MODULE NAME: 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
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“Values and ethical in social work practice” An ethical dilemma exists: When the social worker must choose between two or more relevant‚ but contradictory‚ ethical directives‚ or when every alternative results in an undesirable outcome for one or more persons. Several value systems and ethical practices impact the social worker intervention and outcome. Values and ethics are closely related .Values are a society’s system of beliefs ‚principles and traditions that guide behaviors and practices
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Counciler 2. What is the name of the company you work with? Braely and Thompson 3. What are the major resonseabilites you have in this postion? With this job I have many responsibilities a main one is confidentiality o the client‚ sometimes wanted to tell others what going is what you want to do‚ exspeically if its something tragic thats happened and you want to share. Another responsibilty is communicating with the parents or gaurdians‚ I work with only kids under 10 years of age and sometimes
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Many individuals will enter the profession of social work because they are simply interested in ‘helping people’. This pretext however is not as straightforward as it sounds. Some may be motivated by a mission of working against child problems such as child abuse hence choosing the direct path of social work which involves strategies such as counselling‚ case management or the dispensing of emergency assistance‚ whilst others may still hold ideals of ‘changing the world’ thus choosing a more indirect
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present a case study that was allocated to me on my second placement setting. I will discuss some of the ethical dilemmas which I have encountered and how I have dealt with them in a professional way. Anti-oppression/discrimination and reflective practice will also be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me the opportunity to work in partnership
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Costing………………………………………………………….………… 7. 2.8 Ethical Issues……………………………………………………….…… 8. III. CONCLUSION…………………………………….…………………… 9. IV. REFERENCES...……………………………………….……………… 10. V. APPENDIX A: Questionnaire on Social Workers Work Satisfaction….………………………………….……………. 11. I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Statement of the problem Work is a central part of life and of society. Our occupational life is organized in many ways to satisfy our requirements for companionship‚ achievement and gain (Warr & Wall‚ 1975). Maslow‚ a leading
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2007). Through the clinical social worker using the languages of empowerment and strengths‚ clients are engaged in a therapeutic process in which they experience themselves as experts on their life circumstances‚ self-determining‚ competent‚ and active participants in constructing a better life for themselves and others (Greene‚ Lee‚ & Hoffpauir‚
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Introduction As a social worker‚ it is essential to be diverse and culturally competent for the reason that one will encounter clients with diverse backgrounds from his or her own. A client may be different due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other factor. However‚ the social worker’s purpose is to enhance the client’s well-being while attending to his or her needs‚ as well as being sensitive to their cultural and ethnic diversity (National Association of Social Workers‚ 1999)
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There are many different practice models that influence the way social workers choose to help people meet their goals. Here are some of the major social work practice models used in various roles‚ such as case managers and therapists: Problem solving Problem solving assists people with the problem solving process. Rather than tell clients what to do‚ social workers teach clients how to apply a problem solving method so they can develop their own solutions. The problem solving model focuses on
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Social Work in a Digital Age: Ethical and Risk Management Challenges Sung Sun MGMT 4330 July 28‚ 13 Article Summary Long time ago‚ social workers began their work always used typewriters; hard copy and services were provided to consumer in offices or homes. Now social workers have the option to communicate with consumer on social networking‚ they provide online services to people. They don’t meet in person. The electronic records in the virtual “cloud”‚ E-mail‚ and text messages with consumer
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