1. I also would love to be able to assist my clients in designing a personal social action plan. I agree there are many injustices in the world and I would like to be there as a source of support for my clients overall. I imagine that it would be quite difficult‚ but that I could help advocate for those who need it the most. Advocacy work seems to be a less known part of working as a counselor. We all need to get more actively involved with these issues because it is in our best interest to ensure
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take care of them. An ill adult could depend on the help of someone to guide them such as social worker‚ or some type of therapist. An elderly person could depend on the help of a caregiver. A dog is the same way‚ it depends on the care of someone else. Volunteering at the animal shelter helped me to realize that my undecided thought of becoming a Social Worker is what I wanted to do for my career. A Social Worker is someone that helps others. As I helped the dogs at the animal shelter‚ I realized
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permanent homes‚ and make sure to provide privacy and confidentiality for the children. In order to start a case‚ someone must report a concern regarding the welfare of the child. Once the report is made‚ a social worker or police officer are rewired to investigate. For the most part‚ the social worker is called in to investigate first‚ since they are experts in this field. They investigate by talking to the victim‚ the victim’s parents‚ family members and friends. They can talk to the child at school
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Given that Citizen primarily focuses on the dichotomy within the social constructs of gender and race‚ I structured my piece to focus on similar themes. Although I’ve learned that the intersectionality of race‚ gender‚ and class is inevitable and present‚ I unusually found it difficult to pull up recollections when I experienced discrimination and prejudice. Possibly‚ I’ve become used to my own skin in a biased world. Through this project‚ I’ve been able to contemplate my confrontations with racism
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dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better”‚ treatment and intervention is not an easy task. However‚ the social worker can apply valuable skills to help the process. With a proper engagement‚ a client can feel worthy of a social worker’s time and expertise‚ and feels more hopeful that change is possible and life can be better. It is important to note that there are multiple treatment approaches and that it may be necessary
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The Importance of Boundaries Professional boundaries in social work and other helping professions provide limits in therapeutic relationships‚ but boundaries are also important in other kinds of relationships. Depending on one’s upbringing and experience‚ setting boundaries in relationships may be easier for some people to set than others. All healthy relationships have boundaries. This is the line where one person ends and someone else begins. Boundaries in relationships can be likened to boundaries
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ground most of the time when she speaks‚ her shoulders are slouched forward. I have tried for weeks to engage her and try to get a smile from her‚ but it is worthless‚ I thought. She reported that she doesn’t have any friends and feels strange in social situations. Two weeks ago‚ we had a deep conversation about her grandfather being ill. She also disclosed for the first time that she used to cut in fifth grade. She is now in the ninth grade. Since that appointment she has not met me. My initial
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multiple people‚ but it never seems to work as well for me. There was one instance (4:50-4:55) where I was waiting for her to continue to her challenges further‚ but she did not. Something I could have done was waited longer to see if had more to say or invited her to elaborate. I feel I need to have more practice prompting the client to hear more of his or her story if there is a lull in conversation and no one is speaking. Something I feel I need to work on is summarizing the client’s concerns
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Why the racism should be forbidden and how it can be reduced Many people visits America. Someone comes for travel‚ someone for study English. Also‚ getting a job or wanting a better place to live can be purposes of being in America. Inevitably‚ there are many races mixed in America because many people from many different countries come to America. African Americans‚ Hispanics‚ Asians‚ and many other races are mixed in America. This seems like a really normal thing‚ however‚ some people do
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Social Work Practice Teenage pregnancy is a social issue and is significant to the practice of social work. One of the main goals of social work is to help individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal (Benson‚ 2004). It is important for social workers that those of them in practice understand the complexity of teenage pregnancy and the effects it has on the family as a whole. Social workers should
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