The Importance Of Career In Social Work

I can recollect standing in Martin Luther King’s national park in Washington DC reading these profound words. “I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture of their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits, I believe that what self- centered men have torn down, men other-centered can build up. I still believe that one-day mankind will blow before the alters of God and be crowned triumphant over war and bloodshed, and nonviolent redemption goodwill will proclaim the rule of the land.”-Martin Luther King Jr. The essence of these words along with my mother’s resiliency ignited and validated my decision to pursue a career in social work. I was brought up in a single

Therefore, I would like to develop a program for delinquent youth in low-income communities that will empower and promote academic success. I envision utilizing my graduate level Social Work education to explore evidence based preventive strategies that will assist me in providing effective high- quality services. My ultimate goal is to create a program that will promote academic success, foster life skills, and build self-esteem for students who are often marginalized because of delinquent occurrences. The person-in-environment perspective in social work is a practice-guided principle that highlights the importance of understanding an individual and an individual’s behavior in light of the environmental contexts in which that person lives and acts. Because my target population is low-income based students I feel utilizing person-in- environment theory would be vital and instrumental as well as other Social Work theories in order to develop this program. In addition, I am interested in advocating for women and children inundated by