Personal Philosophy Of Social Work

Personal Philosophy
During my sophomore year of my undergraduate career I decided to switch my interests and major to social work. I realized that coming into college I was not sure of what path I wanted to take career wise, I just knew I wanted to do something that I would enjoy doing for the rest of my life. After analyzing my life and acknowledging the things I enjoy doing I came across the field of social work. Instantly I realized that this was the right profession for the goals I want to accomplish. As an individual in today’s society I am truly passionate about working with individuals and families who lack support and need help working towards living sufficiently. I want to be in a field where I can gain experience working with various

I went into school majoring in psychology and noticed during the second semester it was not what I wanted career wise. Growing up I was raised by a single parent and though I knew who my father was the last time I had spoken to him had been about ten years ago. Being raised by a single parent with two other singles was hard growing up but my mother survived and was able to successfully take care of us all. Since she was the only parent around, she needed help raising us and ended up utilizing some of the government benefits available to low-income families. Looking back on my life I wanted to be in a major where I could help people similar to the way my mother was helped. We were given various resources to help improve our way of living so we could efficiently live, eventually leading to my mother becoming independent and being able to take care of us

My grandmother has schizophrenia and is bipolar. Growing up I lived with my mother, siblings, aunt, cousin, and grandmother, because she needed someone to care of her and did not want to live alone after her divorce. Being around my grandmother allowed me to see the care that she needs and I want to help those who suffer from mental illnesses the way I wanted someone to care for mine. My grandmother does not have severe symptoms of the illness but displays enough to be diagnosed. Most of the time she just needs someone to talk to and remain patient with her. I have many personal reasons as to why I am the social work field, and overall you have to love what you do and helping other is what will allow me to live my life with a great