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    life‚ I do not yet know what career I would like to pursue‚ or even what general field I would like to study or work in. I do have certain goals that I know I shall work to attain. These goals are fairly common among most people. Such as the goal of financial security‚ and financial ability to support a family; the goal of continuous intellectual and physical competitiveness; as well as a goal of general well being‚ and happiness. In America‚ many people with these goals go to a college or university

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    THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN SOCIAL WORK ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Choose at least two social work theories; explain their main principles‚ advantages and disadvantages and apply them to the assessment‚ planning and intervention in one of the case studies provided below. Discuss your rationale for choosing the theories selected. Case Study 2: Ramesh Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone engineer. He lives alone‚ but for many years he looked after his elderly mother‚ who died

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    Social work has been a profession early in the twentieth century after the soar of social work education and well-organized charities (Richard‚ 2008). It was contributed by the charities workers‚ Abraham Flexner (an expert of professional education) and Ernest Greenwood who evaluated social work as a profession (DuBois & Miley‚ 1992). The following discussion will explain more about the reason why non-social work professionals are not suitable or incapable of playing the roles and function of social

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    young age I knew I wanted a career that involved working with children. At the time I did not know exactly how or doing what I just knew I wanted to work with them. Throughout high school I changed my career choice quite often. I went from wanting to be a pediatric doctor‚ to just a pediatric dentist‚ then a teacher‚ and finally found myself wanting to be a Social Worker. My last two years of high school were very difficult for my family and I. We had numerous Social Workers walk in and out of our

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    Social Work Intervention Social Work Intervention Introduction School refusal is a “staid emotional issue that is connected with considerable short- and long-term consequences. (Finch‚ 2012) In the early 1940s the apprehension of going to school was actually termed as school phobia. School refusal‚ as an alternative term‚ was utilized especially in Great Britain and the United States to define similar issues in kids who essentially did not go to school because they

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    remember the steps for the members. Rules: set ground rules; Identify issues we would like to change; decide on what to work on first‚ Goals: what do we want to achieve? Explore the issues in more detail; Strategies/activities: work out ways of achieving goals. When social worker dealing with family issues has to develop ground rules for the family members. RIDGES steps are essential to social workers when sessions are undertaken with families. Ground rules include confidentiality‚ record keeping‚ working

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    Social Worker/Agency Interview Kathy Whitten SCWK 530 October 3‚ 2012 Dr. Anna Martin-Jearld Social Worker/Agency Interview The Journey I chose to interview Mark Duney from Harbor Counseling Services for my assignment. Because I had never taken public transportation before it took some research to figure out where the Gatra runs and how do I get there because‚ of course‚ it doesn’t run right out in front of my house. I walked downtown‚ about a half a mile‚ to where the Gatra stop was near

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    Professionalism has meant that social workers have a foundation for what the goals of the profession are‚ a code of ethics that all social workers must uphold‚ and a certain education that is required to call one’s self a social worker. There are various advantages and disadvantages when it comes to the professionalism of social work. On one hand‚ professionalism allows social workers to identify under the same canopy of ethics and values. However‚ on the other hand‚ professionalism can lead to a

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    with mental health issues‚ are given necessary resources and equal opportunities‚ they will thrive. This experience of working in a helping role with seniors‚ children and youth is what drove my passion to pursue a career in social work. I believe completing a Masters of Social Work degree is the avenue which will equip me with the most skills and knowledge to help encourage and facilitate positive changes within systems and

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    1. Social Work as a Developing Profession Social Work as a Profession * What is a profession * No clear definition of the term profession * Describing its attributes * By most criteria and definitions‚ social work meets the requirements * Greenwood’s trait-attributes (1957) 1. Systematic theory * Worked hard to develop this attribute * Continuing – complexity of humanity and other factors * Process of knowledge development (process model) 2. Authority &

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