Social Worker

Becoming   A SocialWorker
                                                              Hannah Mann
                                                              English Comp II
                                                              April 26,2010

Social Workers help people and communities solve problems. These problems include poverty,
racism, discrimination, physical and mental illness, addiction, and abuse. They counsel
individual and families, they lead group sessions, they research social programs. Social
workers are dedicated to empowering people and helping to preserve their dignity and woth.
Approximately 477,000 social workers are employed in the United States. Here a little history
Of an Social Worker, even before the United States a country, poverty and unemployed were
Among society’s problems. Almshouses and shelters that provided the homeless with jobs and
Rooms were established as early as 1657. The social work profession as we know it today,
however has it’s origins in the “friendly vistor” of the early 1800’s: these charity workers went
from home to home offering guidance on how to move beyond the troubles of proverty.

Here are a few career area in an social worker. First we have a Chilkdcare/ Family Services.
Efforts are being made to offer a more universal system of care that would incorporate
Child café, family services, and   community service. Child care services include day care
homes, childcare centers, and Head Start centers. Social Worker in this setting attempt to
address all the problems children faces from infancy to late adolescence. They work with
families to detect problems early and intervene when necessary. They search the problems
confronting children and families, and they establish new services or adapt existing services to
address these problems. They provide parenting education to teenage parents, which can
involve living with a teenage mother in a foster care situation, teaching... [continues]

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