University of Texas at El Paso Bachelor of Social Work Program Evaluation Submitted by: Susie Villalobos‚ M.Ed. Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Doctoral Student University of Texas at El Paso‚ El Paso‚ Texas Academic Roles and Responsibilities CHSC 6343 May 7‚ 2013 Introduction The National Association of Social Workers (NASW)‚ outlines the primary mission of Social Work “is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people‚ with particular attention to
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Case Study Description: My client is a single Hispanic male at the age of twenty five. He has been in and out of school due to financial reasons. He works full-time but he schedule is very inconsistent this is another reason he is in and out of school. His overall health is good no issues he does take anxiety medicine on a daily basis without this medicine his nerves get worked up and he gets frustrated easily. He does work fulltime so his finances are good overall every now and then he
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1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress
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Review of Rogers’s Person-centered Therapy in Self Perspective: Critical Evaluation and Integrative Improvement Date of submission: 10 December 2007 (Monday) This paper was divided into three parts. The first part was to summarize the basic concepts of Rogers’s phenomenological approach of personality. Carl Rogers‚ who was the pioneered humanistic counselor and psychotherapist‚ advocated “Client-centered Therapy” (now known as “Person-centered Therapy” derived
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I. Key Themes Social workers can engage in micro‚ mezzo‚ and macro level of work to promote change and development in the society. The non-profit sector is one of the areas where social workers engage in mezzo level of work as program manager‚ capacity builder‚ researcher‚ case worker‚ manager among other. The Non-profit sector plays a key role in the protection of minority‚ experimentation and embracing the diversity of thought. There are many challenges that cause organizational problems in
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The social worker gathered information for Christine’s case from her file‚ a treatment plan meeting‚ and a private conversation with the clint. Christine’s file provided an extensive history on her life since coming into foster care. Included in her file were previous incident reports‚ which allowed the social worker to learn what Christine’s areas of weakness are in regards to her behavior. One such incident report detailed a recent occasion where Christine and her boyfriend at the time were making
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most of what Maslow believed‚ but added that for a person to "grow"‚ they need an environment that provides them with genuinness (openness and self-disclosure)‚ acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard)‚ and empathy (being listened to and understood). Without these‚ relationships and healthy personalities will not develop as they should‚ much like a tree will not grow without sunlight and water. Rogers believed that every person can achieve their goals‚ wishes and desires in life
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Case Scenario: A client with a wife and five children has been the sole provider by working for a company for twenty-six years and gets laid off. Regrettably‚ he is having difficulty finding new employment because he appears predominately overqualified‚ therefore employers continually turn him away. Consequently‚ due to the loss of his job; the client worries about meeting the physiological and safety needs of his family. Since he is the sole provider and unable to find work the family may lose all
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The aim of this discussion paper is to examine the situation of a family living in a small rural town. As the current condition of the family is a result of long term social‚ economical and political development in the society‚ this paper will apply the structural approach to understand what circumstances have had major influence in precipitating the family into the crisis it is now. The focus is on Joe‚ who is long term unemployed and while his wife is dying of cancer‚ he is waiting for trial because
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Person Centered Theory A theory basing on concepts from humanistic psychology‚ also known as the “third force” in Psychotherapy by Carl Rogers‚ Person Centered Theory started its journey in the Psychotherapy field in the early 1940s‚ in which‚ according to Corey (2009‚ p.165)‚ “stands out as one of the most influential figures in revolutionizing the direction of counseling theory and practice”‚ as that was a period of time when Psychotherapy was practiced in an approach whereby the therapists
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