Reflection Paper

[Reflection Paper]

[My career as a Social Services worker or as an Immigrant and Refugees worker is job like no other; in fact it’s much more than just a job. It’s a career that makes a difference]

Social Service Worker – Immigrants and Refugees Program

Philip Ackerman

WIR 147

11/18/2013

Elecia Hemmings

Introduction

This paper is base up on my career as a Social Service Worker or as an Immigrants and Refugees Worker. Giving back to the community and helping people is one of the biggest passions I have, every day is like Christmas, when I see the smiling, happy faces of children and adults, which is why I am motivated to pursue a career such as this because working with people that are less privilege and being able to offer assistant to them is what makes the world a beautiful place.

Part 1:

Growing up as a child I would always notice my mother feeding and giving away things in the community, even though she barely has enough to give us but still she would give out of the little she had. And even as a child growing up I realize that I was not the talkative type, but when it comes to sharing, helping and giving I was at the front of the line. And as I get older I realize that my passion for assisting people is a gift from God, I was born to do what I do best and that is helping people. To be honest it took me years to realize that this was my gift and so the more mature I get the more I see my future clearly, I remember a year ago my dad was very ill, and I took him to the hospital where he was admitted for lung infection and pneumonia, while he was in the hospital I notice that he was not improving he was in fact getting worst, and I remember the doctor telling me that they were unable to locate the type of germs that give him this infection and he was deteriorating so fast that at one point the doctor phone me to tell me that he is not going to make it and that I should get there as soon as possible, upon...