As a social worker‚ working in a social service organization‚ there are many laws‚ regulations‚ and policies that must be followed when providing services. In this case study‚ Stacey was confronted with a request from her client‚ Matthew‚ to maintain a copy of his treatment records. Under the HIPAA Privacy Rule (2017) it is a participant’s right to view and/or request a copy of his health care record. Therefore‚ Stacey has an obligation to provide Matthew with his records. However‚ due to Stacey’s
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me an effective social worker is volunteering at York County Children’s Advocacy Center (YCAC). The YCAC’s main focus is to assure that victims of child abuse are not re-victimized by systems who are supposed to protect them. In the center they have a group of team members who receive referrals from agencies such as Children and Youth to conduct forensic interviews and medical examination as needed. The center also provides Pet therapy for the children who come in for interviews. The Pet (Dog) helps
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The first Interview that I did was with a recent Texas State school of social work graduate. She is currently working as a case manager for a child placing agency. Unfortunately‚ I didn’t have the pleasure of interviewing her face to face. However‚ the responses that she gave were very insightful and I gained a lot of information in regards to her specific line of work and the social work profession. I found it very interesting that as she went through her time in the social work program that as
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The challenges of being a social worker include how “social work involves helping others and getting involved with people in such a close way can sometimes put you in harm. The risk is real and social workers need to be cautious” (“5 Pros”). No matter what career a person chooses‚ there will always be risks. Social work comes with big risks. Most people go to or are assigned to a social worker because they have a problem in their lives that they need help solving
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share. Another responsibilty is communicating with the parents or gaurdians‚ I work with only kids under 10 years of age and sometimes they arent opened to speaking about whats going on. 4. What is the knowledge base for the job? I have my Masters in Social work‚ I focused on family counsiling 5. What skills and values are needed
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Introduction: This report will look into two health care professions Social worker and Occupational therapy. Within this assessment these professions ethical issues will be discussed briefly .they shall be compared and contrasted based on their educational entry requirements there registration conditions‚ the code of conduct of their work place and ethical practice. Finally the CPD and the clinical governance of the two professions shall be examined and differences and similarities will be identified
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National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics Paper The National Association of Social Workers has provided a clear code for social workers to maintain their role as a professional helper. According to the Code of Ethics for social workers‚ there are six main ethical standards: “1) social workers’ ethical responsibilities to clients‚ (2) social workers’ ethical responsibilities to colleagues‚ (3) social workers’ ethical responsibilities in practice settings‚ (4) social workers’ ethical responsibilities
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In Hoefer (2006) notes that “Social workers must be involved in advocacy practice…If social workers do not act as advocates their policy ideas‚ values will not be well represented in policy-making”(p.21). I found this statement to be powerful because as social worker you have to know that in order to understand advocacy you have to be involved to fight for the cause. It is not okay just to just have feelings and emotions about something you feel should happen or should happen. You have to actively
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Social work is a profession that is centered around a variety of people from babies right through to elderly people. The profession works to enhance relationships‚ vulnerable people and help families to stay together where possible and also to help people to live a fulfilled lives as independently as possible. Social work involves engaging with organizations such as police‚ school‚ health local authorities. The vital part
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pediatric dentist‚ then a teacher‚ and finally found myself wanting to be a Social Worker. My last two years of high school were very difficult for my family and I. We had numerous Social Workers walk in and out of our lives‚ but seeing how they handled our case really intrigued me into wanting to know what their career consisted of. After some investigation‚ and advice from my high school counselor‚ I finally realized that social work was a good fit for
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