Career As A Social Worker

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If you would’ve asked me a month ago what I wanted to be, I would have said to work for Social Services as a Social Worker. Since Fall 2015 started, I got a Social Work class. Since the first week of school, the professor had said that we were going to have to do volunteer work in the Social Work area. My first choice was to go volunteer at Social Services as a Social Worker; didn’t have luck. As the days went by, the first page of my volunteer packet was due, and I still didn’t find a place to do my 25 hours. Didn’t really have a second choice, but all of a sudden the hospital came to my mind; I actually had luck and got hired in the matter of seconds. As I started working at the hospital with an actual MSW, I realized that I
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Yet in Arizona, you can start your career job with a bachelor’s due to the different regulations. Since I am willing to get my bachelor’s first, then my master’s, having a bachelor’s in Arizona will get me into a Social Work job quickly. In the Social Work field, the clinical and healthcare areas interest me. A clinical social worker will usually help individuals work toward meeting their goals. It often involves referring the clients to offices and facilities that offer services they may need. For me to keep my job, I would have work hard, be punctual, lead myself, motivate myself, and always be positive about my …show more content…
In reaching my career goals, the importance for me is to be the successful in my career field. What’s important to remember about these steps is to always have myself motivated, although there is a lot of reading and writing involved. To get through all of this I mostly need someone to be there for guidance and future reference, because wanting to be in my career within the next six years will be a hell of a lot of stress and at some point I will want to quit, but if I have someone to talk to me either being a teacher, friend, or counselor, I know that I can get through it, just to be the person my parents always wanted me to

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