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I want to inspire people, I want someone to look at me and say “because of you I didn't give up”.-Taeisha Stewart. This quote stated moments before I started my interview. I did exactly that, I looked at her and stated: “because of you I didn't give up”. Taeisha Stewart agreed to be interviewed and share her experiences with me. African-American, she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, completing her bachelor's in Social Work. For the past 10 years, she has worked as a Social Worker. In her current place, she is responsible for the Department of children and family services(DCFS). Her position is a case manager. According to Ryan, J. A case manager help people who are in complicated situations, help them find the …show more content…

Doyle, Jr., there are many disadvantages in the field of child welfare case managers. In his article “Child Protection and Child Outcomes: Measuring the Effects of Foster Care”. Disadvantages such as the overlook of long-term outcomes of children placed in foster care. Those placed in foster care are more likely than other children to commit crimes, drop out of school, experience substance abuse. Ms. Taeisha agrees with this article and gave similar examples about the follow-up of children who are in the system. She stated after kids age out of the system there nothing she could do to help them. Her agency lacks doing following up visits on most kids, due to it being over 1,000 kids a year who enter the system. Ms.Taeisha also discussed the disadvantages as being a social worker overall. As a social worker, you are more likely to work long hours and work from your car most of the time. These examples are more obstacles than disadvantages. “Obstacles are put in your way to see if what you want is really worth fighting for”. Something my grandma always told me. Although there is a slight downside to this field of profession there are a tremendous amount of advantages. Ms.Taeisha is well aware of the challenges social works has as a police officer is well aware of the dangerous of the criminal justice field. Ms.Taeisha expressed that social work is more of a mission than a career. The comfort of knowing she is working to complete her mission is a

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