The Work

The “Fit” of Social Work as Profession for You “Marissa, what do you want to be when you grow up?” the question many people ask throughout my life and I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only one who was asked this. My answer wasn’t social work, I didn’t even know what a social worker was until I was in middle school when someone described them as “kid’s snatchers”. I never bothered to look into it, I was too busy listening to my friend telling me about how a kid got taken away from their parents.…

Chapter One- Introduction to Rural Social Work Rural Assistance Center (2015) states, “The population of rural America currently accounts for less than 20 percent of the overall population of the United States, and this number continues to fall over time” (pg. 1). Practicing social work in a rural area is often difficult, but unique as the life in a rural area is much different than in an urbanized location. What is most important when working in a rural area is maintaining confidentiality and…

Throughout history in the United States, we have multiplied the amount of individuals who are considering or participating in the fields: social work and/or counselor. These career fields are not always positive because individuals see situations that makes them cringe. However, there are a lot of rewarding aspects of these specific fields, each individual learns how to help individuals with hard situations, help parents understand about why a child is acting a certain way, and help individuals…

the field of social work. Especially aspiring to become a LCSW, I will need to be able to validate my client’s feelings and goals that they have about themselves. Validation is one of the only ways that we communicate acceptance of ourselves and others. Validation of feelings is a foundation to a helping relationship. Another strength that I believe that I would positively bring to my social work practice is my ability to be present and to reflectively…

helped me to speak confidently in front of my peers. Working with different people, by listening, advising, and finding strategies to help solve the problem, has always been a key interest of mine. This reinforced my decision to study a degree in Social Work. A social worker needs to be committed, trustworthy and able to encourage people. My experiences; have helped me to do so, to be non- judgemental. Working in teams, showing respect and most important having good verbal communication, are…

INTRODUCTION The career I decided to research is social work. I wasn’t sure that is what I wanted to research because really I thought I wasn’t going to go to college and I was going to go down a completely different career path. I chose this because I have really been thinking of school and what I want to go for. There are many different subsections of social work and many different things you can do along with the job itself. With this career you can work in nursing homes, hospitals, and human…

Before entering ATC’s Social Work Assistance Program I felt disconnected from my previous career and very unsure of what I wanted to do with my future. I realized early on that I am driven by the need to help others and facilitate positive change around me. Yet, I felt those needs unfulfilled in my previous profession. Discovering social work, regardless of where it may lead me, peaked my interests in such a way that no other field really has. I knew I found something special during the first…

I wanted to get another aspect of the issues in the social work perfession. I read a lot about ethinical and confidential issues that lay within social work but I would like to know the results of studies taken on some of the issues. This article contributes more within a social worker study of a welfare recipient and analizes their innner self such as a recipient self-esteem and motivation to better themselves in the real world. Also, there were controlled studies of persons who have…

Throughout this course I have learned a lot of interesting things about Social Work and everything that it entitles. The book that we have been reading throughout the semester, Introduction to Social Work and Social Welfare: Empowering people, has taught me about the different aspects of social work. While reading the text there were five specific chapters that stood out to me amongst all of the chapters in the book. These five chapters I believe were the most important and the most interesting.…

My initial assessment of the social work profession was looked upon as a career that helped the lower income population. Not only do they help them with the basic necessities like: clothes, food, and shelter, but they can also help people find refuge. Social workers can be found almost anywhere and in colleges they provide programs for first generation college students and gives them additional help to be successful. Yes, I believe that my personal ethics correlate well with the Code of Ethics.…