Social Work Reflective Study

Throughout my program of study, I have followed the principles and standards that must be applied by individuals of good character who discern moral questions and, in good faith, seek to make reliable ethical judgments. Social Work is something I have always been interested in, especially working in case management, within the mental health and substance abuse fields. Helping people of all ages overcome obstacles and difficulties and making the most of themselves is a very rewarding yet challenging career. You have the opportunity to meet a variety of different people, from all different backgrounds, with different problems from substance misuse to cases of neglect and/or abuse.
Moreover, a helping professional is expected to work alongside

These include the most basic needs that are vital to survival, such as the need for water, air, food, and sleep. Maslow believed that these needs are the most basic and instinctive needs in the hierarchy because all needs become secondary until these physiological needs are met. I believe that these values will contribute in a significant and meaningful manner in the lives of those who I plan to help in the near future who have mental health and substance abuse issues by helping them to achieve their ideal self as well as

I always knew that sex trafficking was prevalent in Rhode Island but not to the degree that I discovered. Sex traffickers frequently target victims and then use violence, threats, lies, coercion, false promises, debt bondage, or other forms of control and manipulation to keep victims involved in the sex industry for their own profit. Sex trafficking exists within diverse and unique sets of venues and businesses including fake massage businesses, escort services, residential brothels, in public on city streets and in truck stops, strip clubs, hostess clubs, hotels and motels, and elsewhere.
Throughout this field placement I witnessed that the social work profession is a profession of acting out of love, compassion, and empathy for strangers in positive ways. We are made to represent love, compassion, and empathy so that all people we encounter have a more profound sense of hope and faith within themselves. I realize the hard, intimate, sometimes painful work, and in return brings a little more of the divine; help, hope and happiness in daily life. Our clients remind us, as helping professionals, an we them, about the bigger, more beautiful picture that we can’t always see from where we currently