Social work is a professional occupation and academic discipline that focuses on improving the quality of life for individuals, couples, families, groups and communities. A more general definition of social work is that it is a career in which individuals are given the professional tools to help others. There aren’t many careers that allows one to help others in the way that social work does. Social workers maintain an important role in the lives of any individual they come across, and have the opportunity to directly influence many aspects of that person’s life. If it wasn’t for a social worker, and my father, I wouldn’t have crossed paths with my two foster brothers and one young man living in a group home facility. My parents are separated,
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In high school I enrolled in a volunteer class similar to the one available through the Community Public Service Program. For this class I volunteered with two nonprofit organizations; Bethany House and Momma’s House. Bethany House is a homeless shelter exclusively for single mothers and their children. Women of all ages came to temporarily live in this shelter, most of which had more than one child. My duties at Bethany house consisted if childcare, aiding in the preparation of dinner, and office work. One of the many benefits of volunteering there was the repeated opportunity to meet social workers and other workers in the Human Service field; a benefit I also received at Momma’s House. Momma’s House is an organization that provides housing for teenaged, single mothers and their infant(s). Here I also focused on childcare, mainly when the mothers were doing chores or at meetings. This class influenced my decisions to partake in certain community service opportunities in college; most of which allowed me to be hands on with many children. I am currently a member of Sister’s with Pride, a community service organization on campus that mentors adolescent girls. I have been a mentor of this group for almost two years now, and have mentored two young girls. I am also a part of a coed, professional fraternity named Alpha Phi Omega. I became a “brother” of this community service fraternity during the first semester of my sophomore year, along with starting the first community service course of my college career. For RSSW 290, the community service class available through the Community and Public Service Program (CPSP), I volunteered at U-Kids Child Care Center on Dutch Quad. For the RSSW 390 class I decided to focus on “at-risk” youth again, so I am volunteering with Club Zoe, a non-profit organization that’s provides a safe after school environment for youth
In high school I enrolled in a volunteer class similar to the one available through the Community Public Service Program. For this class I volunteered with two nonprofit organizations; Bethany House and Momma’s House. Bethany House is a homeless shelter exclusively for single mothers and their children. Women of all ages came to temporarily live in this shelter, most of which had more than one child. My duties at Bethany house consisted if childcare, aiding in the preparation of dinner, and office work. One of the many benefits of volunteering there was the repeated opportunity to meet social workers and other workers in the Human Service field; a benefit I also received at Momma’s House. Momma’s House is an organization that provides housing for teenaged, single mothers and their infant(s). Here I also focused on childcare, mainly when the mothers were doing chores or at meetings. This class influenced my decisions to partake in certain community service opportunities in college; most of which allowed me to be hands on with many children. I am currently a member of Sister’s with Pride, a community service organization on campus that mentors adolescent girls. I have been a mentor of this group for almost two years now, and have mentored two young girls. I am also a part of a coed, professional fraternity named Alpha Phi Omega. I became a “brother” of this community service fraternity during the first semester of my sophomore year, along with starting the first community service course of my college career. For RSSW 290, the community service class available through the Community and Public Service Program (CPSP), I volunteered at U-Kids Child Care Center on Dutch Quad. For the RSSW 390 class I decided to focus on “at-risk” youth again, so I am volunteering with Club Zoe, a non-profit organization that’s provides a safe after school environment for youth