Social Work
Prepare your personal narrative based on the guidelines below:

The personal narrative should address the following:
1) What is your understanding of social work as a profession and its responsibility to enhance justice for oppressed and impoverished individuals, families, groups and communities? What led you to choose social work as a profession? Which aspects of our educational program led you to apply to Department of Social Work? Describe your career plans.

2) If you are employed in a social service agency, describe your position and its importance to your development as a social worker. How will a graduate program in social work contribute to your current employment or future employment?

3) If you are not employed in a social service agency, describe your position and how it relates to the social work profession. If your current position does not relate to social work describe any volunteer experience or community service work that you were or are engaged in and its importance to your development as a social worker. How will a graduate program in social work contribute to your future employment?

4) Discuss a contemporary social problem as it relates to children and families or juveniles involved with the juvenile justice system. Include the following in your discussion:
A) your reasons for identifying it as a social problem;
B) what could be done to address the problem;
C) what your role might be as a MSW in addressing the social problem on a micro level or macro level. This is a very important part of your personal narrative; therefore, please give serious thought and attention to your response.