This is where a social worker comes in‚ they are the support system for anyone who needs it. My ideal job includes being able to help families‚ having a supervisor to help with decisions‚ and being able to work all day. Being a social worker has all those aspects. Rather it is being in the office helping people work through issues or going out in the community to help a family get all the resources they need‚ I am really looking forward to help. Everything about this career makes me want to be apart
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Why I want to be a Social Worker On a normal day in my life‚ I intermingle with the most dangerous and devious criminal minds in Jamaica! Yet these same individuals‚ have proven to be so naturally creative‚ it is rather uncanny! Being a correctional officer for just over a decade‚ I have seen the same individuals who plotted robberies; committed murders and major in general mayhem create beautiful art in paintings‚ music‚ and poetry! While I am a firm believer that people can and do change
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social workKathleen Howard Mary Lou Mires Reading 6 December 2011 The life of a Social Worker The most important thing about being a social worker that people have is passion for wanting to help people. Especially if you want to help them solve there problems. You must have the right kind of attitude (the kind of attitude that says I’m the boss I’m the one in charge).You also need lots of patience to be a Social Worker because of the high levels of stress and mixed emotions
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I didn’t always want to be a Social worker. I did know however‚ that I would have a job where I would help people. I have a passion for the law so naturally I thought I would explore that interest. I went into my undergrad thinking I was going to be a juvenile attorney. It was not until my internship with Safe Landing Youth Shelter that I realized I was going in the wrong direction. Working at the youth shelter I felt something I have never felt before: fulfillment and satisfaction. Why do you want
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because I will be the first in my family to graduate. I will also be the first to graduate from high school. My mom dropped out of school when she was a freshman and my dad did not make it passed third grade. I want to obtain my degree because I want to be a social worker for children. I want to get more people to become foster parents to help more children. I was in foster care when I was younger and it put an impact on my life to the point where I wanted to help more to put myself out there. I had
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I never really had an answer when grown-ups asked me what I wanted to be when I was little. Did I want to be a Veterinarian? Maybe‚ animals are awesome. Teacher? I’d rather just learn. Astronaut? Only if they make space food tastier. Now I’m about to be one of many so-called “grown-ups” and I finally have the answer. I want to help people. I will help people. I am going to be a social worker. Social work was something I discovered a few years ago after reading some books that featured teenagers
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My motivation for becoming a social worker came about from my own past experiences. During my adolescent years‚ I both witnessed and experienced numerous families in a crisis. This had a profound effect on my perspective on life and the meaning of family. Growing up‚ I was taught that community engagement and offering assistance to others are vital for a productive life. I was raised with the belief that if you are fortunate enough to be in a position to help others‚ and can positively contribute
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becoming a social worker has stemmed from my past experiences growing up as a child. My family moved from Guyana to the United States when I was a young child. As an immigrant family‚ my parents suffered financially to provide for my brother and I. Not only did we suffer from poverty my younger was also born with Down syndrome. My parents did not know much about this mental illness disorder coming from a third world country‚ there is not sufficient information and resources about mental illness. I am very
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1. Discuss why you want to be a social worker. What personal‚ academic‚ volunteer and/or work experiences have influenced this choice? If you have worked in other fields‚ please discuss the reasons for this change. I am interested in becoming a social worker because I believe I have compassion‚ empathy‚ and the desire to help others. I believe in social justice‚ and have a genuine interest in advocating for the under privileged. Working with children‚ youths‚ and families‚ along with having my
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Who am I and why do I want to be a social worker Just like most children‚ I had my fantasies and wishes of becoming a medical doctor so I could help alleviate the sufferings of many. Although this desire was not actualised as I ended up studying engineering but i always felt a big vacuum and an unquenchable desire which i couldn’t explain until I became a care support worker In my early years as a growing young girl in Africa‚ abuse and injustice happened on a daily basis and nothing was done
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