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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drawn to social work. Social workers are highly trained professionals who care about people‚ who want to make things better‚ and who want to relieve suffering. There are over a half million professional social workers in the United States who have all committed their lives to making a difference. • Who Are Social Workers? • Examples of Social Work Jobs • Social Work Standards • Education‚ Licensing‚ and Credentials • Social Work Salaries • Additional Resources Who are Social Workers
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Spirituality and Social work -Pius Moras. |“We are not human beings having spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.(Teilhard de Chardin-French | |Geologist‚ Priest‚ Philosopher and Mystic). | |These words that I first read in 1972 while I was writing a term paper on this great philosopher Teilhard de Chardin during my philosophy | |studies at the Institute
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Topic: School Based Social Work Story: During my freshman year at College‚ I was mad aware of a job opening at a local public school on Staten Island. Some of the college’s students spent their first semester volunteering there for their freshman learning community. By the second semester‚ all the volunteers left because the atmosphere of the school was challenging. With all of the free help gone‚ the school put out a flyer for paid after school help positions. I jumped at the opportunity for
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Gordon’s decision would lead to some problems‚ such as whether or not cut employees from his company (Ken Mark‚ 2002‚ p.4-5). Ethical issues No matter Gordon Gillingham did or not reduce cost‚ it still led to different ethic issues. 1. Employee terminations. If he decided to cut a part of administrative employees without themselves’ reason‚ his behaviors would cause employees feeling unequal treatment‚ and the company might get several complaints from his employees through the Pension Commission of
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engaging fathers in social work intervention impacts on the well being of children.” Abstract This literature review examines the relationship between social work professionals and families in relation to the role of the father‚ step father or partner‚ including the impact of their involvement on mothers and the development of children within the family in child protection cases of domestic abuse‚ substance abuse and sexual abuse. Findings in the literature are that social work professionals tend
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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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The article “What is Wrongful Termination?” from “The Balance.com” is intended to educate the reader about wrongful termination. The reason for looking into this is simple. If a company would like to grow in the future termination of and hiring of employees is necessary. This article goes into detail regarding wrongful termination. There are no specific laws associated with this issue in the majority of the United States. In fact‚ employment at will is the most common protector of a business from
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Department of Social Work SW1101E: Social Work: A Heart-Head-hand Connection Topic of Portfolio: Multi-Stressed families- Child Abuse in Singapore Date/Time of Submission: 30th October 2013/ 3PM For the entirety of this report‚ I will be focusing on Multi-stressed families but more specifically I will be tackling the issue of child abuse in Singapore. Child abuse is not at all restricted to the conventional form of physical abuse in our society any longer. Child abuse can be classified
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