Shadowing Experience In Social Work

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Introduction It’s hard at the age of 17 to know what you want to do with your life. There are stresses coming at you from each and every direction: what your family wants you to do, what your school wants you to do, what your friends are doing, what you want and what you know what you should do. Then a couple of months into the process you begin to question everything. That’s the process for almost all grade 12 students when applying for post secondary schooling; and from personal experience, it sucks. So most students end up in vague programs, that they’re not too sure about, until a couple years into their degree when they realize what they want to do. While I always knew I wanted to be in social work, I was never sure how I would get there, …show more content…

It started off as most of the visits do, with case studies and office work, but what I didn’t know was that the social worker I was meant to be with was running late, and we were only burning time, in a way. Once my worker arrived she said the words I had been waiting to hear for the past month and a half “would you like to go on a visit?” At this very moment I think my face must have looked like a child who was just told they could have ice cream for dinner. As we drove up to the mountain, I was briefed on the foster home we were visiting as well as the family whose children were in care. We also talked about one other visit she had planned, that had fallen though; this one was to take place at a maternity house. As soon as we knocked on the door an older woman and the sounds of a jumping, giggling, little baby boy greeted us. We sat and discussed his growth, health, and overall wellbeing, while playing with the little man. While clumsy and falling often, he was just leaning to walk and his foster parents couldn’t be more proud. On the way back down the mountain I was told more about his time with this family, as well as his older siblings. It was an amazing thing to see, and I’m so grateful I was able to witness this particular

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