What are Social Workers? Social workers are those in the field of profession, who has a desire to make changes in the communities, society, and the world as a whole. Social Workers assist people in helping them deal with or solve problems in everyday life. They may work with people who are homeless, abused, or having family problems. In assisting with these problems they may find resources for people, which requires them to find out what kind of help that client may need. They may also give counseling, meaning talking with them, helping the clients to understand and solve their situations. There are different types of Social Workers such as: family, children, and school social workers, medical and public health social workers, and mental health and substance abuse social workers. These Social Workers have different functions and different roles to play. For example, mental health and substance abuse social worker. They assess and treat individuals with mental illness or substance abuse problems. Some services that provide are individual and group therapy, outreach, crisis intervention, social rehabilitation, and teaching skills needed for everyday living. They also may help plan for supportive services to ease clients return to the community when leaving in-patient facilities. Other types of social workers include social work administrators, researchers, planners, and policymakers, who develop and implement programs to address issues such as child abuse, homelessness, substance abuse, poverty, and violence.
After researching the meaning to Social Work in middle school, I became interested in becoming a Social Worker. I felt it in my heart, that I was gone be the one to make a change in the community one day. I’m very outspoken and out for the people. I like to see people changing and trying to better themselves. While growing up I went through a lot and took a lot of criticism from people, this was a problem I had to cope with on my own. I was twelve years old...