Social Work Reflective Essay

This paper will explore the choices and inspirations as to why I want to be a social worker in the area of child and family studies. Social work is important area/ industry to understand and explore more about as it focuses on helping marginalized induvial/ communities, families, children and just anyone who is suffering in a world of problems and we need to be able to help them. According to AASW they say “Social work aims to maximize the development of human potential”.

I was brought up in a large family so there was always some form of family engagement and being told that family is important. Having a family made feel like I knew I wanted to help families and children. According to O’blenes, Missall and Scarlett (2014)” A parent becomes an attachment figure in the child’s life because they tend to feel safe and secure therefore it becomes a major determinant for the quality of the attachment. This makes me wonder in terms of the attachment theory about the

Whether that may be death, violence or any other aspect of trauma. When I was three years old my father passed away and it didn’t really have an effect on me growing up because I could not remember him or the majority of my experiences growing up when he was here because I did not remember most of it. According to NCTSN (2016) they say that “children with complex trauma suffer a variety of traumatic events such as physical and sexual abuse, domestic and community violence, separation from family and revictiminaztion by others.” Therefore, I feel that by understanding the different areas of trauma can enable me to work with children who have experienced trauma. I think I would like to help children/families and communities return to or create normal aspects accessing need and providing care consistent with the child’s level of need and ensuring the time it will take to provide