Why I Want To Be A Social Worker

Why I Aspire to be a Social Worker
First, I love the social work profession because there is so many different parts of it. Personally, I am a totally a indecisive person not knowing exactly what I want. I understand there are so many paths that can be taken to achieve many different things through social work. For example, my first thought was to work at boarding school, who specializes in helping at risk youth. This still will be my ultimate plan, but I need experience and build a network for I may help the program continue to succeed. After coming across a social worker in the hospital setting, I thought to myself how cool that would be. Social workers in the hospital help people get and find resources that help them while their stay in

God has put it on my heart many times even when I tried to run away and chose another profession. I was always scared away because of the pay. I grew up poor and never had anything and was always told to get a big buck job for I can change that. Naturally, I would go on google and look at six figure jobs. I would proclaim my new profession about for couple months, but always lost interest. I can and could get a degree in many things and excel that was not the problem. God made me realize time after time my gift of people skills and how I can save many people just by telling my story and if not more importantly listening to theirs. I talked to many people who went through depression and suicidal attempts. I learned just by being there and listening was enough to help them go through day by day. I continued to live my life the way I wanted to and not the way God intended for me to live. Then, I realize what I was doing with my life I was wasting. I had abrupt awakening. My third friend had just got killed from senseless killing in Chicago. His name was Jesus Martinez, he was not a gang banger, drug dealer, or a criminal he was a young man with goals to escape the city life. This is when I realized I need to do something with my life and get far away from this toxic environment. I was way to used to stuff like this happening. While my childhood, had much of my decision to study social work, I had to make amends with my past, for I may have moved forward and not stayed stationary. I learned how to separate my feeling about what happen to me along with what is going on with people I attempt to help. I believe God put me through all these challenges in my life to prepare my to do a life of serving others. He has taught me how to be humble and also gave me understanding on many different matters. This is why I want to be a social