Social Work Profession Analysis

Topic 1: The social work profession is constantly evolving, and with that, my understanding of it also continues evolving. When I was growing up I had the mindset that social work meant the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). Because of that small-minded point of view, I knew at a very young age that I did not want to go into social work. I actually did want to work in the social work profession; I just did not know what that meant at the time. It is ironic because today my full-time job is in child welfare, which involves working in collaboration with DCFS every day. In other words, social work is not one idea or thing. It is a profession that offers many different paths, not just child welfare, for example. There are many misconceptions of social work and what a social work actually does. As an adult I can appreciate social work much more because it is the profession, more than others, that allows me to
I believe that this MSW program can help me better fulfill my goals of giving people the human rights they deserve, alleviating poverty, and changing broken communities into thriving communities. Although I am currently working in the field, child welfare is not my end goal. People who are living in vulnerable communities are constantly being made to feel insignificant. I believe that an MSW can further my desired work to alleviate this feeling of inferiority by alleviating poverty. I experienced first-hand the difference that community social work can make. I grew up in what was considered a vulnerable community. People are always surprised to learn how I grew up because they have this skewed idea of where vulnerable communities exist. My community was struggling with teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and gang violence, to name a few. In my home, there were even more social