Cultural awareness‚ knowledge acquisition‚ and skill development are three important abilities that a social worker should have at their disposal at all times. Cultural awareness delves into accepting and embracing other cultures and ethnic groups despite the worker’s history and experiences. Knowledge acquisition says it all‚ where a social worker should always have an ongoing education about the rapidly changing society we live in today. Finally‚ there is skill development which takes knowledge
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African American‚ English I was born in Oakland‚ California. Culture is about family‚ knowledge‚ language‚ music‚ religion‚ food and music. It is a belief system that can have a major impact on your life. My culture is informed by religion and spiritual beliefs. I’ve been taught that you must respect your elders. I had to practice rituals as well as celebrate special holidays and attend certain events throughout the year. I come from a single family home I was raised by my mother‚ I have two sisters
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Broc Fulmer Daniel Skoglund English 111 March 11‚ 2013 The Affects of Social Media in Our Culture We see it everywhere we go‚ most of the people we know are involved with it‚ and it is only getting bigger‚ what I am referring to is social media. Facebook is the largest social media site and the most used. In the book Social Media Usage and Impact‚ Hana S. Noor Al-Deen states‚ “ With over 500 million active users‚ Facebook provides a virtual reality in cyberspace where users can enact identities
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Social Issue – Diabetes Type 2 Examine a contemporary social issue (which may or may not have been covered during the module) paying particular attention as to why this issue has become problematic and for whom. Also‚ consider what should be done about your chosen issue and any role that nursing/social work might have in dealing with it. A social issue can be defined as ‘social conditions identified by scientific inquiry and values as detrimental to human well-being’ (Manis 1976). I believe that
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Social Media Policies Bobbi McGuire DeVry University Question 1: In my search for an article containing lawsuits involving employee posts on social media networks‚ I was quite surprised to learn how much of problem this has become. According to Melanie Trottman (2011) of the Wall Street Journal‚ employees that have been severely disciplined or terminated due to their activities on social media websites have been retaliating by use of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935. This law provides
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most prevalent and persistent social problems in the United States is poverty. By sharing theories‚ principles‚ and concepts of human services delivery systems intended for effective interventions‚ the human service field will be better equipped to handle the current crisis and plight of the poor. Introduction Anti-poverty programs are designed‚ selected‚ and implemented in response to different theories about the cause of poverty that justify the human services field and its development of interventions
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Personal reflections on becoming a social worker This essay will be reflective in nature and therefore in the first person‚ the main body will commence by giving a brief personal history in that it will give context to a number of discussions in this piece. This will lead to a brief description of placement setting‚ giving room for the primary focus‚ a conversation with a service user. The conversation will be referred to throughout; labelling theory will be drawn on first to give a possible explanation
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For worker motivation to occur‚ a worker must feel persuaded that their job is important to both them and others‚ and hence feel no reluctance in carrying out their job. Given that such large organizations such as hospitals and other public healthcare facilities are fragile because of diversity of peoples working closely together‚ federal laws complicate this more. The healthcare public sector is to be both a collaborative and service-friendly one. Adaptation from anything similar to new‚ procedural
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Essay on importance of social service Man is primarily a member of a social community. He should not only be concerned about himself but also for the welfare and development of society as a whole. It is truly said that “Jana-Seva” is “Janardhana-Seva”. The feeling of self-satisfaction that comes when one sees the unshed tears of joy in the eyes of one whose hunger has been appeased‚ whose thirst has been allayed and whose needs are fulfilled is indeed heavenly. The service rendered by an individual
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I enjoy reading your post and I also enjoy reading your respond Monique because I used to worked in a homeless shelter and in a domestic violence shelter as well. Yes its difficult because they carried out a big luggage of issue in their back and something that make it difficult to help them the way will would like to as a social worker. In my case‚ when I used listening to their history touch me but at the same time I constantly reminded me that I was there to help them and I was suppose to be strong
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