One thing that I have always enjoyed is helping people. I am pursing a degree in social work because I want help people as a profession. I want to see a change in the world. I want to be an advocate for underrepresented and oppressed groups of people. I would like a job where I can work with all types of people. I want to change the world even if it is one person at a time. I would like to help change people’s lives. I believe that it is important for everyone to have a voice. I realize that I won’t be able to save everyone that needs help. I think I can make a difference even if it has a small impact. I believe that everyone has potential in their own special way.
My motivation for becoming a social worker comes from some of the experiences in my past. I’ve always been that shoulder for my friends to lean on. My friends know that I am there when no one else will be. Growing up I always wanted to be a Chef. Around the age of 15 that changed. At thirteen I found out that my dad had a brain tumor. When I was fifteen my father passed away. I got the chance to see what the job of a medical social worker consisted of. For the next several months I started researching “How to become a …show more content…
Eventually I would like to receive my doctorate degree in social work. With my degree’s I would like to become a case manager that is a public health servant for the government while working at a federal prison or at a Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. I have another idea to work as a social work in child services and eventually open up my own facility for pregnant mothers between the ages of 15-20. I feel that both of these options would be great plans for me to have, but being in these social work classes has made me somewhat unsure about the type of social worker that I would like to be. These classes have opened my eyes to many of the different types of social
My motivation for becoming a social worker comes from some of the experiences in my past. I’ve always been that shoulder for my friends to lean on. My friends know that I am there when no one else will be. Growing up I always wanted to be a Chef. Around the age of 15 that changed. At thirteen I found out that my dad had a brain tumor. When I was fifteen my father passed away. I got the chance to see what the job of a medical social worker consisted of. For the next several months I started researching “How to become a …show more content…
Eventually I would like to receive my doctorate degree in social work. With my degree’s I would like to become a case manager that is a public health servant for the government while working at a federal prison or at a Veteran’s Affairs Hospital. I have another idea to work as a social work in child services and eventually open up my own facility for pregnant mothers between the ages of 15-20. I feel that both of these options would be great plans for me to have, but being in these social work classes has made me somewhat unsure about the type of social worker that I would like to be. These classes have opened my eyes to many of the different types of social