Social Work Experience Essay
There were many events, experiences, and turning points that led me to want to pursue my MSW. One event gave me the push I needed. This was the pregnancy and birth of my daughter.
During my senior year of completing my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, in 2015, I was diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. I was told my daughter would be born with gastroschisis, a condition where the abdominal wall near the navel does not close and the intestines are exposed at birth. I had to travel to see specialists for my prenatal appointments and I had to have a scheduled premature labor at John Hopkins.
I completed my degree while working forty plus hours a week at Holly Center and attending an internship two to three days a week at the Salvation Army in Cambridge. I walked across the stage a happy, yet tired, six-month pregnant graduate. I knew that there were only good things to …show more content…
I could not hold my daughter until she was two months or bottle-feed her until she was three months, meanwhile she still received total parenteral nutrition through an IV. I went through five months of driving back and forth across the bay Bridge and sitting in the hospital day in and day out as surgeries and procedures were performed. I felt like an actual mother, with no assistance from those in scrubs, on December 22, 2015. My daughter was finally discharged from the hospital.
At that time, I was more focused on being a mother more than anything. Although, I was still interested in pursuing a career in social work. I applied to take my BASW licensure exam and passed. I started applying to local places, even willing to accept a lower position to get my foot in the door. I just wanted to go into the field with my mind free of any impurities that would cloud my mind and cause me not to put forth one-hundred percent effort into my work.
As of right now, I am an office secretary for a treatment foster care agency, with hopes that in due time I can do
During my senior year of completing my Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, in 2015, I was diagnosed with a high-risk pregnancy. I was told my daughter would be born with gastroschisis, a condition where the abdominal wall near the navel does not close and the intestines are exposed at birth. I had to travel to see specialists for my prenatal appointments and I had to have a scheduled premature labor at John Hopkins.
I completed my degree while working forty plus hours a week at Holly Center and attending an internship two to three days a week at the Salvation Army in Cambridge. I walked across the stage a happy, yet tired, six-month pregnant graduate. I knew that there were only good things to …show more content…
I could not hold my daughter until she was two months or bottle-feed her until she was three months, meanwhile she still received total parenteral nutrition through an IV. I went through five months of driving back and forth across the bay Bridge and sitting in the hospital day in and day out as surgeries and procedures were performed. I felt like an actual mother, with no assistance from those in scrubs, on December 22, 2015. My daughter was finally discharged from the hospital.
At that time, I was more focused on being a mother more than anything. Although, I was still interested in pursuing a career in social work. I applied to take my BASW licensure exam and passed. I started applying to local places, even willing to accept a lower position to get my foot in the door. I just wanted to go into the field with my mind free of any impurities that would cloud my mind and cause me not to put forth one-hundred percent effort into my work.
As of right now, I am an office secretary for a treatment foster care agency, with hopes that in due time I can do