A social worker’s role is essential in providing the best services available to help improve an individual’s life. Michele DeFina is a social worker for the state of Connecticut. As a Social Worker she investigates elder abuse claims. She obtains referrals for those over 60‚ assesses if they were competent or not‚ if they live in a safe environment‚ and whether or not the elder needed a conservator or family member to manage their care services. Now Michele would also be assigned as a conservator
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always want to have a co-worker who has a sense of humor‚ and is conscientious. For me‚ who posses those two characteristics will be a perfect co-worker. A co-worker who has a sense of humor will help to bring you a good working environment. Working is nowadays more and more stressful to people‚ especially when the economy is going down‚ companies are going to fire a large number of employees‚ each worker has to try his/her best daily to keep his/her job. If you have a worker who is humorous‚ his/her
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Explain the actions to take if there are suspicions that an individual is being abused If I suspect abuse through noticing a sign of physical abuse or change in the behaviour of an individual‚ I will make sure that I ask the individual what has happened telling the individual the changes that I have noticed. If it is in my place of work and the name of the person that abused the individual is known‚ whether staff or another service user‚ I must also record and report this. I will listen
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What does everyone need at some point in one’s life? Answer: Help and support. What is the hardest thing for people struggling with a variety of issues to ask for? Answer: Help and support. As a social worker‚ it is our job to help individuals and one’s families cope with the problems they are facing and provide support and services to improve the client’s life. My client‚ Barbra Anne‚ has not have had an easy journey to recovery from her sexual abuse experience. Victims of sexual assault vary
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difficult to understand while it can be even more difficult to attain the full feeling behind these words. Many people think that having their cars‚ or skis‚ or whatever other material possessions they want will make them happy. Others believe there must be some sort of deeper connections in order to achieve true happiness. “The New Science of Happiness‚” an article in Time Magazine by Claudia Wallis‚ argues that the largest contributing factor for one’s levels of happiness are feelings of gratitude
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made by children while transitioning to adulthood. From these false accusations‚ we learn what is actually going around and fix our mistakes. Likewise‚ in the various short stories: “Sea Urchin‚” by Chang-rae Lee‚ “The Nothingness Forest‚” by Margareta Ekström‚ and “Games at Twilight‚” by Anita Desai‚ express the obstacles and morals from childhood. Throughout these stories‚ the authors try to explicitly explain childhood experience by going through a young or older child’s thoughts. Many of the children
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Human rights dilemmas facing social workers The primary objective of social work is to improve the living conditions of human beings and help them in meeting basic human needs‚ with special focus on people who are oppressed or those living in poverty. Social workers relentlessly work towards ending various form of social injustice such as discrimination‚ oppression and poverty through a coordinated effort that includes consultation‚ administration‚ policy‚ advocacy‚ social and political action‚ policy
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“Assessment is a crucial responsibility for Social workers in all settings” What is an assessment? “An assessment involves discussions with staff from social work‚ health or housing. The purpose is to look at what your needs are and how best these needs can be met.” (www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Care_Support) I intend to look at the assessment aspect of Children within Social work. Social workers cover a vast field but it is without doubt one of the most common and work providing areas
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Angela made me open my eyes more about other cultures. I also explain the language that is used by the culture and what they value in life. I described what setting the interview was conducted in and how was they environment. I also engaged with different members of Angela’s family to see how they would interact with me. Angela even gave me great advice on how to become a great social worker. She explained to me that becoming a social worker is very rewarding and sometime can get a little overwhelming
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times when a person`s beliefs do not agree with someone else’s‚ which does not mean that one is wrong‚ it means that we all are humans‚ and we do not all think alike. As humans‚ we would think that most people have a good sense of right and wrong‚ which is to say that for the most part most people have good morals‚ values‚ and ethics. The code of ethics is set in place as a protector for clients‚ patients‚ and all professions. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and the American Counseling
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