...develop more independence which will help me to accomplish my goals. I feel that my professors and fellow students support me in that by offering me a flexible schedule along with having the ability to contact my advisor at any time for questions or help regarding my classes. Meeting new people will allow me to have the opportunity to expand my horizon. I believe achieving goals are essential to professional success. These goals will enable me to be involved in the learning process and it will give me the opportunity to become a life-long learner. Professionally it is my intent to obtain employment as a social worker. Further it is my intention to complete my studies with an eye toward earning a Master’s degree in Medical and public health social work. As you can see the career I choose is a Medical and public health social worker. Medical and public health social workers provide psychosocial support to individuals, families, or vulnerable populations so they can cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses, such as...
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...Courtney Bellmore November 1, 2014 Mr. Brechko Economics Stepping Stone Choosing a career can be one of the most important steps to a person’s upcoming future. It’s so important because our career will be the main thing that will be supporting us throughout life. As I graduate high school in a few months I plan on entering the military. The military branch that I choose to pursue is the Air Force. As I enter the Air Force my plan is to go into the social working field. I do not have to go to college for this. The Air Force is the best stepping stone for achieving my goal of being a social worker. However to discover what my actual career will be as my stepping stone I have to take the ASVAB. The ASVAB stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery which is a multiple choice test that determines what career you can qualify for (official-asvab). My goal in the Air Force is to become a social worker. As I try to become a social worker I will mainly focus on helping people with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) (psychcentral). However, depending on the test...
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...Growing up I always wanted to be a social worker. Working with people is something I like to do. I am very good with lending a helping hand and being there when a person needs me the most. I am very wise about the things I say and do. My word of advice could help others in many ways. Social workers save millions every day rather it’s financial, social, private or just local. Being a social worker is a very hard job but anyone with a good attitude and an open heart can be a great social worker with no problem. Social workers make almost $50,000 per year. Social workers make more than the average mental health counselor, abuse and behavioral abuse. The major social workers throughout the world are as listed: medical/public health, substance, mental health,...
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...By becoming a social worker, I will be able to fulfill my lifelong passion of helping others and being an outlet for those in need. Social work is truly an art of helping people, with my passion for serving others, it will allow me to thrive in the field and create a lifelong career out of the profession. This May I wish to pursue a master’s degree in social work here at East Carolina University.While in my social work classes, I found a second love in my minor of gerontology. Older adults have always been a major part of my life.The older adult population are constant teachers and they are the people whom we should learn as much as we can from while we have the time. I look forward to serving the aging community as a social worker in my career...
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...My goal is to be a social worker for children and or individual with developmental or mental disabilities. Therefore I plan to major in social work in Rutgers University, which will help me become a better and more competent social worker. I have always loved helping people so I thought it would be best to make a career out of it. Rutgers is one of the best educational programs in New Jersey and I know attending this university will assist me with become the social worker I dream to become. There are a few goals I expect to complete after receiving an education from Rutgers University. First, I want to earn my degree in social work. Secondly, I want to further the information I learned from my two year college and my job. Finally I would like to get a job working in schools or group homes. Helping people has always been a part of my life. I remember in high school when I use to visit my older sister with Down syndrome at her group home. I use to assist her by going to the store with her and visited her every day when our grandmother past. She would remain upset even though I did those things with her. I know gaining education from Rutgers would help me learn how to help my sister better know as well as other. Once I earn my degree in social work I could help individual like my sister to...
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...As a Social Worker, major I have learned to put myself in the shoes of others instead of judging them yet, it doesn't fix all the humans needs in this world. It is disturbing to read about women being raped in this world. Throughout the nightmare of this woman I was thinking to myself how much this women was suffering and in the picture you can see the pain in her eyes. I believe that man take their strong, masculine image and use it to their advantage. They may try to use guilt lies alcohol and or aggressiveness to get a girl to have sex with them if she declines and he still continues to have sex with her then he is committing a crime. The worst part is that girls don't really know who to trust or not to trust it is a very scary world in,...
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...First, a social worker must be well culturally competent. This means that it is critical for a social worker to have the system’s perspective as their right-hand man or woman. When I am on the hotline, I have the possibility of working with any population. This means that the person on the other line can be white, black, hispanic, asian, gay, bisexual, and etc. In fact, even though most of the conversations I’ll have will fall under sexual assaults/abuse, the context of every person I interact with will be different. One person might have a financial dependence on their perpetrator, while another person may have children with their perpetrator. Every story has divergent twists and complexities, which what makes the system’s perspective so vital. A social worker must take into account of their client, or in this case survivor, different systems. Do they have micro systems such as kids, family, friends. Or, do they don’t have any micro systems and just meso systems that include a religious community. It differs for every client, which what makes the field somewhat mentally and emotionally exhausted. As a result, social workers must also practice self care. If I am constantly holding a space for my survivors and not holding any space for myself to bathe, breathe, relax, and reflect, I won’t be able to hold those spaces effectively. It is essential that a social worker sees to their needs first before others, because if they are...
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...Being a social worker is my absolute dream and I wouldn’t let anything stand in the way of that. Every aspect or every precaution people may voice about the profession just makes me more intrigued. I want to be able to help and make a difference in people’s lives and the society as a whole. I am not the type of person to sit back; I want to make a change and help. There are many intriguing and wonderful things to learn and experience through any school of social work but Carleton is my number one choice to discover and learn those things. I want to be qualified and take courses in things that interest me and I truly connect with, and Carleton’s school of social work can do that for me. I would like to develop skills in order to succeed in this...
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...description of your master program on social work, I realized that becoming a social worker could help me to understand better and work with parents, their children, and the systems established for them. For many years, I focused only in the children from an early educator’s perspective. To give am example, my weekly goals were focused in what young students would learn. As a part of my duties, I planned activities that involved a wide range of developmental skills. But also, as an early childhood educator I had to deal with the other side of the child, the parent. Sometimes this relationship became a friendly partnership, other times an unknown barrier would be lift (without animosity) between me and the parent. Those occasions...
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...My major in college is social work. After graduating from the Bachelors program I intend on continuing to work as an LPN and going on to get my Masters in social work. After I obtain my Masters I plan on working as a mental health social worker. 2. The documents that I might produce in mental health social work are: • Assessments of the patient • A plan of care for the patient • Letter of referral to doctor if serious mental disorder • Letters to employers to assist the patient in keeping employment • If the patient is unable to continue to work, assist with paperwork requesting government assistance. 3. Scenario #1 Audience: Supervisor and human resources at Volvo Purpose: To inform the supervisor and human resources that employee is mentally capable to continue work in a factory setting. *James is currently employed at Volvo working on the production line. After finding out his wife of 3 years is having an affair at her place of employment, James gets intoxicated and decides to overdose. James is taken to the hospital and upon evaluation is transferred to a mental health facility where he stays as an inpatient for four days. Upon release James is called in to his...
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...For this assignment, I interviewed Kayla Chambers, a case worker at Department of Human Services (DHS) in Tulsa. Kayla received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Oklahoma, and has since worked in case management. When asked why she chose to go into the field of social work, Kayla stated that she didn’t chose social work, but rather social work chose her. She stated that this typically happens for most people, they don’t simply decide to go into social work on a whim, it’s normally due to a personal inspiration that leads to passion for the career field. Specifically, Kayla said that social work was never in her sights for a career. She had originally intended to go into occupational therapy, and applied for the program twice, but wasn’t accepted. Her parents, one being an...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION A number of African American women are succeeding on the long road to career advancement and leadership positions. Nevertheless, racism and sexism still hinder their efforts for career advancement and leadership positions. Black women are facing an intense combination of discrimination in American institutions. Because we live in a white male-dominated society, it is easy to underestimate African American women’s leadership potential and abilities. African American women are looked at as inferior beings, rather than as equals capable of accomplishing any and everything a man can. The purpose of this research will be to investigate how education influences career advancement and leadership positions of African American...
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...Careers In Psychology BEH/225 April 15, 2015 Elizabeth Brook Morford Careers in Psychology In looking at the different types of work you might choose in the field of psychology, I would probably go with either Social Worker or Sports Psychologist. A few of the things that interest me about these two options would be; Social workers help individuals obtain perceptible services, provide counseling to individuals and families, and work to improve social and health services in the public. Sports psychology is a fairly new branch of psychology. Sports psychologists work with athletes struggling to overcome psychological blocks that hamper their athletic performance. I think this would be a great career for anyone that loves sports and would be interested in helping athletes reach their full potential. Job Description and areas of work for a Social Worker: Social workers are employed in a wide assortment of settings. For example, they may practice in community mental health services where they provide individual and family counseling or help facilitate adoptions and foster care placement. Social workers are also found in hospitals, schools, social service agencies, and correctional facilities. The setting in which a social worker is employed will likely depend on the individual’s area of specialization. Some areas that a Social Worker may be found would be; clinical work, child welfare and/or family services, child protective services, or maybe just working in a school as...
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...UNIV/100 Career Exploration Plan Worksheet For this assignment, you will research the http://www.phoenix.edu website and use the My Career Plan tools on eCampus. To complete this assignment, follow the directions provided in each section. You may refer to the completed example in the Week 3 Materials as a guideline. When you complete each section, submit this document to your Week 3 Assignment 1 link on your student website. Save this document so you can reference it as you work on building your career plan in your future University of Phoenix courses. Section 1: Career Research 1. Go to http://www.phoenix.edu and browse the available degrees, then complete the following table. 2. List the degree programs you are interested in and potential careers that might require these degrees. Careers and degrees I’m interested in | What I know about these careers and degrees | What I need to know about these careers and degrees | Case/Social Worker | Great job opportunities available in every city, especially for bilinguals. Salary paying job with benefits, normal work hours; I get to help people. The University of Phoenix offers an Associates of Arts degree with a concentration in Human Services Management. I know that with this degree I can seek a job with the government and it has a rapid growth as Health Care is also growing. | I need to know how likely I am to get a job with this Associates degree or if I need to continue my education to a Bachelor’s...
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...My comprehension of the profession of a social worker has been broadly expanded since being in this class. I’ve learned many aspects of this profession including learning of their goals and purposes, how it is empowering and evolving in society, also the values, ethics, and principles they conduct. The powerpoints have been really helpful even though I do have the book, the powerpoints organized me really well to study and prepare for any social work questions that were given. Although I know I am not absolutely fully knowledgeable about this field, I am aware of most things as of before, I had no clue as to what social work was about. Prior to entering this class, I had no experience with a social worker so actually conducting an interview...
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