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What is it like to be a medical social worker?

What are the pros and cons to becoming a child welfare social worker? What is the job like?

  • I have always wanted to become a Spanish teacher but just recently I decided I was very interested in social work. I have a BA in Spanish literature and now I am going to try and apply to get a Masters in Social Work. Any advice from actual social workers in this department? Are there many jobs available in that field? What can I do to make my graduate school application look better since I have absolutely no experience in social work?

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    You will only enjoy it without fail if you are personalitytype 2:Helper by nature. PROS: Rewarding work - making a difference in someone's life builds self esteem saving lives, familes, those in need etc. making you humble and selfless meeting people learning to be tolerant, respectful of others making you people smart and world smart making your family proud CONS: Hard work Long days-you take your work home with you in you Paperwork up your ying yang Everyone from your boss to clients mad at you Thankless job at least not blatant-saving a child from an abused home is very rewarding in itself, just don't expect accolades. A mediocre income compared to our other helping jobs like psychologist, psychiatrist becuz social work is rooted in charity. SOCIAL WORK JOBS working with the elderly working in the mental health field working in the behavioral health field working with children and families SCHOOL APPLICATION: Came down to my reasons for wanting to be a Social Worker. My letter basically came from my heart. My goals, aspirations etc. If you have volunteer experience, that alsolooks very good. If you have none, say the truth. You have not always wanted to be a CWSW but you recently decided that this might be your calling becuase you love children and that you want to do something to make a and say why. Good Luck!

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in any career you will only succeed if u love what u do :-)

june

My mother in law worked as one, and she started out great but then begin to have resentment towards a lot of them. Not sure the reason why but she did say that she knew some of them were lying and cheating the system. She also became lazy and wouldn't give them their food stamps on time and would use this excuse "they should have saved some from last month". She also became the freakin welfare police where she would see clients out in town and report that they were with 2 men and their 4 children were left at home. Just stupid stuff. You are overworked and underpaid remember that but she became so bitter. The pros are some people really need and you will enjoy helping those who use it as a stepping stone not as a way of life

Michelle

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