Social work is a practice-based profession as well as an academic discipline that advocates social change‚ development‚ and the empowerment and liberation of society for individuals and communities in need. Professionals in the field of social work help people overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges such as poverty‚ discrimination‚ abuse‚ addiction‚ physical illness‚ divorce‚ loss‚ unemployment‚ educational problems‚ disabilities and mental illnesses. They help prevent crises by counseling
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Social workers advocate for individuals and families within the community who lack autonomy and create environments that allow them an equal opportunity to thrive. Social workers level the playing field across the board for individuals and families who have struggled with hardships‚ terminal illnesses‚ mental health disorders and other adverse environmental situations that inhibit their ability to thrive within society. Social workers accomplish this by providing individuals and families a sense
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My motivation to obtain a degree in social work have many reasons behind them. I am the type of person who enjoys helping others and seeing them better themselves‚ improve their own personal situations‚ and most of all turning their lives around in a positive way. I feel if I can help at least one person I have did my job. However‚ I would hope to help more over my time in the social work field. In the day and time we live in there are so many issues that people could benefit from my help‚ words
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The career that I want to pursue is social work. I enjoy talking to people‚ helping them with their problems‚ and try to make their bad days better; I already have some trained skills‚ which I have learned in places that I did some volunteer work in the past. I also worked babysitting children of different ages and tutored others in some basic subjects. My experience of having my own small business plus all the volunteer work in the places I mentioned above‚ gave me a head start by assisting individuals
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Running Head: MY NURSING PHILOSOPHY My Philosophy of Nursing Allan J. Martel University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing My name is Allan Martel‚ and I am a proud Nursing student at the University of Southern Mississippi. I am currently 25 years old‚ and have previously completed my Bachelor of Biological Sciences in the year 2008. Over the past two years I have not only worked various jobs‚ but started to search for a gratifying and life-fulfilling career. Even at a young age‚
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positions before‚ from coaching my own YMCA boys travel basketball team to being a 5th grade summer camp counselor. I thought that I had figured out most of the effective leadership qualities on my own‚ however‚ this class taught me countless aspects and characteristics that has changed the way that I view and will further develop my personal philosophy of Leadership. One of the pieces of information that I have learned this year that has changed my personal philosophy of Leadership is the Six Charismatic
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This exercise was actually really difficult. I have learned a lot by participating in this activity. I have done activities in my past work experience and put myself in other people’s shoes‚ to see what it was like having disabilities. One time‚ I participated in an activity in which‚ I ate pureed food and thickened liquids. This helped me to see how a person with swallowing difficulties felt. This exercise assisted me to see how the food tasted and the texture felt. Another time‚ I used Hoyer
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Social workers have to be registered with a Care Council to ensure their competence‚ they have to re-register every 2 years and finalise post-registration training and learning to meet the guideline. They can be struck off if they don’t stick to professional code of practice to ensure people using social work service can have faith and trust. The law provides social workers a framework and guidance and assist in making critical decisions‚ preventing bad practice and provides framework of legal rights
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Ethics and Values in social work There is a direct link between values and actions. When we perform an action we‚ and the act itself‚ may be judged according to the values expressed through that action (Shardlow 1989:p2) This assignment will discuss this statement by outlining how professional interpretation emerges from the way dilemmas between different values are resolved. The assignment considers a number of social work values including ‘Respect to persons’ and ‘Self-Determinism’
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Understanding of Marginalization The person I interviewed for this assignment is considered from a marginalized group. One becomes marginalized once a social change occurs causing a high social status decrease. However‚ as society changes so does one’s marginalized position. Marginalization fluctuates‚ for example as children get older their marginalized status decreases. They develop their own sense of power and are able to make certain life lasting decisions. On the contrary‚ as adults become elderly
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