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PersonalStatement
JeliannCarrillo
SocialWorkPortfolio
WayneStateUniversity
EnteringthisprogramIdidntreallyknowtheresponsibilitiesofasocialworker
andtheendlessresponsibilityasaprofessional.Startingwithbeingamandatedreported
andstayingalertevenwhenyouarenotactuallyonduty.Iamalwaysasocialworker,no
matterwhereIgo.SocialworkershaveacodeofconductoutlinedintheNASWcodeof
ethics.Thisisknownasthebibleforsocialworkers.Itwillguardyourrightsand
outlineexactlywhattodowhenyourenotsurewhattodo.Iidentifyasaprofessional
socialworkerandIstrivetoconductmyselfaccordingly.
SocialworkersfollowtheNASWcodeofethicstoensureethicalandprofessional
practice.Ourpracticesarerootedfromsixethicalprinciplesthataretobefollowedand
respected.Theprinciplesare:service,socialjustice,dignityandworthoftheperson,
importanceofhumanrelationships,integrity,andcompetence.Theseprincipleswere
foundedasthepurposeandfoundationofourprofession.
ComingintotheprogramIwasverybrutallyhonestanddidnotknowhowto
wordthingssensitively.MyfirstyearintheprogramIwasreprimandedendlesslyabout
beingtooharshornotshowingempathytoclientscenarios.Luckily,Ihadprofessors
suchasJunandDavidAllasiothatpushedmetothinkcriticallyandlearnhowto
communicatemyprofessionaljudgmentswithoutcomingoffasrude,coldheartedand
judgmental.IlearnedthatasasocialworkerImustadvocatefortheadvanceofhuman
rightsandsocialandeconomicjusticeforall.Duringmyprogramprofessorschallenged
mewithdisturbing,reallife,unethicalscenariosthatreallymademeconsidermyvalues
andlitaninternalflameofdesiretopursuejusticeandequalityformyclients.