#1 Joseph In Joseph’s vignette‚ one has to ask: “What is the social worker trying to accomplish?” According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics‚ the task of the social worker is to augment human well-being and focus on meeting the client’s basic needs‚ while empowering him/her (p.2). It is ironic though because in the vignette this is breached. Since the supervisor already suspects abuse‚ I as the social worker‚ am given a preconceived notion of my client. I am
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Elder Care Case Study Elder Care Case Study Mr. Trosack is a 72 year old man who fell down a long flight of stairs a month ago‚ underwent a total hip replacement and is in need of a discharge plan. He completed two weeks of rehabilitation in the hospital for his hip as well as diabetic teaching for his new onset of Diabetes. It was also discovered during this hospitalization that he needed to start taking medication for hypertension. Both he and his family are in denial about what it will
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Introduction Psychosocial assessment is a social work tool that helps a social worker summarize a client’s problems that need to be worked on and to understand a client’s mental health‚ social well-being‚ support systems‚ strengths‚ and barriers they face. The following paper is a psychosocial assessment written by a Wayne State University student based on a fictitious case study. The case study follows Tara‚ an African-American teen‚ who has run away from multiple foster homes and has come to live
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in your placements over the last 9 months. Reflections - Domiciliary Care Work. The purpose of reflection stated by (John‚ 1995) “ is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner’s understanding and learning about his/her lived experiences”. The key laws and policies that have an impact on my work as a social care worker are The Health and Safety at Work Order (NI) 1978‚ The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations (NI) 2000‚ Reporting of Injuries‚ Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences
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| Year 3 | | CJ DonohoeK00126283 | Roscommon Child Care Case | In this assignment I hope to discuss how and why the state failed to address the needs of the children and how they failed to work with the children in the family. I intend to look at key recent child protection policies from the department of children and youth affairs‚ for example‚ Children First 2010 and the Child protection and Welfare handbook. | All the workers who provided services to the family were well intentioned
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The Sanchez family is a case that would keep any social worker occupied with the complex needs for the different members. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics is a guideline that ensures that all the necessary efforts are practiced by social worker. According to the NASW‚ a social workers priority is to enhance the individual’s well-being by providing the assistance towards addressing their client’s problems (p.1). Two social work standards that pertain to the understanding
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Introduction Social welfare is the societal institution responsible for providing assistance to those in needs. This term was used in a narrow sense to refer to social security and social service like CSSA; elderly assistance etc that provided by the government and it also serves the interests of the society and works for people’s well-being. However‚ in this essay‚ the term ‘social welfare’ has a broader sense that it means the welfare people supposed to have. This essay will comment on the development
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stay at home mother. B. Setting LKI family Services is a community social service program in Arlington Washington which provides social services as well as behavioral health services to low-income community members. The agency is a non-profit agency that is contracted with the county to provide mental health‚ chemical dependency and housing assistance. C. Reason for Referral (Presenting Problem) According to client’s case record‚ client was referred by a friend to LKI Family Services this past
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Part 2: Summary of Social Work Speaks and “Unit 3” The section “Poverty and Economic Justice” in Social Work Speaks discusses the economy and its balance‚ or lack thereof‚ as well as the people who are impacted by the economy’s debilitating imbalance. The PowerPoint titled “Unit 3: Children and Poverty” helps to further understand the poverty crisis that our society is facing by focusing on the children who live in poverty. The social work profession is there to help those who are most vulnerable:
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Case Study of Moral Development October 22‚ 2011 I worked in a medium sized group in a self-help department in a special unit that worked with the vulnerable population of lone parent families. Most of these parents were female‚ between the ages of 16 years and 24 years who were on social assistance‚ had not completed high school and were without familial support. These youthful mothers were referred to the agency through various channels: (1) child protection workers‚ (2) long term ward (foster
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