Day in the Life Of social workers
...use; with individual clients and families who are coping with serious mental or physical illness or substance abuse; with clients who are grieving or who are adjusting to abrupt changes in their lives; and with adolescents, children of divorced parents, the recently retired and new immigrants. Treating clients individually, in groups, and in families, clinical social workers help find solutions to problems and help clients overcome both ordinary-and extraordinary-life challenges. Applying knowledge, experience, and instinct for caring, clinical social workers have the opportunity to change the lives of others as they enrich their own. This collaborative process respects the dignity, worth, and self-determination of clients as it supports them in responding to life crises and in creating positive change. I asked questions to clinical MSW on the assessment of their jobs and this is what they had to say. Interviews: Cambao De Doung "After my experience in a reeducation camp in Vietnam, I know what it is like to be treated as a non-human being. I came to the United States hoping to ease my suffering and that of my family; life was so hard. I decided then that I wanted to devote myself to other refugees. This experience makes it possible for me to do everything in my power to help my community - and simply to help. I learned how to deal with every kind of person, no matter what their color, economic status, or educational level. I was offered values, friendship, understanding, and support by a caring faculty. I always knew I wanted to give something to the world. And now I know even more ways to make that happen." He is an M.S.W. graduate of the class of 2000 in NYU, Cambao De Duong is currently deputy director of China...