Social Work Mission Statement

My name is (write your name here) and I belong to Saudi Arabia. My family consists of mother, father, four brothers; three sisters and grandparents. I have completed my Bachelor's degree in social work from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University. I have worked as an Administrative Assistant at Baud Telecom Company, Saudi Arabia for period of one year. During this time period at Baud Telecom Company; I completed various service and administrative duties.

My 295 experience has provided me with exceptional experiences that I can apply in any work setting. My internship during my first year of the MSW program was at the Transitional Community Opportunities for Recovery & Engagement (TCORE) while my second year placement was at the UC Davis Medical Center in the department of Clinical Social Services. I believe that my 295 experience during the MSW program has helped me grow as a social worker. I would rate my clinical (direct) practice training as average. In my opinion, my field placements provided me with some clinical practice training, but not compared to other placements.

The way how this course strike a personal chord to me is opening my thinking of my personal identity. After completing the Genogram, Eco-Map, and Cultural Competence paper I have a better understanding of my family life line and my ancestors. By completing these assignments I was able to understand and be more knowledgeable about my Haitian culture. I’m actually planning on to learn more about my ancestors and take course about this culture. The first week of this class I had a mix of emotions, excitement and stress due to being out of school for 4 years now.

When I began the Minority Student Program (“MSP”), I had expectations that through the program I would gain insight into the requirements for success in law school. I was grateful that I was selected to participate, because I wanted to be fully prepared for the first semester. Fortunately, MSP introduced me to the law school community, allowed me to build relationships with my peers, and enabled me to thrive from the first day of classes and beyond. The program has made a tremendous impact on my first semester of law school. Additionally, I was welcomed into a community with a scope beyond the current MSP students and faculty.

Social work is a profession, but as a profession, it is yet fighting acknowledgment in both the unified wellbeing part and in people in general field. Truly, they are the charity workers, the “humanitarians", the individuals who surrendered their opportunity to help the underprivileged. Social workers work was seen as down to earth and prescriptive, and regularly connected to churches who customarily settled projects to help poor people. I have conducted a series of interviews and some research to understand the perception of social workers today.

I was inspired by two YouTube videos that touch on the essence of social work practice.   The first video is about the privilege walk. The scene involves a teacher in a park with a group of students prior to a start of a race. He makes statements, and if the statements apply to the students, they can take a step forward, and if not, stay where they are at.

After I finished reading the mission statement for the University of San Francisco I felt that this would be a good fit since I share a similar vision. A vision where I can use the knowledge that I learn in school and church to give back to my community. In order for them to have a fighting chance to do something great in their lives, and make it out of my neighborhood or even try to change it for the better. I grew up poor in a bad neighborhood of San Francisco where most of my friends turned to drugs. I remember being told by teachers and classmates that I wouldn’t make it out the neighborhood and most likely be another drug dealer on the street.

GG Surrey ASYE supporting statement 2 I qualified as a Social Worker in July 2016 from London Southbank University; I am HCPC registered and would like to be considered for the ASYE programme. As a newly qualified social worker I am looking to achieve and develop my social work career, including the opportunity to complete the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE). Over the years, I have developed extensive experience of working with both children and adults from diverse social backgrounds as well as contributing positively to social care service delivery. I am reliable, considerate and have the flexibility to adapt to new roles, tasks and challenging situations; I am also able to negotiate through effective communication, and trust

There are many reasons why I want to be a social worker. When I was young, my family went through some traumatic changes. To help me cope, my mother sent me to see the school social worker. I spent loads of time in a social worker's office for most of my life so I’ve been lucky to have a firsthand experience with the work done by social workers. I’ve seen the changes and differences that are made in people's lives and I want to be a part of that.

This case analysis is primarily about the work I undertook with a young person and his family. I was allocated the case quite early on my placement. Initially, I struggled with it because I did not have enough knowledge of the support the agency could give. Working with this family had been very challenging, but I gained a lot of experience which had reinforced my professional development (D1,D2). To adhere to the Code of Ethics for Social Work, I got an informed consent from the young person and his family to use their information for this assignment.