Janajah White

ENGL 1001-025

Exploratory Essay

26 February 2020

A Future Social Worker

My role as a student was to pick a career that interest you so I have chosen the career path of becoming a Social Worker. There are many different types of fields in the Social Work Program which are job, family, and school. Also there is medical and health care, mental health and substance abuse, military, community, and social work administrator. The social work field I have chosen is the child welfare. Social Welfare is a group of assistance programs designed to help the needy citizens. This is important to me because I was once in those child’s positions and I just want the better for the new generations yet to come. Welfare comes with a lot of benefits to help out many people as possible. Some of the main points I would be focusing on are what social workers do? How do Social Workers balance their work and personal life? What type of clients do Social Workers find the most difficult to work with and why? What are your opinions on the current welfare system? Should home schooling become a child welfare case? . How important is paper work in the social work field? Why are social workers so low on staff? Where do you see social work in 5 years? What type of clients do Social Workers find the most difficult to work with and why? What is social workers theoretical orientation regarding family therapy?

Gov Dept. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic. United States: 2019. First, being a social worker means you really have to devote your entire life to it. What social workers do? “Social workers help

people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Clinical social workers also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues” (Gov Dept. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic. United States: 2019). Social Workers are the key for new beginnings to families and or any other people in need. How do Social Workers balance their work and personal life? I don’t even think a personal life would even exist to a Social Worker because all their time is mostly spent with clients. “The majority of social workers works full time. They sometimes work evenings, weekends, and holidays to see clients or attend meetings, and they may be on call” (Gov Dept. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic. United States: 2019). Social Workers have a duty and responsibilities to the people of our community. The people have to know they can really trust them, even if some cases takes late nights. What type of clients do Social Workers find the most difficult to work with and why? It’s not about how difficult they are to you but how you as a social worker can manage their stress levels with them. Social Workers can find it difficult to work with angry clients. Angry clients aren’t always fun to work with because you can’t predict what might happen next. But with a difficult situation like that the best way would to be finding ways the client can focus on the good. Letting go of that high level stress and bringing it to a level that is much better to work with. Finally, also trying to approach them in various ways to see and learn what method works best. They have to be able to change for the better become a new person, change their life style living. A mother fear is getting her children token away out of her home and placed in the system.

“Child Welfare”, The New York Times (2016) Accessed 26 February 2020. Social Welfare involves children and the children involves social welfare. Once a child has been abused or neglected in their home then that’s when it’s time for child protection program steps in. What are your

opinions on the current welfare system? I believe that social workers shouldn’t immediate place a child with a foster family. The children are already suffering from trauma, so the very best would be to ease their minds knowing they are safe with someone they’ve known their entire life. “When children cannot remain with their birth parents, the comfort of a grandparent or an aunt eases the trauma of separation” (Child Welfare 2016). Children who are placed with family members save the government a lot more money than placing them in a foster home. Do you believe some children are safe inside a foster home? No I truly do not believe because some foster homes can be very cruel. System needs more controlling. “Children do best in families, so systems need to invest in finding and supporting foster families and relatives who can care for them” (Child Welfare 2016). The Child Welfare system can be a little tricky but that doesn’t mean you can’t beat the system. Child Welfare is a field if you like dealing with children. All of your cases will mainly focus on children. These specific children have been beaten, sexually, physically abuse and much more. These children are very fragile really be needing the time and care. Dealing with this field it might be a little hard at times but you have to keep your strength through it all. The children are depending on you because their lives are in your hands now once you’ve started the case. Social Welfare needs more people in this field because the less people the more paper work that has to be done.

Paula McFadden, Anne Campbell, Brian Taylor, Resilience and Burnout in Child Protection Social Work: Individual and Organisational Themes from a Systematic Literature Review, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 45, Issue 5, July 2015, Pages 1546–1563. Social Work paper work can be a little problematic. Paper work isn’t easy on a social work because once you’re done with your 1st pile you still have many more coming your work. How important is paper

work in the social work field? It takes a lot of time and effort with filing this paper work. Social Workers get a lot of their information from research. Research can be very useful for Social Workers because they have to make sure everything they write down is accurate. “Papers had to report empirical research or be reviews of relevant research” (McFadden, Campbell, Taylor (2015) p. 1546). Social workers are not allowed to submit any paper work unless they have evidence to back it up. False evidence does not look good on your record. Why are social workers so low on staff? A lot of the paper work can really wash the social workers away not wanting to work in this field no more. The less staff they have the more work that will you’re your way. “focused on the evaluation of research findings, which considered individual and Organisational factors associated with resilience or burnout in child protection social work staff” (McFadden, Campbell, Taylor (2015) p. 1546). If you are a social worker in this field than there is no reason for you to back out even if it can be hard. You just have to remind yourself why you really chosen this field. Social workers are doing to better the people, better the community and of course better themselves. Children have suffered enough its really time to make a difference in the Social Work Field.

Knox, B. L., Starling, S. P., Feldman, K. W., Kellogg, N., Frasier, L., & Tiapula, S. (2014). Child torture as a form of child abuse. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 7(1), 37-49. Home schooling can be very different to some parents. Many parent take advantage of it and hardly ever do a little schooling.Parents wanting to homeschool their children can be very much different than we thought. Should home schooling become a child welfare case? There are two different sides of argument. Some people can be on the side with not allowing a case on the parents who wants to home school their children. And the other side would be the side who

agrees to starting a case. In this source it gives us information on how nearly every child who are removed from their home have been mistreated, abused, and died. “No educational content was being provided and the physical abuse intensified after the homeschooling commenced” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)). There are some parents who don’t even educate their child which social workers like to call it “failure to educate”. While this is still continuing to happen there is nothing social workers can do about parents keeping their child in school. They are the parents and they pretty much can control their child education but not actually giving them learning they deserve than that is still considered as an educational policy. “In many of these cases, homeschooling begins after the closure of a child services case or child abuse investigation” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)).

Children shouldn’t have to suffer from every child deserves a proper education because the school just might be their safe place.

Koeske, Gary F., and William J. Krowinski. “Gender-Based Salary Inequity in Social Work: Mediators of Gender’s Effect on Salary.” Social work 49.2 (2004): 309-17. ProQuest. 26 Feb. 2020. This specific source talks about the differences between how much a male make than female social workers. Men social workers salary average about 3,665 more than a women salary. “Research has shown an enduring difference in men’s and women’s salaries, with women earning less than 90 cents per dollar paid to men” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). In this part of source, it also focuses on how the salary could have been determined based on discrimination which are race and gender. “In the approach described as the classical validation model, merit factors mediate the effect of a status or attribute variable, such as race or gender, on salary” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). Where do you see social work in 5 years? This information would be

agrees to starting a case. In this source it gives us information on how nearly every child who are removed from their home have been mistreated, abused, and died. “No educational content was being provided and the physical abuse intensified after the homeschooling commenced” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)). There are some parents who don’t even educate their child which social workers like to call it “failure to educate”. While this is still continuing to happen there is nothing social workers can do about parents keeping their child in school. They are the parents and they pretty much can control their child education but not actually giving them learning they deserve than that is still considered as an educational policy. “In many of these cases, homeschooling begins after the closure of a child services case or child abuse investigation” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)).

Children shouldn’t have to suffer from every child deserves a proper education because the school just might be their safe place.

Koeske, Gary F., and William J. Krowinski. “Gender-Based Salary Inequity in Social Work: Mediators of Gender’s Effect on Salary.” Social work 49.2 (2004): 309-17. ProQuest. 26 Feb. 2020. This specific source talks about the differences between how much a male make than female social workers. Men social workers salary average about 3,665 more than a women salary. “Research has shown an enduring difference in men’s and women’s salaries, with women earning less than 90 cents per dollar paid to men” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). In this part of source, it also focuses on how the salary could have been determined based on discrimination which are race and gender. “In the approach described as the classical validation model, merit factors mediate the effect of a status or attribute variable, such as race or gender, on salary” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). Where do you see social work in 5 years? This information would be

agrees to starting a case. In this source it gives us information on how nearly every child who are removed from their home have been mistreated, abused, and died. “No educational content was being provided and the physical abuse intensified after the homeschooling commenced” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)). There are some parents who don’t even educate their child which social workers like to call it “failure to educate”. While this is still continuing to happen there is nothing social workers can do about parents keeping their child in school. They are the parents and they pretty much can control their child education but not actually giving them learning they deserve than that is still considered as an educational policy. “In many of these cases, homeschooling begins after the closure of a child services case or child abuse investigation” (Knox, Starling, Feldman, Kellogg, & Tiapula, (2014)).

Children shouldn’t have to suffer from every child deserves a proper education because the school just might be their safe place. Koeske, Gary F., and William J. Krowinski. “Gender-Based Salary Inequity in Social Work: Mediators of Gender’s Effect on Salary.” Social work 49.2 (2004): 309-17. ProQuest. 26 Feb. 2020. This specific source talks about the differences between how much a male make than female social workers. Men social workers salary average about 3,665 more than a women salary. “Research has shown an enduring difference in men’s and women’s salaries, with women earning less than 90 cents per dollar paid to men” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). In this part of source, it also focuses on how the salary could have been determined based on discrimination which are race and gender. “In the approach described as the classical validation model, merit factors mediate the effect of a status or attribute variable, such as race or gender, on salary” (Koeske & Krowinski 2016). Where do you see social work in 5 years? This information would be

Works Cited

Gov Dept. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic. United States: 2019

“Child Welfare”, The New York Times (2016) Accessed 26 February 2020.

Koeske, Gary F., and William J. Krowinski. “Gender-Based Salary Inequity in Social Work: Mediators of Gender’s Effect on Salary.” Social work 49.2 (2004): 309-17. ProQuest. 26 Feb. 2020.

Paula McFadden, Anne Campbell, Brian Taylor, Resilience and Burnout in Child Protection Social Work: Individual and Organisational Themes from a Systematic Literature Review, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 45, Issue 5, July 2015, Pages 1546–1563.

Knox, B. L., Starling, S. P., Feldman, K. W., Kellogg, N., Frasier, L., & Tiapula, S. (2014). Child torture as a form of child abuse. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 7(1), 37-49.