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Your Place in Social Work

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Your Place in Social Work

Program Transcript

NICOLE CAVANAGH: I think my favorite part of practice is connecting with another human and helping them facilitate their own success.

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ROCIO TERRY: My favorite part of practice is the versatility. In the past, I have worked with veterans, I have worked with the geriatric population, I've worked with skilled nursing facilities, I've worked with pregnant women, I've worked with persons of using a substance. I mean, there's been so much that I've been able to do in my career and work with so many different populations.

RENATA HEDRINGTON: Just having clients makes me happy because I set my agenda for accomplishment for that year what we're going to do and how we're going to transform things. I have six goals, and I know there's at least one that we can accomplish.

ROCIO TERRY: The payoff is social change. My goal has always been to help other people to somehow leave this world a better place than I found it, and to know that I'm doing that on a daily basis regardless of what role I'm in because this is just a field where every day, you wake up and you help someone.

NICOLE CAVANAGH: What Walden does is they have a very servant leadership mission and values, and they're always learning-- striving to give back to their community. And I think that's what social work-- where social work meets Walden in a perfect, perfect world is that there are always going to be opportunities for you to be available to help, and social work prepares you to help those vulnerable populations that need it.

EMMETT ROBERTS: In the community at a restaurant, somebody runs up to you, a kid runs up to you and gives you a hug or punches you in the arm and say, do you remember me? You were seeing me when such and such such had happened, and I just wanted you to know I'm doing better. Those kind of things are priceless because you know that you've made an impact in somebody's life. And whether you thought it was a good thing or not, they thought it was a good thing, and you can't beat that.

RENATA HEDRINGTON: To have those clients that I worked with through the years send me a Christmas card, when I get a card, some of them remember my birthday. I love my clients.

ROCIO TERRY: What drives me to do social work is the fact that I know that I'm helping people. I'm able to help organizations, I'm able to help our clients, our patients, our staff, being able to help colleagues, people in the community local politicians to know what's

Your Place in Social Work

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going on in our communities. That's really what drives me is knowing that my role is not generally just in an office.

NICOLE CAVANAGH: You have picked a wonderful field. And there is always a place for you in social work. Regardless of the specialty you choose or the jobs you pursue, social work is always going to be a field that communities and societies need.

ROCIO TERRY: One of the things that drives me is knowing that I'm going to leave the world a better place, and that I've touched someone and their life in some way.

EMMETT ROBERTS: We're an interesting group of people, I think social workers are. We're a real supportive group of people, we're a really encouraging group of people, and we understand that what we do matters.

ROCIO TERRY: It's so amazing, because you see these aha moments with the clients, or they achieve something they didn't think they were going to achieve, or they're feeling better, or whatever the case may be, and that just, your soul gets happy when you see that. So for me, that just makes it all worth it.

Your Place in Social Work

Content Attribution Newman, K. (n.d.). Two Photos of Karlise Newman [Photograph]. Used with permission of Karlise Newman. Terry, R. (n.d.). Various Photographs [Photograph]. Used with permission of Rocio Terry. Street, K. (n.d.). Photo of Kimberly Street [Photograph]. Used with permission of Kimberly Street. Cavanagh, N. (n.d.). Photo of Nicole Cavanagh [Photograph]. Used with permission of Nicole Cavanagh. Hedrington-Jones, R. (n.d.). Photos by Renata Hedrington-Jones [Photograph].