* Careers * What a Social Worker Does * Education Requirements * Work Settings * Culturally competent work with diverse populations * Career development * Future alternatives * Conclusion * References Introduction to the life of a Social Worker; Social work is a profession devoted to helping people function the best they can in their environment. This can mean providing direct services or therapy directly to people. It also can mean
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Phillip Ashley 7/06/15 Explain the functions of assessment in learning and development – include initial‚ formative and summative assessment. (1.1) The fundamental function of assessment in learning and development is to ensure that learning has taken place. The role of the assessor is to evaluate the nature‚ ability or quality of a candidate against a set of criteria (informal) or to check that legal standards have been met (formal). The first step is to conduct an initial assessment at
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Strategic activities in organization or at work places are approaches to human resource management that provide a framework to support long term business goals and outcomes‚ these approaches vary in relation to the business activities itself. Schwab (1980) noted that the growing body of strategic research can be seen in two interrelated ways which are the substantive and measurement streams. The substantive stream refers to studies which emphasizes on the physiology or character of a theoretical
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essay intends to understand the attributes of the learning organisation and its core tenets .For this purpose the case example of Tesco is used. The advantages and disadvantages of applying these practices of Tesco in other established organsiation have been critically analyzed with the help of specific examples. What is a learning organisation? According to Peter Sange‚ the pioneer of the fifth discipline‚ learning organizations are organisation in which people continually expand their capacity
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part of the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda and ‘Childcare Act 2006’. Early years provision in schools is about supporting very young children and is based on the concept of learning through play as play has been shown to be an important tool for a childs early learning progress. These free early years education and childcare can be at: Nursery schools‚ nurseries on school sites‚ nursery classes in schools and academies‚ childrens centres‚ day nurseries‚ some playgroups and playschools‚ childminders
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in rupee terms‚ was more than Rs 1 crore. Debashish Chakravarty‚ one of the two students who refused the offer said‚ "I declined the offer because I wanted to be on my own." The challenge of entrepreneurship was more exciting for him than taking up a cushy job. "Three other classmates and I have planned to start our own business. We plan to start production and retailing of women’s lingerie‚" said Chakravarty‚ who was serving in the Army before taking voluntary retirement. Vineeta Singh
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Our own attitudes‚ values and behaviour could impact on our work with children and young people as we are not neutral beings and even on a sub-conscious level me may be intimating information that impacts negatively on some children or young people. We need to be clear on our own attitudes‚ values and behaviour and identify how we can work on our own mindset if need be. For instance the language we use can have loaded meanings‚ in the way we choose to describe things or people. For instance referring
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in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector Unit 002 Understand Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Lifelong Learning Assessment Task 2 By Allan Birch 28/03/2012 Longman Dictionary defines Understand as fact/idea “to know or realize how a fact‚ process‚ situation etc. works‚ especially through learning or experience”. 1.1 Summarise learning and teaching strategies used in own specialism To ensure all students gain the most from the learning taking place‚ consideration must be based
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health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings 1.1 Identify the different reasons people communicate Communication is very important and can be non-verbal: making eye contact‚ body language and gestures‚ verbal: talking‚ singing‚ listening and responding‚ and written. People communicate usually to provide or receive information. The information provided can be passed on and used for teaching and learning. It is also used to share our ideas and thoughts‚ to interact with others
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CU744 - Evaluate and Improve Own performance in a Business Environment. 1.1 Explain the purpose and benefits of continuously improving own performance in a business environment. This improves the quality of my work which in turn proves that I am capable of further responsibility. More experience and responsibility could be useful in gaining future job roles. 1.2 Explain the purpose and value of encouraging and accepting feedback from others. The purpose of feedback is to let me know what
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