When I was fifteen years old around the time of choosing my GCSE options and having to speak to various teachers and career advisors about “what I want to be when I grow up” my grandfather told me that if you choose a job you have great passion for, you will never work a day in your life.
I remember this statement very well and have tried to my best abilities to carry this philosophy throughout my life. It is therefore with this philosophy in mind that over the past five years I have embraced and begun to search for a career working with and alongside those that could be said to be marginalized, disadvantaged and vulnerable within our society.
For me, although it may sound a little clichéd helping others, empowering people and doing whatever
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Passions and personality aside, I feel I have a good theoretical understanding of the many day to day situations I may face on my social work placement. In terms of educational background in the last five years I have achieved a National Diploma in social science and social work and gone on to receive a first class honors degree in sociology and criminology.
There is however, so much more to be learnt. I strongly believe that, to truly understand these theoretical underpinnings I need to put them in to practice. This is something I have begun on my MA program in which we undertake weekly practice skills sessions. These sessions focus on our readiness for practice by helping us develop an applied understanding of social work values and ethics, undertake effective and clear communication with service users and encourage us to demonstrate the ability to critically reflect on practice. I have so far found these sessions to be very interesting, and I have found myself growing in confidence. I feel however my learning will really begin to come apparent when I go out on to
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I am looking forward to been able to put my newly learnt skills in to practice, not in a class room but in a real life setting. With this in mind I aim to give any given placement one hundred per cent, ensuring I take away all I can from the experience, in the hope of becoming one step closer to my career as a social