-: Starting as an undergraduate,
you want to major in Social Work
that was my major,
you want to do all your pre-requisites
and then, enter into the Bachelor's of Social Work program.
And that will get you your undergrad degree.
It's a two year program, typically.
And then, to go on for Masters level or graduate level,
you can enter into a
fast track program and do it in a year, or in so forth.
It would be best to decide your focus
in your Bachelor's level program.
Doing your internships, I would encourage any individual
to volunteer in places that you like
and figure out at that point what you want to focus on
and then, when you go on to your graduate program
that you would pick that focus.
I would encourage you to volunteer at different ministries
in your community, different homeless shelters.
I would check out substance abuse facilities,
just to try and figure out what is it
that you would enjoy working with,
how do you feel like you would be most effective,
or most effective in and go from there.
One of my most important skills
that I'm using is respect for diversity.
I try to always position myself as the learner.
You can read an assessment and go in judging a patient.
You don't want to be judgemental.
You want to position yourself as a learner
to learn about their background, learn about their culture
and then, possibly work with the individual
to identify solutions that best fit
that particular individual.