Throughout my high school and undergraduate years I was blessed with several opportunities to travel abroad on mission trips to extremely underprivileged areas such as villages in Africa and Nicaragua. Going to Africa and seeing the children walk around with no shoes, and living in mud homes only the size of my family room was extremely eye opening. A family who has nothing but disease, heartache, and hunger consuming their lives is what bothers me the most. It brings me joy when I see healthy families spending time together and keeping that close bond no matter what the age of the children. Because of little access to appropriate health care and clean water illnesses and disease consume so many of the lives of young children in the villages of Africa and Nicaragua that I visited. Being exposed to such widespread maltreatment and impoverishment of children and families, I became determined to help those in need. Simply being By being a part of the Cougar family as well as being in the city I grew up in I will represent the University and help exemplify what the University of Houston Social Work program is all about: “providing professional support to the Greater Houston, state, and national communities”. One of my goals upon completion of my graduate study is to use what I learned at The University of Houston to become a licensed social worker. While in the Social Work program I plan to concentrate on clinical social work and specialize in health and behavioral health. I plan to then eventually earn a clinical license (LCSW) in the state of Texas. I look forward to learning and gaining experience through the courses and field practicums offered at The University of Houston the next two years. I am especially eager about the fieldwork and gaining hands on, real world experience outside of the
The skills that I have acquired and challenges that I have overcome will assist me in becoming a phenomenal licensed clinical social worker. I plan on specializing in substance abuse and mental illness because addiction and mental illness impacts every sector of society. Families are destroyed, and lives are ruined. I strongly believe that I can bring about change is this over populated field. I possess all the qualifications needed to become a predominant social figure. As a loving mother, certified nursing assistance, mental health tech, and future student, I am eager to become a licensed clinical social worker. I have obtained my Bachelor’s degree and I am proud to announce that I am a member of the Phi Alpha Honor Society. I am flexible, driven, loyal, creative, caring, and honest. I am confident that Social Work is for me. I have researched the profession and as well been provided with invaluable advice from academic professors and close friends with professional experiences in the social service
I come to Fordham University with expectations of completing my Masters of Art degree in Social Service. As a single parent, I have faced many challenges raising my special needs child. My innovation to help disadvantaged children with social and emotional problems encompassed me to continue to pursue a career in the Social Service Profession. This will increase my chances of being a successful Child Therapist. I am aware, prepared and committed to devoting my time towards my studies at Fordham University as well as taking advantage of all the necessary resources that Fordham University has to offer. My personal, academic and profession experience has given me the opportunity
My interest in social work could date back to senior middle school. When seeing the news reporting primary school students’ life in Guizhou, I found that I have been blessed and I wanted to render back. While everyone was busy preparing for the University Entrance Examination, I tried to persuade all the students and teachers of the third grade to join in donation organized by me to collect clothes and books for children there. I made up my mind to work on it and call for more help. Only when I specialized in Social Work in my undergraduate, did I understand how I can realize my expectations in a systematic manner.
There are other people out there like me, people who don’t want to see others suffering when it is not at all necessary. Like the other passengers on the plane with extra bags for the needy or the random person that I passed on the street who gave there leftovers to the homeless women who hadn’t eaten in days. Maybe even the man who brought ten young boys into the restaurant I was eating for a warm meal simply because he could and he wanted to. That trip taught me that my goal of eliminating poverty is a tough one, a problem that I may not see the end of in my lifetime, but an undeniably feasible
The MSW degree along with my bachelors in psychology gives me a great opportunity to build my career as a social worker who will strive to act as a leader and empower others to help those in need. When I have gained efficient experience and expertise in my role as a social worker, I want to educate others on child welfare and family violence. Sharing knowledge and educating is a boundless way to make an impact and promote resilience within the
I didn’t have a lot growing up but I my parents made sure we always have what we needed. My mother and father always wanted me to get an engineer or a business degree. They wanted to be able to make more money and become more successful than they ever were. When I showed an interest in history and psychology in high school I knew they would be disappointed in me. I never cared about making money, I knew I wanted to be able to make a living doing something that I was passionate about. One day I hope to get my degree in social work and do just that. One of my favorite sayings is that if you enjoy what you do you will never work a day in your life written by Confucius.
I have known that I wanted to go into the field of Social Work since my first year of undergraduate studies at SUNY at Fredonia. I entered SUNY at Fredonia as a major in secondary education, with a concentration in English. It was during my first semester of my freshman year that I had taken an introductory course in psychology. I realized then that I wanted to work with people, but not in the capacity as a secondary education teacher, but in a career in mental health. My professor spoke with such enthusiasm about the subject of psychology and psychopathology and soon, I found myself intrigued with these subjects. I wanted to help individuals who needed the help, especially knowing the stigma mentally illness exists in society.
As a social worker who specializes in aging, I will have the opportunity to work in senior centers, mental health clinics, hospitals, long-term care facilities, or private agencies that offer a number of different services. I would be able to implement individual counseling and support groups aimed at improving quality of life for older adults, their families, and their caretakers. Such services will be instrumental in providing these individuals with community resources, offering a safe environment to vocalize their feelings, work through challenges, and learn new ways of coping with the stresses of such challenging chronic illnesses. As a social worker, I am determined to make macro-level changes through community organization and political action. It is my belief that Fordham University will provide me with the appropriate resources to develop the necessary skills to serve this aging
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Fitzgerald once said, “One person can make a big difference and everyone should try.’ A junior college will help me to become a social worker and make a good life. It also has distance education centers located in Muleshoe, Little Field and Denver City. It takes a Bachelors, Masters or doctoral social work degree with a minimum number of hours in supervised fieldwork. Social work is a profession that requires a variety of emotional and physical cans sky’s in addition to formal academic training. Most social workers need a bachelor’s degree in social work, clinical social workers must have a master’s degree and two years of post master experience. Social work must help and manage multiple clients, often assisting with
When I was in high school I got the chance to travel to the Dominican Republic with my dad. It was the first time in my life that I would be traveling to a country where a fairly large percentage of the local population live in, what is considered by the United Nations, “extreme poverty”. Many people do not have access to clean drinking water or an education beyond primary school. I did not legitimately understand the situations of these people, and of over 1.5 billion people in the world for that matter, until I was able to see it firsthand.
As we learn more about the poverty-stricken, we can understand them better to aid them and break the cycle. Overwhelming amounts of people do not realize the global pandemic that poverty is today. The statistics are heartbreaking. Over half of the children in the world live in poverty, and there are nearly 2.2 billion children in the world. Campaigns have been established to recognize poverty globally. The effectiveness of these campaigns remains relatively undisclosed, yet they are still continuous. The methods used to advocate for and promote awareness for poverty vary depending on the community, this, as a result, ultimately determines the impact of the poverty
As a student who began her college career without specific objectives, I never thought I would be writing a personal statement for an application to receive a Master’s Degree in the social work profession. However, I feel now that there is no other future for me than that of offering my education and personal commitment to vulnerable individuals in order to stabilize their lives. After careful consideration of all areas of social work, I have found that my main area of interest is in providing resources and encouragement for individuals with disabilities to gain the freedom to live independent lifestyles without discrimination. My personal goal in this profession is to make every possible effort in assisting these individuals with finding the means to satisfy their needs.
In my undergraduate work I remained organized having no problems with the demands of school and family obligations. My dedication, grades, family support, determination, and drive will facilitate my success in graduate school. Likewise, my strengths in: adaptability; attention to detail; reliability; dependability; enthusiasm for the experience; cooperation with others; professionalism; communication skills; ethical behavior; interviewing and assessment skills makes me an ideal applicant for the master’s social work program. Similarly, attending graduate school would provide me the opportunity become more skillful in active listening; cultural competence; and policy and law.
The next few days in Nicaragua overwhelmed me. We took a truck to the place where we helped out at. Our team was supposed to go to help out at the Comedor, a place started by the missionaries in Bluefields. This place was started for children whose houses were in the poorest part of Bluefields. The missionaries saw that many of the children’s parents were not able to feed their kids enough meals and so they were becoming
After working for 15 years at AT&T, Sandra decided it was time to complete what she started in 2003 and that was to finish college. After the birth of her son, her perspective on life changed and she decided to pursue a career in social work. Twelve years ago she attended Houston Community College (HCC) but since then has moved. Her new address zoned her to Lone Star College and she attended classes both online and in-person without a break from the summer of 2015 until the fall of 2016. She received her Associate Degree in Arts and