By Tammy Stevens on March 29, 2016
Hi! I'm Tammy. I am currently a freshman at Salem State University and am studying to be a social worker. I first became interested in becoming a social worker when I did community service in High School. The community service groups that I had joined got involved with autistic children and adults, children in poverty, and the elderly. This made me want to get involved more and continue to do good for the community as a career. At first I wanted to be a teacher but shortly realized that teaching is not what I wanted to do. I love working with kids but I did not want to teach. I wanted something more, so I looked into other jobs and saw the job description for a social worker. I knew that it would be so rewarding to help children in need even though it would not be easy. I saw that DCF(Department of Children and Families) had been the job I wanted. By working for DCF I can get the opportunity to work with not only children, but with families too.
Is Being A Social Worker Right For you?
There are many responsibilities in becoming a social worker.With these responsibilities comes a lot of hard work. You need to take certain courses in order to become a social worker such as SWK(social work) 101 and SWK 102 along with many other classes. In each class you learn different things about social work and what a social worker does. Some people can't handle this type of job because of how hard it is or because it is too emotional or stressful. The link to the video above gives you pros and cons on why you should or shouldn't become a social worker. This video is good for someone in high school or college. Some people can't handle this type of job because of how hard it is or because it is too emotional or stressful.
Each state has a different salary for social workers. Depending on what you want to do as a social worker the salary may differ. Some states pay higher than others and some lower. The link above shows by job what state pays the highest. This is good to know if you want to make more money in the social work field. You can look at each states salary by going to "socialworklicensemap.com".
Social workers can go into different areas such as: working in a hospital, school systems, elderly care, physical abuse, drug addict, etc. Each of these areas have their own difficulties but can be rewarding at times. The link I have provided above shows the different types of social work areas that may interest you. On the website "socialworklicensure.org" it talks more about the types of social work jobs.
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