My Experience As A Social Worker

During my life I have experienced many different human services, for example, my experience as a foster child helped to mold my current educational path. There were many services I can remember, but my most experienced included: Social workers, Drug counselors, and Child Abuse Workers. From the age of 3 till I got legally adopted at the age of 18, I was involved in one or all of these services, because of my parent’s abuse. First, I was first introduced to a social worker when I about 9 years old, when I was taken away from my mother, and I was placed into foster care for about 6 months. During this process I was scared at first, because I didn’t know what to expect and it was new, but over time I realize that my living conditions were much better. I did get place back with my parent’s after they followed their policies, and I ended back in the system a few years later. My view of Social workers is positive, because they have a job to help people, but many live well below the middle class, so I feel like they should be paid according to their dedication to help people.

My experience was very good, because they were all very nice and you could tell they wanted to help us as a family. Even now I think those type of programs work in helping the family aspect treatment, but may programs don’t include the family. Back then I can remember they placed my mom on a waiting list, and once she attended the program it was about a month before she earned the privilege of family. While this program didn’t work for my family, the fact, is that many other families have benefited from similar