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into play. I’ve always seen social work as the job where I can help others. It doesn’t matter who you’re helping an adult or child, social workers make a tremendous impact on people’s lives and it is something that holds my interest about the field. My experience with working with children has made a huge impact on my decision of why I want to be a social worker and work with children. Working as an ABA therapist with children that have autism at Behavioral Innovations has been one of the…

Social workers are making a difference in people 's lives by helping people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. The most important aspect for social workers in my opinion is to promote positive change. We help provide opportunities and resources for children, adults, elderly and families that weren’t there before. Social workers do what they can to assist individuals, but they also understand that the individual needs to be willing to make changes. Likewise, social workers…

This micro level activity came unexpected, but I took it as a learning experience. As being a future social worker, they say not to bring up yourself in any such way, so I professional kept myself closed and listened to what she wanted to say. We were talking about her life and what such life meanings meant to her and I didn’t judge her for it. I demonstrate as being an accepting social worker and not sharing my opinion. Before, I was about to leave, she handed me information about her beliefs…

in my career as a social worker. Effective communication goes beyond speech, meaning that as a social worker I will communicate by email and other written correspondents. Understanding the needs of clients is also dependent upon good communication, this can be done by having an open dialog with the client regarding his or her needs. Remaining dedicated to my social work code of ethics will also assure that I am providing the best services my client as a social worker. As I engage in social…

separated from their parents. On the other hand why do you want to be a social worker seems like an easy answer because I want to help people. However, more goes into that answer that is difficult to put into a few pages. I want to be a social worker because I want to be the person speaking up for the child. I want to say what a child is afraid of or does not know how to say. Furthermore a Social Worker has not always been my first job choice. A job where helping people was its…

The NASW Standards for Social Work Practice in Child Welfare are the standards in which all child welfare social workers must abide by in practice (National Association of Social Workers, 2013). Standard one states that workers shall practice ethically by using the Code of Ethics to guide practice and self-regulate personal values and ethics when understanding practice. This standard will be essential in practice as if practice is unethical, the safety and wellbeing of children will be put in…

wage, but they will walk 300 miles for free.” The owners failed to realize that those who worked for them provided the products that supplied all of their money and a strong business. They did not realize that they were doing an injustice to these workers, because they only saw their side of the rally. They did not believe that they were in the wrong, but failed to imagine what it would be like to live on only two dollars a…

who would like to become a social worker needs to be able to work with people of all ages and backgrounds and also have administration skills. You will need to spend 4 years studying a social work degree at university where…

Child,Family, and School Social Worker. The spectrum of social work, and counseling careers make it hard to choose a specific one. Since your opportunities are multitudinous, you have to do some serious introspection to narrow it down. I have pondered the ever standing question for years and the end result is always the same, child, family and school social worker, Although I was never really interested in working with kids, I was interested in counseling and social work and as the idea…

establish specific goals to address her needs. The majority of people have an idea of where their lives are currently and where they would like their life to eventually get. By using the Solution-Focused and Strengths Perspective Assessments, the social worker is able to allow the client to remain focused on where they would like to go, rather than where they have been. Paula Cortez Paula is a 43-year-old Bilingual,…