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=== Welcome to Taylour Pushman's page "being a Social Worker".



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1.Social workers spend their days helping people with complicated psycological, health, social, or finalcial problems. They assist families in need and people who are the victims of the abuse. they provide counsling, advise, and direction for people who would otherwise no way of better neither the situation they are in or themselves.



2. The median expected salary for a typical social worker(BSW) in the U.S is 46, 778.



3. Requires a bachelors degree in social work and 2-4 Years of expierence in the feild or in a related area.

4. Social workers hold about 642,000 jobs in U.S. Social workers work in a variety of settings within a framework of relevant legislation and procedures, supporting individuals, families and groups within the community. Settings may include the service users' home, schools, and the premises of other public sector and voluntary organizations.



5. Universities that offer the degree are: University of South Florida, University of Central Florida, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of phoenix. The University of Phoenix is a branch of the largest private university in the U.S and offers the largest number of accredited inline degree programs of any online institution. Washington University has influenced policy strategies at the local, national and international levels. The university of Central Florida the qualified students who atend UCF social workers program become prepared to work in community-based clinics as well as recieve private practice. The University of South Florida has students take classess in areas such as social welfare policy,human behavior, issues in race and culture,family and group treatment and individual growth and development theory.



6. I was interested in this career and i wanted to learn more but now that I have actually taken the time to research the career I now realize that I would rather continue my studies and education in Comostology.

Name: Joelle Joelle works for the Department of Children and Families(DCF) and also spends her time helping young children at our church House of Prayer. Pros to being a social worker are she is able to help children and families with their problems. Some cons to being a social worker can be that you sometimes have to hear and see the worst in people. There are many different areas of working in child care including working with babies, infants, young children and adolescents. Joelle started of by attending a university, but she felt that the univeristy life wasn't for her. So she dropped out and enrolled herself into a Christian School and got her degree there. When asked about her income she felt uncomfortable so we are going to say that on average she makes 40,000-50,000 a year. Joelle commented "Everyone always wants more but the lord has blessed me with a comfortable living." The church is what helps hers strive to do better with her career. "There are never too many people in my feild," stated Joelle. Joelle claimed to never wanting to go back on her dicision on becoming a social worker, she loves her job. When asked if she found her job challenging, she described that it is always difficult having to see a child being neglected or abused. "This job makes me appreciate my Husband and my children all the more," said Joelle when asked if this job has an effect on her personal life. I askded if the hours difficult, she answered modestly "It was a challenge at first but when you love what you do, time no longer matters."

References

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