all cultures‚ languages‚ classes‚ races‚ ethnic backgrounds‚ religions‚ and other diversity factors in a manner that recognizes‚ affirms‚ and values the worth of individuals‚ families‚ and communities and protects and preserves the dignity of each” (NASW‚ 2000b‚ p. 61). Therapists focus on interactions with diverse clients and new situations everyday. Developing cultural competencies is essential towards meaningful communication. Research on person perception has suggested that the information we glean
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Angie Cruz Global Practice II: Child & Family Dr. Lindsey March 18‚ 2013 Approach Children are among the world’s most vulnerable population. They depend on the world around them for protection‚ stimulation‚ nurturing‚ and a safe environment to thrive in and one day become productive adults of that world. It is this same world that bears witness to millions of child abuse incidents every year. Depending on what part of that world the child calls home‚ determines what actions are taken
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org/pressroom/features/issue/mental.asp Breakey‚ W. R. (Ed.). (1996). Integrated mental health services: modern community psychiatry (pp. 3-10). New York‚ NY: Oxford University Press. Gibelman‚ M. (1995). What social workers do (4th ed.). Washington‚ DC: NASW Press. Paulson‚ G. W. (2012). Closing the asylums: causes and consequences of the deinstitutionalization movement (pp. 121-139). Jefferson‚ NC: McFarland and Company. Rosenberg‚ J.‚ & Rosenberg‚ S. (2006). Community mental health challenges in the
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Case Management Model Assignment – GERO 3450 The scope of social work practice is remarkably wide. Social workers practice not only in the traditional social service agency‚ but also in elementary schools; in the military; in business‚ factories‚ and offices‚ in federal‚ state‚ and local government agencies and legislative bodies; in private practice as individual‚ family‚ and marriage therapists; in hospitals and in mental health facilities; in courts and correctional settings; in home health
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References: Barker‚ R. L. (ED). (2003). The Social work dictionary (5th ed.) Baltimore‚ MD: NASW Press. Clair‚ M.St.‚ (2000). An unfortunate family: terminal illness and the altering of the attachment Bond Davis‚ B.D.‚ Cowley‚ S.‚ & Ryland‚ R. (1996). The effects of terminal illness on patients and careers Ecke van‚ Y.‚ Chope‚ R.C.‚ &
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The large-scale conversion of Mexicans from landowners into cheap labor begins with Manifest Destiny: the belief that Anglo-American settlers were superior human beings destined by God to claim the west and remake it in their own image. The fulfillment of this ‘destiny’ lead Anglo settlers to dispossess many Mexicans of their land and by 1848‚ the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed relinquishing the land (and the people if they chose to identify themselves as U.S. citizens) to the United States
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Social Insurance: Social insurance is entails employed individuals paying at tax on each paycheck they receive. This money is then put away in the form of social security. When an individual becomes of an age that they can retire or they become disabled‚ they have access to this money in the form of monthly payment that they can then live off of. Medicare and unemployment are also forms of social insurance. An individual contributes to their own fund through work related taxes. Settlement House:
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THEORY GENERATED FROM SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE BY: SAMUEL ENYAN FACULTY OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY‚ AUSTRALIA JUNE 7‚ 2013 Abstract: This article reflects on my work with academically challenged school pupils in Ghana in which Kwame represents the entire body of school children‚ who are academically challenged in a small community school in Assin Foso in the central region of Ghana. As a social worker‚ it was and is my duty to assist school pupils and the community members
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Table of Contents Introduction 1. Social Work 1.2. Origins 1.3. Qualifications for social work 1.4. Role of the professional social worker 1.5. Professional social work associations 1.6. Social work knowledge building 2. Education in Kazakhstan 2.1. Public Funding of Education 2.2. Projects and Programs 2.3. Problems 3. Social Projects 3.1. Karachaganak Petroleum Operating Company’s Social Projects 3.2. Yerzhan Tatishev’s Foundation’s Social Projects 4. Health Care System 4
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non-profit make a profit?" 2 March 2007. 5 December 2010 . Drucker‚ Peter F. Managing the Nonprofit Organization. New York‚ NY: Harper Collins Publishers‚ 1990. Edwards‚ Richard and John Yankey. Effectively Managing Nonprofit Organizations. Washington‚ DC: NASW Press‚ 2006. Lewis‚ Judith & Michael and Thomas Packard. Management of Human Service Programs. Belmont‚ CA: Brooks/Cole‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2007. Masters‚ James. "Profit making for Non Profits and Social Enterprise." September 2003. 5 December 2010
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