School social worker

Intersectionality refers to entirely of a person’s dimension of difference and social identities (Cox, Trice & Long 2015 p. 9). I never really interacted with family so I do not know much about their intersection issues. I don’t know all about their background but you can tell the kids come from different…

motive for me to pursue a career as a Social Worker. For me, a major role of a social worker is to help a client empower themselves. I watched someone for so long suffer from self-inflicting behaviors that are caused by a deep underlying issue. From this experience,…

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…

readiness, learning goals and placement search process. I have created five learning goals that I would like to accomplish at my first placement. That is to learn how to be a social service worker through my experiences with my first placement. I will be discussing why I want to become a social service worker and which social/populations I would be interested in and why. The many Interests that I have chosen through this program will be discussed in a micro, macro and mezzo continuum. My…

On August 28, 2016, I interviewed Mindy Saalfeld. This interview was done via email. Mindy graduated from Kearney State College in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and minor in Sociology. She was then required to take a Merit Test within 180 days of graduation. In order to obtain certification, you had to do so by becoming an accepted member of the NSWA. Once a member, you were required to complete continuing education hours to retain your certification every 2 years. She continued…

As I have been going to school, I found the passion for wanting to people that needed help; I hated to see people upset or unhappy about a personal problem. Seeing people like that made me realized that I want to be a person that will put a smile on someone’s face and if I could help in any way, I would do it. I knew that if I did such thing, it would bring happiness. As I made it to high school and finishing high school, I thought I wanted to be a relationship therapist because I used to be so…

Assessment in social work is a crucial tool that social workers use to obtain and analyse information from the service user or anyone integral to the care and wellbeing of the service user. Social workers must do this in order to identify and respond to risk, and also to determine the wants and needs of the individual and their care givers. As a social worker undertaking assessments you should always be self-aware and take into account the diversity of each individual. There is a vast spectrum…

University of Maryland School of Social Work Office of Admissions Personal Statement 1. As a future Social Worker being trained to address the daily struggles and challenges of those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty, particularly those with disabilities would be most rewarding. People with disabilities experience stigma and scrutiny due to a lack of public awareness. Many times people with disabilities will choose to not reveal their disability to the general public, although…

The Homeless Youth Description of Social Need of Vulnerable Population: When most people think about the homeless they visualize the stereotype society has placed on the homeless such as older adults and drug addicts but rarely picture adolescence. Homeless Adolescence is individuals from ages 15-24. The homeless youth are individuals who do not have parental, foster or institutional care (NCFH, 2016). Arkansas has ranked the third worst state in the nation for homelessness for youths (Mershon…

fasts that focused national attention on farm workers problems, and the 340-mile march from Delano to Sacramento in 1966. The farm workers and supporters carried banners with the black eagle with HUELGA (strike) and VIVA LA CAUSA (Long live our cause). The marchers wanted the state government to pass laws which would permit farm workers to organize into a union and allow collective bargaining agreements. Cesar made people aware of the struggles of farm workers for better pay and safer working…