This essay will identify and discuss key communication skills in the context of social work practice. The importance of communication skills will be acknowledged by talking about three different skills of communication. The subjects discussed will be non-verbal communication‚ effective listening and questions‚ what these skills are and why they are important. It is essential for a professional social worker to hold effective communicative skills as one will encounter people from all different walks
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The University of the West Indies Open Campus NAME OF TEACHER: Mr. De Cotou NAME OF STUDENT: Gabriella James SUBJECT: Principles and Practices of Social Work lll INTRODUCTION Harry Aponte‚ ACSW‚ is currently a Professor at Hahneman University in Philadelphia‚ and is the Director of the Family Therapy Training Program of Philadelphia. Mr. Aponte is a family therapist with a special interest in the treatment of the poor‚ and many of the problems associated with poverty‚ including the
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whatever the child’s background they are able to fully join in with everything within the school. This will make the children feel valued and have a sense of belonging. Inclusion does not mean that we view each other the same or provide the same work‚ it is about making sure we are making adaptions to the activity instead of making a child do a completely different activity and make sure we are providing the same opportunities. We need to take on board and accept that the child is different.
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VAC SOWK 505 SUMMER 2015 SOWK 505 VAC Summer 2015 Assignment #3 Older Adult Development Paper The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate mastery in the application of theoretical and empirical work relevant to the biological‚ cognitive‚ and psychosocial development of an older adult based on a face-to-face interview. You will demonstrate your understanding of HBSE theories through critical analysis and clear articulation of supporting evidence including examples from the case and scholarly
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1. Differentiate between a Social Issue and the Social Problems. Please provide three Bahamian examples for each. Social issues are political debates involving moral judgments about how people should live. (Brennen‚ 2013) Three examples of social issues in The Bahamas are gambling‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and homosexuality. Social problems are societal induced conditions that harm any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values
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Discuss the major reasons for your interest in the profession of social work? My main interest is helping people‚ and I feel that becoming a social worker will allow me to do so. It will allow me to get out and meet a variety of different people and it will be challenging. By being challenged in this field I believe it will aknowledge my strengths and weaknesses and help me to become a stronger person in the field of social work. I believe that every child deserves someone who cares for them
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family and her discharge plans from a hospital. As I lack the information‚ I would need to assume some parameters. I am Jean’s social worker working on her discharge plan with a multi-agency hospital team. I will assist Jean to receive an information about support available after her discharge‚ helping her to make an informed decision. I will work on identifying social work theory relevant to this case. This will allow me to choose a suitable method of intervention to assist a family in making decisions
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lifestyle and working as a social worker. A successful lifestyle may mean different things to different people; this is what it means to me. In five years‚ I will be 25 years old. I have many goals I want to achieve in each aspect of my life. In my education‚ my goal is to be graduated from Sac State with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. In this field‚ I want to gain at least 2 to 3 years of experience in the next 5 years. Currently‚ I do not know what population I want to work with‚ but I hope to have
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Methods of Social Work Social work as a profession is a product of this century. Although its roots are well established in history from the time when people 1st began to take responsibility for their neighbors through activities which were called charity‚ poor relief‚ philanthropy and social reform . Social work is to fight against Five Evils as: 1. Physical want 2. Disease 3. Ignorance 4. Squalor 5. Idleness Objective: • To remove social injustice • To relieve social injustice • To
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WHAT IS SOCIAL WORK? * Social Work is the professional activity of helping individuals‚ groups‚ families‚ organizations‚ and communities or society in general. Social workers help people solve problems‚ cope with them‚ and help individuals obtain needed resources in their environments. SOCIAL WORKERS: * Must graduate a school in social work with either a bachelors or master’s degree * Requires knowledge of human development and behavior * Must be knowledgeable of social‚ economic
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