Can Someone Please Edit My Essay for Social Work?

Published May 26, 2010

I am applying to the Master’s in Social Work program because I realized that Social Work is very similar to Psychology, which was my major. Similar with the exception that it puts more emphasis on helping people find their strengths, rather than giving them a diagnosis and being predominantly problem-focused. My own experience with improving people lives and enhance their well being influenced me to pursue a career in Social Work.

Becoming a professional with a graduate degree in Social Work represents a culmination of many years of personal and professional preparation. I have always enjoyed working with people and helping them with their problems. At 34, I feel that I have the maturity necessary to perform at my best level once again, as a student. I also have a high level of motivation that accompanies my current position. i work with incarcerated youth who are mostly minorities. I am deeply saddened by the high incarceration rates in America, specifically the way males lead the way going to jail, rather than going to college and working. I feel this sense of urgency makes me an excellent candidate for your Master’s program because I am so fully engaged at my place of employment. It is my sincere hope to be able to contribute discussions on how to best counsel and care for at risk youth. My research interest focuses on boys, especially those at risk for spending their young adulthood behind bars.

I am currently working at H.V. Group Home. I am a Youth Counselor for incarcerated youth with behavioral and emotional problems. In my job as a youth counselor, my primary work responsibility is to serve as a positive role model for adolescents aged twelve to eighteen. The adolescents encountered issues such as physical and sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, depression, and juvenile delinquents. At times, my job could be extremely stressful. I discovered that I had the ability to connect with the adolescents and develop strong emotional ties. I focused on helping them with their social skills, coping skills, and independent living skills. My main goal was to help them build their self-esteem and improve their sense of security.

The adolescents that I have worked with in the residential treatment facility could become physically assaultive at times and self-harm themselves. It was during these critical situations that I would experience problems in not knowing what the best clinical approach was to use when they are self-harming. I would like to have better tools in order to help these kids when they are in crisis and know whether the interventions are well supported by the literature. I hope that with the aid of a Master’s Degree in Social Work, I can achieve that. I want to be able to help the adolescents in their time of crisis and teach the necessary skills the kids will need to transition into a more independent way of living.

These youth need all the help and attention we can give them in order to prevent recidivism, especially African Americans and Hispanic males, who tend to continually come back into the system. If your program were to grant me the privilege of studying in your program, I would like to research the recidivism rates of African American and Hispanic juveniles and young adults. I hope to contribute our understanding of how we can best go about saving their lives and, at the same time, ease the financial burdens on our society.

The guiding principle of my life is to help serve others that are marginalized and less fortunate individuals in our communities and offer any aid that I can. I have always lived by the motto “Do unto others as you would have done to you”, and feel that the best way to do this is by furthering the ideal of social justice in the way I live and work. Social justice, as I see it, is the value system that recognizes the inherent worth and dignity of every human being and the right of everyone to be treated fairly and with respect. I believe that every individual has the ability to become self-sufficient to make the best possible choices for themselves. When we as a society truly endeavor to see the world through the eyes of the less fortunate, we can empathize with and understand one another. Only when each and every individual of a community is afforded the same level of dignity and respect can a society truly be called civilized. Those who cannot demand social justice for themselves must have a voice to demand it for them. It is my hope that by earning a Master’s degree in Social Work I can be one of those voices for them.

Can Someone Please Edit My Essay for Social Work?

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