My Experience At The Wyoming Girls School And Casa

After high school I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I went to college thinking that I would pursue my degree in child psychology and live happily ever after. Soon after starting school I realized that while I thought it to be interesting, it wasn’t something I wanted to pursue for the rest of my life. I foundered; I had no direction. I knew that whatever my career was going to be, it needed to be centered around children. Years later, I had the opportunity to work at the Wyoming Girls School and CASA. I fell in love with the idea of helping at-risk youth. So naturally I was drawn to social work. I’ve always felt that if one human being is capable of helping another, it should be done without a second thought. Having worked at†¦show more content†¦This is good news for me, as the potential to start my career right out of college is exponentially higher. On the other hand, it is also saddening to think there are that many families and children who req uire that amount of specialized help. While overall employment is expected to increase, the OOH did say that there could be limited available funding on the federal, state, and local levels. When you are working in an often times turbulent atmospheric environment like social work, one has to expect that a straight 9-5er is not going to happen. The OOH states that working evenings, weekends, and holidays should be expected. Should the need arise, doing house calls when clients are available (which is usually evenings and weekends) is something that would need to be considered from all those pursuing this type of work. So working more than 40 hours a week would be the norm for this sort of position. Also, large case loads are a probability with this profession. On average, social workers in this field make between $44,370 and $54,590; which is right around where I wanted to be. Like most careers that involve specialized training, to enter into social work at an entry level you have to have in the least a bachelors degree. While attaining the degree, most programs require the students to do observed field work and internships. While a bachelors