I am determined to work in a Career field that will offer me the opportunity to do something that I enjoy doing as a job. My objective career goal is to work as a medical officer in the United States Army‚ specifically a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I have thoroughly considered the skills that I presently have and the abilities that I need to either change or perfect. I been embarking on more educational avenues since I have being in the army to get close to this career goal. The ultimate
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Personal Goals There are many reasons why I chose a profession in the social work field. Some of the reasons why I chose to work in this area stem from my childhood experiences. As a child‚ I was pretty much on my own‚ my parents were pretty much absent and I had to take care of myself and sometimes them‚ I also took care of my siblings. The only teacher I had to encourage me was my 7th grade Social Studies teacher‚ Mr. Schaal‚ (he was killed in a car wreck after I started high school) with no guidance
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In this essay I am going to critic‚ evaluate and analyse direct payments and the implications they have had on social work practice. The Direct Payments Act 1996 enabled local authorities to offer cash in lieu of social services. They were introduced for adults of working age in April 2007 and extended to include older disabled people in 2000. Since April 2001 direct payments have also been available to parents of disabled children‚ 16 and 17 years and carers. Direct Payments have also been extended
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References: Adams‚ R. D. 2009. Practising Social Work in a Complex World (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Adams‚ R. 2003. social work and empowerment (3 ed.). basingstoke: palgrave macmillan. Gould‚ N. 2010. Mental Health Social Work in context. Oxon: Routledge. Mental Health Foundation. 2010.information mental-health-a-z .Available: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/mental-health-a-z/work-colleagues/how-do-i-know/.[ Assessed 9th December 2010 ] Mind Onyett
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“Social Work Value &Ethics” PDA was designed for social worker majors and pre social worker majors. Values and Ethics are what social workers live by it entails our code of ethics. The Code of Ethics tells us as social workers how we should act and behave. As social workers it is very important that we practice by these values and ethics. I like this PDA for the reason that many social workers today act as if they do not know anything about values or ethics. I think all social workers should attend
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The ethics of social work are values that we as a nation should live‚ sleep‚ eat‚ and breathe by. An important value in my life is self-determination. This value is present in my life because I always strive to make my own decisions and choices. Along with my own self-determination‚ even though family and friends continuingly ask for my advice‚ I encourage them to ultimately make their own decisions. This value will help me in my professional work because as a social worker‚ they encourage their
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Association of Social Workers focuses on 6 core values that are greatly embedded in the profession of social work. As a young student who is determined to be a social worker I have become very invested in the core values since first learning about them in my Introduction to Social Work class with Professor Thigpen. As we discussed each of these core values in class I became extremely interested in the value of social justice. This core value encourages social workers to fight against social injustice
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In the second case example‚ a theoretical perspective that may work for the family‚ is the Strengths Perspective. In this perspective‚ a social worker would acknowledge the client’s strengths and help the clients build upon those strengths‚ as well as realizing that they have the ability to learn and change. In this example‚ Romelio has numerous strengths that he can build upon in order to change his ways. One of his strengths includes the fact that he was able to maintain sobriety for two years
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physiological and safety needs of his family. Since he is the sole provider and unable to find work the family may lose all basic physical needs and the client’s’ perception of what could happen views as failure to provide protection and stability. Unfortunately‚ the negative feeling of not being able to provide causes the client to pull away from the family; continually leaving the house to seek work‚ but is out drinking with friends. Moreover‚ when he returns home does not speak to anyone‚ showing
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generalist social worker identifies with the social work profession. They apply principles in their practice. A social worker incorporates their own knowledge to help others. They help to support their clients. Social work values are an important part of the social work field. Social justice is what a social worker wants. I want to help others and feel‚ therefore‚ my career goals are compatible with being a generalist social worker. I want to help others succeed. It takes a lot to work in the
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