Personal Statement
I am applying for an opportunity to further my studies in social work because I have always wanted to make a difference in people’s life. Social work as a program is a combination of all social sciences, which is the combination of all other helping professions together. Social work as a profession is different from any other helping professions because it does not just focus on the client as an individual but it also accesses their environment- ‘Person in environment’. Other profession has a definite way of approaching problems, issues and situations but social work profession access all ways possible that is psychology, sociology, and health sciences to find solutions to a problem.
Based on my research, social work is …show more content…
Growing up, each time someone asked me what I wanted to be, I would answer that I wanted to be a nurse and when asked why, I would say because I wanted to help people. Not until my family and I migrated to Canada did I find out about social work. Social work is a profession that gives the worker the opportunity and power to advocate, make policies and assist people. After researching more about social work, I found out that it was so much connected to an event that was going on in my life, which made me determine that I would become a social worker when I grow up. The event going on then, was the maltreatment of my mother, this maltreatment was not seen as a big deal, it was consider the responsibility of a mother. Growing up in Nigeria, my mother had always been the breadwinner of the family although I had a working and well paid father, who was living with us, she still worked hard to put food on the table for four children alongside my father. My Father’s family continually abused my mother, calling her all kind of names, blaming her for the reason why my father is not successful and my father would collect all my mother’s hard earned money from her. He would refuse to pay mine and my sibling’s school fees neither did provide food for the family. He would always give to his family member and never cared about us. Looking at this happen to my mother and siblings for several years, made me wish I …show more content…
Volunteering helps you to gain skills needed for your career and also, can help you develop your interest in your career path. It gives you an incite as to what your career could be like The desire to become a social worker was encouraged by the things I observed while volunteering as a food banker. I remember when my siblings and I were hungry because my mother could not provide food for us, we were referred to a food bank and thanks to the food bank a family was saved. Social workers recoup the reason why the families or an individual could not afford to feed himself or herself and help them find a solution but for the mean time, the food bank is a temporary way for them to get food. This people are mostly connected to social workers that counsel and help them to get back on their feet. Social workers make use of food banks as a way to provide for the poor, oppressed and marginalized clients. While volunteering at the multicultural event, I helped to organize and co ordinate the event where I learnt the differences between diverse cultures, as well as the fact that one’s culture does not make a person entirely and so when looking at a person, do not make assumption. Prejudice is one the most thing that can cause the downfall of a social worker, a social worker must be able to first know his/ her client as an individual before you now look at the environment that affects them. In
I am applying for an opportunity to further my studies in social work because I have always wanted to make a difference in people’s life. Social work as a program is a combination of all social sciences, which is the combination of all other helping professions together. Social work as a profession is different from any other helping professions because it does not just focus on the client as an individual but it also accesses their environment- ‘Person in environment’. Other profession has a definite way of approaching problems, issues and situations but social work profession access all ways possible that is psychology, sociology, and health sciences to find solutions to a problem.
Based on my research, social work is …show more content…
Growing up, each time someone asked me what I wanted to be, I would answer that I wanted to be a nurse and when asked why, I would say because I wanted to help people. Not until my family and I migrated to Canada did I find out about social work. Social work is a profession that gives the worker the opportunity and power to advocate, make policies and assist people. After researching more about social work, I found out that it was so much connected to an event that was going on in my life, which made me determine that I would become a social worker when I grow up. The event going on then, was the maltreatment of my mother, this maltreatment was not seen as a big deal, it was consider the responsibility of a mother. Growing up in Nigeria, my mother had always been the breadwinner of the family although I had a working and well paid father, who was living with us, she still worked hard to put food on the table for four children alongside my father. My Father’s family continually abused my mother, calling her all kind of names, blaming her for the reason why my father is not successful and my father would collect all my mother’s hard earned money from her. He would refuse to pay mine and my sibling’s school fees neither did provide food for the family. He would always give to his family member and never cared about us. Looking at this happen to my mother and siblings for several years, made me wish I …show more content…
Volunteering helps you to gain skills needed for your career and also, can help you develop your interest in your career path. It gives you an incite as to what your career could be like The desire to become a social worker was encouraged by the things I observed while volunteering as a food banker. I remember when my siblings and I were hungry because my mother could not provide food for us, we were referred to a food bank and thanks to the food bank a family was saved. Social workers recoup the reason why the families or an individual could not afford to feed himself or herself and help them find a solution but for the mean time, the food bank is a temporary way for them to get food. This people are mostly connected to social workers that counsel and help them to get back on their feet. Social workers make use of food banks as a way to provide for the poor, oppressed and marginalized clients. While volunteering at the multicultural event, I helped to organize and co ordinate the event where I learnt the differences between diverse cultures, as well as the fact that one’s culture does not make a person entirely and so when looking at a person, do not make assumption. Prejudice is one the most thing that can cause the downfall of a social worker, a social worker must be able to first know his/ her client as an individual before you now look at the environment that affects them. In