Part V: Community Experience
EXPERIENCE For my community experience assignment, I met with a friend of my sister's, Sarah, who is a social worker in Salt Lake City. My sister got her bachelors and masters degrees in social work, but hasn't been involved in the profession for about 10 years for various reasons associated with the job, her past, and her personal goals, so I was very curious how the interview with her friend would go. The whole point of social work is for struggling families, individuals, etc. to improve their well-being. It is a profession geared towards getting individuals back on the right track in order for them to have the highest chance for success. I truly admire those who choose to pursue careers in social work, because it is most definitely an extremely difficult line of work and the things they must deal with are extremely difficult to witness at times. I was glad to interview my sister's friend and get her feedback about her profession. Overall it was a t...