Hi Everyone, this is my first post to this blog so bear with me please
I graduated 3 years ago with my undergrad degree in Sociology and have been working in an administrative role for the last two years. After graduating I really didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, and can honestly say that I had a very short-sighted/one-sided view of what social work really was. After spending the last two years surrounded by individuals who are extremely passionate about what they do (engineering), as well as maturing quite a bit from being out in the "real world" I am now self-aware enough to know that social work and helping others is what I am truly passionate about.
I have a fairly wide range of experience (volunteer and paid) including: working with at-risk youth (tutor/mentor/camp counselor), sick children (NICU), and the elderly/aging (assisted living/nursing care volunteer).
I know that I for sure would like to work in a clinical setting, either with sick children or the aging & their families. My grandmother who has been in and out of the hospital for the last few years or so is really the individual who opened my eyes to social work, as I witnessed the invaluable role social workers have played both at her bedside as well as coming in to our family home for well-being and status checks, etc.
I'm located in CA, and want to start prepping for the application process but wanted to see if anyone on here had a suggested timeline I should be following? i.e." 1) Contact schools I'm interested in, 2) Take GRE, 3) Visit schools, 4) work on personal statement" etc? Any help would be appreciated!!
