Are you willing to be a social worker?

A few days ago, a schoolmate suddenly asked me a question that made me speechless during the chat-"Are you happy as a social worker?" To be honest, this question really caught me off guard. I have always prided myself on being a diligent and thoughtful social worker, but I have never really thought about and discussed whether I am happy as a social worker, so this is a difficult question to answer.

Are you willing to be a social worker? After chatting, I have been trying to think about this question and answer.

Being a social worker is unhappy! If you look at it from the perspective of economists and utilitarians, you will get a negative answer. Because being a social worker has no money! ! ! Really no money! ! ! If you try to get rich by being a social worker, or even think that you can reach the peak of your life from now on, I advise you to change careers as early as possible, so as not to go astray, run counter to your original intention and dreams, and go further and further.

Yes! I graduated from 17. Today, I have been engaged in social work for two years. Although I haven't been engaged in the social work industry for long enough, and my work experience is not outstanding and colorful, I don't have to talk about my growth and gains in thought and experience when I look back on my hard work in the past two years. As far as the material and economic benefits returned to me by the social work industry are concerned, it is really pitiful. I work as a social worker in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. My salary is only 4300 a month. After deducting five insurances and one gold, I got less than 4000 yuan. Later, I returned to my hometown-Nanning, Guangxi, to be a project social worker. My salary is only 3300 a month, and I have deducted five insurances, which is less than 3000. A while ago, I just talked to a roommate in the university about the salary and welfare benefits of social workers in Shenzhen. I take it for granted that a talented and excellent social worker like my roommate has two years of solid practical experience in social work and should have a salary range of 5-6 thousand, but the feedback and answer she gave me was beyond my expectation, and I still got less than 5 thousand! In Shenzhen, where housing prices are sky-high and prices are soaring, I am afraid it is difficult for social workers to support themselves, let alone support their families! Therefore, there is a ridiculous joke circulating in the social work industry: both husband and wife are social workers, and this family is afraid of starvation! This is not sensational, but you will find that when you really step into the social work industry and struggle out of the mire of the industry, you will understand that this industry is really worrying, desperate and unhappy, and being a social worker is really not happy at all!

If we put aside the above premises and conditions, I really feel very happy to be a social worker.

Needless to say, the initial intention and mission of social work is social fairness and upholding justice, and the professional concept and value of social work are people-oriented and helping others and helping themselves. As far as my personal growth and development are concerned, I think it is a very happy thing to be a social worker, because social workers have opened a skylight for me to know myself and let me know the infinite possibilities and creations of the future world.

If sociology is a surplus theory-after all, there are political science, economics, management science, laws and regulations that specialize in national politics, then sociology is a discipline that studies these surplus systems. Where's the social worker Social work seems to be an all-encompassing subject. In addition to sociology, management, economics and political science, I have to study law, psychology and anthropology ... In the process of systematically studying social work, I gradually came into contact with and understood sociology and psychology. In the process of studying sociology, we can find social hotspots and problems, understand the methods and skills of social investigation and study, and master the statistical analysis of data. So I can finish scientific research projects, write and modify materials with some teachers outside the school. In the process of studying psychology, I try my best to absorb the theory and knowledge of psychology, be able to conduct psychological test and analysis, and combine the knowledge, methods and skills of psychology with social work cases to provide mental health consultation and services for some people with psychological problems. It is true that my work and service in these two fields and directions are not so perfect. I am still studying hard, but what I have paid is now slowly paying off. In the future, I think we still need to wander in the three major directions and fields of social work, sociology and psychology, and strive to achieve the ultimate.

So my junior year told me that some students majoring in social work, 2 1 1 graduate students, are currently unemployed at home and can't find satisfactory jobs. I was surprised and surprised at that time. Later, the junior explained that it was because they were too tall to be low. Well, I think if I graduate from graduate school in the future, even if I don't engage in social work, social research, writing reports and irregular psychological counseling and counseling, at least I won't starve myself. Social work is an all-round occupation and work. It used to sound like self-mockery and cynicism. Now, I only feel that how far I can go depends on my own polishing and practice.

Every time I finish reading a book and write a reading experience, I am willing and willing to share it with my teachers, friends, classmates and the little cute people who support me. Not long ago, my tutor gave me a reading suggestion. Reading difficult books is more helpful to my progress. When I sent an email to my tutor about my reading experience and sharing, I attached a sentence at the end of the email: social work books are a kind of spirit to me. Yes, it is difficult and challenging for me to dabble in and read books on sociology and psychology, and it can also make me grow and develop rapidly, but I must never give up reading and thinking about social work books, because people can't forget their roots!

So if you ask me, are you happy as a social worker? This question you asked is really difficult for me to answer. Whether a social worker is happy or not can not be summarized by simple "happiness" or "unhappiness". It is because of contact with social work that I set foot in the field of sociology and learned the importance of changes in social environment and social system to vulnerable groups. It is also because of contact with social work that I choose to read psychology books extensively and observe the inner world and subtle emotions of each individual. The subjects and scope touched by social work are far less than these. Politics, economics, management, law ... Social work is a mixed discipline. I found that I still have a lot to pay attention to, a lot to learn, a lot to learn and a lot to explore.

So if you want to ask me if I am happy as a social worker, I'm afraid I don't have much time to think and answer this topic. Because I spend too much time and energy on sociology, social work and psychology alone. At the end of August this year, I will start school. I think I may need to complete the research tasks and thesis writing assigned by my tutor when I finish my postgraduate studies. In addition to completing the academic tasks assigned by graduate schools and tutors, we should also spare some time to help teachers in other schools complete research, report materials, analyze data and summarize reports. At the same time, I have to do my psychological counseling part-time. Even if I don't take the initiative to find someone else, occasionally someone else will come to me. My study time in Huanong is extremely limited, only two years, and I have entered a family of 20 or even 2 1 social workers. I just want to integrate into this group and learn to communicate with new people, because they are rising stars in the social work field.

I wonder if being a social worker is happy or not. All I know is that being a social worker is really fulfilling and busy. On the road of rapid growth, I will occasionally encounter a little trouble, and sometimes I will encounter a little accident and surprise.

This is what I do as a social worker! Oh, are you happy as social workers?

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