Reflective Essay On Social Work

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Helping Hands When I think of Social Work I think of the wellbeing of others and how they deserve to have all of the resources needed to have productive opportunity. When I first began college I started as a Pre-Nursing major whose intent was to work in a Juvenile or an asylum setting. As my freshman year came to an end, I noticed that I only wanted to work in those settings so that I could help advocate for those who were not able to have a voice of their own. I later noticed that nursing was not the field of study that would allow me to express my true intensions for helping people. Now that I am entering my junior year of college and being that I have taken Introduction to Social Work I feel that I have truly found my calling. Being someone who is passionate and concerned about everyone’s situations I find that I am a great asset to the Social Work …show more content…

Child welfare is services designed to ensure that children are safe and that families have the necessary support needed to care for their children (Child Welfare Info Gateway, 2012). The current state of this issue is that it is not being used as well as it could be. In the school system there are many children who are not safe at home or who are not being properly taken care of and schools are failing to report the issues to CPS. Those that think keeping quite will help the situation are just making the situation progress. If CPS knew of the issues some of the children face they can get involved and possibly help the individuals or families. Due to the lack of reports that CPS does not receive many of those children end up taking their anger out on others or doing petty crimes that end them up in the Juvenile system which just created an even bigger problem. The job of a social worker in this issue is to help the child and provide the family with helpful resources that will stop the problem from

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