Social Work Personal Statement

I began my social work studies over twenty-five years ago at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. I never questioned my decision to pursue a career in social work; I loved my classes and worked hard to learn as much as possible. But the information I gained in undergraduate school simply opened the doors of my education. Most of my learning has come through constant questioning, personal research, and especially through work and life experience. Through these experiences I have encountered the challenges faced by individuals, families, and society and have been able to further access and develop the innate personality traits and abilities that originally led me to study social work as well as learn and practice the many skills necessary to be a successful mental health counselor.

My main reason for applying to the Simmons School of Social Work is that it is an accredited university with an excellent reputation as an educational institution and offers an MSW program that is predominantly online. I attended Thomas Edison State University online and earned my bachelor’s degree with a GPA of 3.9. Once I made the decision to continue my education, I searched for MSW programs that were available online with CSWE accreditation in compliance with New Jersey State social work licensure. I found that Simmons’s specialized program in clinical social work is well suited for my educational needs.

The decision to take the clinical route as a second year MSW graduate student, was one that took no hesitation to make. My passion for children and the preservation of families have been a propelling factor in my Social Work career; both academically and professionally. These two entities have motivated me to remain steadfast on the journey to obtaining my MSW so I can continue to be a vessel for children and families who are in need of support and empowerment. The clinical spectrum of social work practice has strengthened my ability to work proficiently with multiple clients and perform well when assisting families in different realms of social work practice. The knowledge gained during my four years as an undergraduate BSW student and

As long as I could remember, I always wanted to be in a public service. Watching shows about attorneys to therapist, I wanted to help those who could not help themselves. In high school I took law class that would change my views on being a attorney to being a psychologist. I realized before one can get into the court system, something had to stem from their childhood or traumatic incident with therapy one could avoid the justice system or rehabilitate. After community college I began working with children with mental and behavioral illnesses.

Masters of Social Work Personal Statement Everyone goes through times in their lives when they are not sure as to where they want to go in life or what their intent is. I always knew that my generic life intent was to help others, but that was never a good enough reason for me. Even up through my sophomore year of undergraduate studies, I did not know exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. It was the exhilaration of providing children with the thought that they could do anything they wanted to and be whoever they wanted to be that made me realize what my life's plan was. Realizing that my obstacles, my experiences, and my unsureness was exactly what I needed to go through in order to understand that I needed to be that encouragement, that perseverance, and that voice that advocated for youth.

My interest in social work and social welfare developed from volunteering as a Navy Ombudsman and social work coursework at East Carolina University. As an Ombudsman my role consists of being a liaison between Navy families and the Command. In the volunteer role, it required me to work in many areas such as a mediator, educator, broker, facilitator and organizer for the families. With this valuable experiences, I knew furthering my education we help assist me in gaining additional knowledge to work and assist others. Enrolling and partaking in the social work courses made me more aware of additional social welfare, issues, especially in the area of child welfare.

I cannot emphasize enough the passion I have for child welfare services, I like helping individuals, children to be exact. I cannot see myself doing anything else with my life I never wanted to do anything else in life. I have demonstrated a great deal of capacity for success in the Indiana child welfare scholars program by a number of things: one, staying commented to one major; two presenting myself as a practicing child welfare worker; three, pushing myself to always do better in my classes. Once I knew I wanted to go to college in order to achieve my dream social work was my only option. If I did anything else it would have been for the money I would not have been for the right respectable reasons.

My journey for school started thirty-eight years ago; I graduated from high school in 1979. I attempted to attend college after I graduated from high school, but I married a few months later and chose to drop out of school. My second attempt was in 1992. I attended community college and was now a mother of three children. Suddenly, my husband passed away.

Ideally, I would like to save everyone that needs help, to be the shoulder to cry on, the sounding board for advice—anything that could be of help to someone. I spent a lot of time convincing myself that becoming a social worker was not a probable, that I had lost my chance because I didn’t start early enough. I then decided that I wanted a degree in early childhood education and that I wanted to work with children with special needs with the ultimate goal in opening a charter school for special needs where children could all feel as if they belonged and were a part of something. When I finally went to enroll into the program I found that the Human and Social Service (HUAS) program was available and I just took it as a sign that social work was really what it is that I wanted to do. Even as a child

One of the most fundamental reasons I am applying to Fordham University to study social work is because I am passionate about helping others. This is a passion that when translated into a career in social work, will not only help me thrive, but also allows me to bring happiness to others. Throughout my professional and social life, helping others has been a top priority. Through both my internships in the social work field and through my extracurricular activities in charitable organizations, assisting those in need is one principle that stays constant. My motivation for becoming a social worker stems from the sweeping social justice issue of substance use and addiction.

When I decided to pursue a degree in social work; I decided that I wanted to become an LSCW. After achieving this, I intend to give counseling services to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. I hope to gain more knowledge and to develop skills towards providing counseling. I wish to excel at the micro level to offer the best care possible for surviving victims. I intend to finish this program with the same dedication I have shown throughout my undergraduate degree.

For quite a while I had absolutely no interest in communications or media of an sort. For several years I had myself convinced that I would go into some rewarding career of social work. While I was passionate about gaining the incredible ability to improve the lives of those struggling, I was not excited about actually doing the taxing tasks. I committed myself to at least trying to pursue this path, but then sophomore year put me in a different direction. That was the year that I took the first video production class.

Inspired by my mom and various other members of my family encouraged me to choose Social Work as my major. My mother, my primary inspiration, has worked in the child welfare system for several years. My grandparents serve as foster parents and work as trainers for prospective foster parents. My cousin, Xavier, was placed in the foster care system as a newborn and remained in it until my aunt and uncle adopted him at age two. These individuals have sparked passion in me to contribute to this field of work.

My reasoning to study a social work because I am intresting subject like sociology, psychology, politics and law. I think so being a social worker connecting all that subjects together in one harmonious as a whole. That whole have to got one target prevention/helping of many problems of modern world. It is my strong belief that we are born completely diverse but dependent on others for all our care needs, as we grow up, we develop our life a sense of indenity. Every of us no matter our religion, colour of skin etc has the potential to provide something unique to the commumity which all we are part.

I have come to accept that I find satisfaction when I steer toward volunteer positions, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and advocacy groups that focus on improving quality of life and give a voice to different international groups. It is from this realization and from my remarkable experiences both with disfranchised women in the Republic of Georgia and with my experience volunteering at Bridge Refugee Services that I found my true calling: international social work. I’m driven to help those who are voiceless and to advocate for those who are misfortunate. The opportunity to pursue my Master’s Degree in Social Work at Boston will give me the chance to fulfil my passions.