CAREER GOAL ANALYSIS & ACTION PLAN

NIAGARA COLLEGE
STDV 1052 WINTER 2016

ASSIGNMENT #3

40%
Parts A & B due March 20, 2016 to the Career Goal and Analysis Journal on
Blackboard
Parts C & D due: In Class week 10 (March 15th or 17th)
Upon completion, Part A and Part B must be attached to the Journal on Blackboard as two separate
entries to the same journal.

PART A (15%)
Complete the following career research project by answering the questions listed below. These
questions should serve as a guide as you work your way through the sections A and B of this
assignment. You are free to add relevant information that is not covered by these questions at any
point.
Chosen Career Research
1
My career goal is to be successful and use my skills in my chosen career, and to make use
of my skills and experience to help people the best way I can.
2
The minimum educational requirement to become a social worker in most parts of the
country is a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree. Even in those areas where a diploma is
acceptable for some positions, completing a degree can open more positions up to you.
University teaching positions require a PhD in social work. The individual provinces regulate
social work in Canada. Depending on the province, you may need to be registered with the
provincial regulatory body. This usually requires completion of a bachelors or masters
degree in social work. Social workers deal with people who are in a lot of difficulty. The work
can be distressing and draining, so emotional strength and maturity are essential. It is also

important to have a genuine interest in helping people. As well, you must have good
interpersonal, communication, and problem-solving skills.
3
Obtain information and prepare reports or case histories; Implement life skills workshops;
Appraise clients' needs or eligibility for specific services; Assess client's relevant skill
strengths and development needs; Conduct follow-up assessments; Resolve conflict
situations; Implement behaviour management programs; Establish registry of special needs
support workers; Develop service intervention logic models and outcome measures;
Maintain program statistics for purposes of evaluation and research; Screen, recruit and
train volunteers and support staff; Develop, co-ordinate and implement the delivery of
specific services within the community; Assist clients/guests with special needs; Liaise with
other social services agencies and health care providers involved with clients
4
From the job posting, a total of 5years or over is required in my experience field. Yes it is in
addition to training. Yes, you should have volunteered for a lot of organization before going
into this line of work. Yes, co-op experience is typical in the training component of this
career.

Yes volunteer experience is available in this career field. I can obtain volunteer experience
at Big brothers, Big sisters and I would incorporate this volunteering experience, by giving
me direct one-on-one experience with at-risk youth and also valuable experience for me
who is looking to work with children, families, or schools.

Coordinatorofsocialwork

Medicalsocialworker

Psychiatricsocialworker

Socialworksupervisor

7
The average rate paid for my chosen career is $52,000 to $66,000 a year.
8
This is a video I found on YouTube on an Amanda Dugenske, who is currently a family skill
specialist. She explained in her video that the work environment is more practical, in the
sense that you have to go meet up with the clients and access them, she said the job takes
all day most times, because you have to access and talk to the clients which is like therapy
sections, and also she sees two clients at most in a day. And the work makes you adjust to
life, because you never really know what is coming you way, everyday, so it is necessary to
have this adjustments. The related work activity, is you become a medical personnel to the
client, because you tend to heal their problems, which is a huge part of their life, were it is
hurting. The pay is good she said and it is $52,00 to $66,00 a year depending on the
province.

PART B: CAREER GOAL AND ACTION PLAN (10%)

9
MOTIVATORS
The mentally challenged individuals involved in this career path, inspire me seeing the
need for a shoulder to cry on, and also how they seek help from people in my career is
amazing, they come for us, to talk and open up so we can find a way to their problems, that
is wonderful and makes me want to go into this career more often.

The need to make a difference in this career path is also something that motivates me
more often, being able to go into the career and actually help people solve this problems
and see smiles on their faces, is more than just the pay but the passion to see this peoples
problem solved and seeing everyone living in a free community where they arent abused

or cant go through with their problems.

I have been through therapy, and I have struggle with most of this issues, and seeing how I
went through this, I really would love to help people out of it gradually and show them that
there is hope and that there is always a solutions to their problems.
BARRIERS
Emotional stability is one of the barriers for me presently, because I am presently going
through therapy and I need the stability currently, and going through this program is
going to be emotionally draining, so thats a barriers, because my parents are against it,
but I believe I can go into it and be okay.
Another barrier is I have this passion for the media and I would love to go into the
media too, but I also have a passion for social work, so am currently trying to figure out
how to solve this problem.

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RESOURCES TO HELP ME SUCEED
Get a Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited social work degree.
Volunteering work
Learn about social work online
Incorporate the habit of good communication and problem solving skills
RSOURCES I MAY LACK
Not meeting the general requirement to earn a degree
Not being able to pay up my housing rentals
Not being Financially stable
Poor communication skills
11
I would first apply at a university after my program at Niagara College is ending in august.
Afterwards when I get accepted, I would then get pursue my career path at the university.
Then I would gain volunteering experience path time while in school, so I could work on my
communication, intrapersonal, and problem solving skills. By then after am done with
school and the volunteering process I would have gained enough experience, then I would

apply for a job in Toronto as a social worker at a social work agency, and if they arent any
jobs there, I would relocate to anther areas where there are jobs offered in my field of work.

Career Goal Planning Template

Long
term
Career
Goal
___To be
sucessf
ul in
Mid-term Supportive
Goals
social
Work
1. Study social work related

courses.
2. Help people find out their
potentials.
Short-term Supportive Goals

1. Help the community with the distress they have, by

giving out advice if needed.
2. Find out there social work, is needed the most.

Action Plan Template

(from class lecture week 9)

Short Term
Goal

List 3

Time
Frame

Why is it
important?

First
Steps:

(I will
accompl
ish this
goal by:

(relate to
my long
term goal)

What has
to be
done first
in order

Deadlin
e for
each
step

Resources
required

Current
Status:

(People,
support,
time,

(How far
am I in
the
process

......
)

Help the
community
with the
distress
they have,
by giving
out advice
if needed.

Find out
there social
work, is
needed the
most

to
accomplis
h this
goal?

finances)

of
accomplis
hing this
goal?)

I would
accomp
lish this
goal by
the
ending
of this
next
year,
2017.

It is
important
because, it
is going to
help me
gain more
experience
, so as to
help me to
be
successful
in this
career
field.

I would
send an
applicati
on or
complet
e an
online
applicati
on to
help
with me
to
voluntee
r in this
field

Decem
ber
2017

People,
the
support is
the most
important

I am
currently
working
on
getting
accepted
as a
voluntee
r in this
field,
and also
my
friends
normally
come to
help me
give
them
advice
when
needed,
so I am
currently
working
on this
goal.

I would
accomp
lish this
goal by
the
ending
of
August.

It is
important
because it
would help
me to get
a sense of
where the
job is
needed
most and
it would
help me to
be
successful,

I would
do
several
research
es on
where
social
work is
needed
most on
the
internet.

August
2016

A working
internet
plan, A
laptop and
a notebook
with a pen
to write
the statics
and work
towards
this goal.

I am
currently
doing
little
research
es as I
possibly
can
everyday
; to get a
sense of
social
work
before

because I
already
have a
sense of
the career
field.
Work on
my
communica
tions skills.

I would
accomp
lish this
goal by
the
ending
of this
year,
Decem
ber
2016.

It is
important
because,
to be a
good
social
worker,
you need
to know
how to
communic
ate in the
right way,
so as not
to send
the wrong
message,
and it
would help
me be
successful,
because
social
work
needs
more of
communic
ation at
most
times.

getting
to know
here the
career is
needed
most.
I would
try to be
outspoke
n this
passing
months,
because
I dont
talk
much, so
I will
engage
in
conversa
tion as
often as
I can.

Being Prepared
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Decem
ber
2016

The
people,
Encourage
ment from
this people
is what I
would
need, so
when am
not doing
well, I can
have
someone
to push me
and
encourage
me.

I am
currently
learning
how to
talk with
people
around,
by
smiling
and
given
them the
welcome
look, as
often as
I
possibly
can.

My communication skills can be very helpful to other fields, by being polite and also

knowing how to engage in a beneficial and good conversation.

Proficient in Microsoft, this also can be very helpful to certain fields, where you need to do

simple things as type a document or print a paperwork that can be helpful.

Patience also can be a great skill for other fields, because working around people you need

to have patience to be able to succeed.

Multitasking, is also a skill that can be incorporated into any field of work, because when
your working in most fields you need to know how to multitask and get the job done on
time.
13

SocialScientist

MarriageandFamilytherapist
SocialWorker
PoetandNovelist
Musician
Artist

14
I would get volunteering experiences from time to time, in different fields of work, so by doing this,
when I would want to change my career path in the future, it wont be a problem, because I already
have some volunteering experience in the field.