My Future in Social Work

    Career Development class was such an eye-opener for me. From the beginning of class, I choose to research social work. Social work has been the job that I have consistently felt would really make me happy. When I first started looking into this profession, I had no idea of how many possibilities there were in this field. After doing my research, I am definitely intimidated, yet I am still looking forward to pursuing social work. I am not sure if this is a job I want to do for most of my life, but I know I would love it while I was doing it.
    I believe I could do this job part-time while I was raising a family and still succeed in it. It will be extremely hard from what I know, especially for me, to leave the job at work and not bring it home. Yet that this is just one of the parts of being a social worker. There is not a normal job market for this profession. It will be really hard to get a job in this field. I trust though, that I will be able to find a decent job. I am also willing to work two jobs until I find the exact one that I wish to give myself. The training I am doing in college might not be enough. I plan to finish my four-year degree at Florida State University or University of Florida. I may have to get my masters, because my degree is two years away, and by then it might be required. As of right now, I am sticking to my four-year degree.
    My profession will be available almost anywhere. I will be willing to move, if that is what is necessary. However, I am not counting on it. With a job in social work there is not much need for relocating and moving people around.  I am not sure where I really want to live for the next couple of years, so I am not worried about it. This job will definitely take a toll on me. I am prepared. I am very convicted about people taking care of each other, and think that it is our duty to do this. I will be very proud to be a social worker and really admire what they do within the community. I know that from all the stress of this profession, it will pull out sides of me that I, or anybody else, really never sees. I anticipate that there will be a lot of disappointment. From what I know of the job, I will be working with kids or families who are extremely stressed out and have a hard life. I will have many tasks to fulfill for almost any job I choose in this profession. However