Giving the Helping Hand

When thinking Social Work what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Helping a community, or all around just helping in some kind of way is most likely what you came up with, and according to www.dictionary.com  “organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc”, you where right. The whole reason social work even became a career, was people wanted to give back to their communities, and those struggling around them. They where set out in the world to increase the betterment of those lives who where in need of their special helping hand.

A Social Worker’s whole career is literally based around helping. Whether it’s helping a family, a child, a school, the mentally ill, substance abusers, and those who are ill. A Social Woker is their to assist those of whom may need their help. Many Social Worker’s strong dedicated areas are giving counseling and accumulating the situation in which their “patient” may be in. They then talk to the people about their lives, in order for them, to better understand the situation, and then try to solve their problems by suggesting resources that way they can be on a more clear path to bettering their lifestyle. Another strong area for them is by, finding the resources for people. For a person with family difficulties, social workers might find a parenting class or support group. For a homeless person, they might find a place to live and a career training program. For a student, they might find a mentor or someone who can have more dedicated teaching time with them.

 The charisma of these workers is absolutely amazing. If you where to look at the large picture and to gather all possible information you could on a social worker, you would gather that these people in a whole are not getting paid to immensely. They make enough to get by, but for all the work that they do and for all the help that they provide they make borderline wages. But for these social workers as you can see money is not what it is about, solely it is about helping. Without wanting to help, without wanting the betterment of those lives of whom they are their to help, there is not career of Socail Work. Social workers are there to improve a life, to better the situation, and to make the changes that are needed to be made, happen. They’re practical, focusing on critical issues that matter to individual lives and to society as a whole. It’s a group of strong hearted people who see that their goal in life, is to simply help.