The Social Work You Do Is Necessary

We all do this thing differently.

Those of us who simply do social work, those of us with degrees, social workers who have dedicated their lives to helping others. Those of us who found our path and followed it, whether it required schooling or not. We all have our own way of changing lives around us.

We all have issues that drive us. We work with those in poverty, in hospitals and hospices, people who live alone and disconnected in their own homes and people on the street. We work with people in their own social situations, relationship therapy and group therapy and learning to treat others with respect, kindness, compassion, understanding -- and so many more. We're not just in Philadelphia or Pennsylvania or New Jersey, or even just the Northeast, we're everywhere, and connected. Many of us have made our career in social work and it's the gleaming beacon of our lives, that difference we can make for someone else. Many of us do it a bit at a time, seeing the little things and knowing the impact they can have. Many of us didn't even know that social work was what we did... until someone told us so.

Whatever we do and whatever the reason, people put their trust in us because we have mandated change by our actions. They see what we believe in because we act on it, though every single one of us has our own way of accomplishing it. Our diversity empowers us, lets us touch hearts and souls and minds across the world. It's not the exact method we use, or background we have, that's important. It's only that we care. That's what shines through.

Who are you, and what is your work? What drives you? What gets you out of bed in the morning?

You're important to the world. We need you.

By Megan Elizabeth Morris
Source: Social Work PRN Blog
Link: http://blog.swprn.com/blog/bid/23247/The-Social-Work-You-Do-Is-Necessary