Master of Social Work

Since my second semester at UT, I have devoted 15 hours a week to volunteering as a Young Life leader. Every week I help run a club meeting for dozens of high school kids, manage a planning meeting with my teammates, and lead a small group for sophomore girls. I spend hours at St. Stephen’s Episcopal School watching games and performances, and simply getting to know these young adults. Through investing this time to build relationships as a mentor and role model, I strove to show these girls…

Supporting the clients including carers to make complaints, taking complaints critically as well as replying to them or passing them to the suitable individual. Recognising as well as using sensibly the power that comes from your work with clients including carers. As a social care worker, you have to respect the rights of clients while looking for to make sure that their behaviour does not damage themselves or other individuals. This includes, recognising the clients have the right to take…

I was the secretary of Zonta International: Everett’s Zonta Club. The purpose of Everett's Zonta Club is to promote gender equality, end violence against women worldwide, and to motivate and empower youth. I took a leadership role in Everett’s Zonta Club because I wanted to spread awareness and help solve issues women around the world are facing. I also enjoyed working and networking with other individuals who share the same goals and ideas. Everett Zonta Club has allowed me to become more…

When asked the question, “Why do you want to become an RPLS major?” I automatically think of this past year. A year ago, I was unsure what I wanted to do as a career. I had declared a major in Athletic Training, but I wasn’t set on making it my career. I was having a conversation with a friend one day, and she advised me to look into the RPLS major. To be honest, I didn’t know much about the major prior to talking to her. When I went to research the major, I learned about the emphasis of…

Social workers are often expected to use the concepts risk and resilience to assist clients with overcoming adversity as well as identifying their strengths as a source of intervention. Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky (1999) has defined risk as “the probabilistically as any influence that increases the likelihood of the onset of a problem or maintains a problem state” (Fraser, Richman, & Galinsky, 1999). Although social workers assist clients in reducing risk, they also assist clients with adapting…

leadership team at Liberty Middle School has identified students who are not eating daily meals while they are away from school as a problem of practice. Maslow determined that the needs pyramids starts with basic items such as: food, water, and shelter. “Social systems must be responsive to individual needs, or be subject to instability and forced change (possibly through violence or conflict)” (Coate and Rosati, 1988). Students whose basic needs are evaded are unconsciously placed at a higher…

Because I learned that i had more perseverance then i thought. I did more work than the project for the class required. I did a collection for bottles as well as did a project and set up a project. I am better at doing work then other people in my class. Because I could have done a project that was easy way, but i decided to do a multistep project Instead. Overall i learned that i can do more when…

Jane Addams and Frances Perkins have always been my idols. Growing up in the 21st century, where people have fought for rights they should have never been denied, it’s tough not to have a role model that advocated for the right things. To me, social well-being is important. Thriving communities have people that have implemented programs to assist the community in ways that reveal success for its individuals. Jane Addams was said person to the community of Chicago, Illinois. Jane Addams was…

depth and came to conclusion I enjoyed helping people. After a year of being an undecided major, I took some psychology classes and took a leap towards counseling. I wanted to help people better themselves, and as time passed I now want to primary work with children and adolescents in the mental health field. Another reason I leaned…

Value systems construct social worker’s identity. It guides practice, social policy and establishes purpose in the field of social work. As a critical social worker, I will operate on the core value of non-judgment which is align with the social work Code of Ethics. This value will help determine use of theories, practice models and direct practice skills to address problems at micro-macro levels to avoid a dichotomous practice. The use of theories sort emotions from logic to help practitioners…