policy discussions, and updates