Agency Paper Sandra Halbeisen October 8‚ 2013 SOWK 6151 Professor Cynthia Medina Our Lady of The Lake University Agency Paper There are many social service agencies that are making a difference in the lives of individuals. A social services agency can be defined as an organization providing social services that typically employs a range of helping professionals‚ including‚ social workers in addition to office staff‚ paraprofessionals‚ and sometimes volunteers (Barker‚ 2003). Agencies exist to
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An observation takes place when practitioners watch the children who are within their care and take notes of what they see or hear. Observations help identify individual children’s needs in order for them to be met. Taking regular observations of children help practitioners discover children’s interests as well as new skills and abilities. Similarly‚ observations give professionals the chance to monitor children’s progress and plan next steps to further children’s development. Main reasons for observation:
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1.4: Explain common barriers to integrated working and multi-agency working and how these can be overcome. Common barriers that can be found in integrated and multi-agency working are that of poor communication or a lack of communication‚ misunderstanding of situations‚ inconsistent or inaccurate record keeping and also not following policies or procedures. Barriers such as the few I have just named can stop people from effectively communicating with one another‚ which can then cause distress
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The Second Shift “I am a working mother. I am nuts‚” proclaims an unkempt cartoon woman on a mug. Surrounded by mounds of papers‚ a crying baby‚ and a broom‚ she is exhausted but resolute. What is held up as absurd in this cartoon is not the economic necessity of her working or her husband’s failure to help. It is her own choice to work that makes her an object of cheerful self-mocking. In THE SECOND SHIFT: WORKING PARENTS AND THE REVOLUTION AT HOME‚ Arlie Hochschild holds up to the light this
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miraculously through time. Doctors can now set bones‚ rehabilitate muscles‚ and replace vital organs. However‚ perhaps there is a more valuable medical tool; vaccination. Despite controversies regarding vaccinations causing autism‚ parents should vaccinate their children because of the importance of herd immunity and the economic benefits that accompany it. Herd immunity is a practice in which “the risk of infection among susceptible individuals in a population is reduced by the presence and proximity
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Basic working and employment conditions for agency workers are no less favourable than if they had been recruited direct by the hirer. There is a 12 week qualifying period for this right From day 1 Access to On-site Facilities While working at Trapeze you have full access and use of collective facilities and amenities available‚ such as the staff room/kitchen facilities including tea/coffee making facilities and water cooler machines (or equivalent). All offices have male and female toilets‚ which
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ASSIGNMENT The Rigors Faced By Children of Hearing Impaired Parents Submitted To: Dr. Humaira Bano Submitted By: Kunwal Javaid Roll No. E12-336 DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB‚ LAHORE Chapter One Introduction Children with deaf parents are as varied as children in the general population. Some excel academically‚ others are athletically endowed. Children with deaf parents can be avid readers‚ budding musicians or creative artists
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Unit 301 & 305 Communication/Develop Professional Relationships with Children‚ Young People & Adults Please write out each question in full including the reference numbers. Question 1 Consider how the following contexts may affect relationships and the way people communicate: (301 1.3) Social - When in a social environment you are more than likely around people who know your personality and how you communicate‚ perhaps jokes‚ dramatic notions‚ being loud or quietly thoughtful may be ways in
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1.1 In order to build a respectful professional relationship with children and young people you are working with you will need to be able to adapt your behaviour‚ you also need to be able to communicate accordingly to every child. It is important that you can demonstrate effective communication skills and show that you are approachable to each individual child or young person you are working with. You need to take into consideration that each child pr young person is different and can be at different
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Working with Children & Young People with Autism The Austrian psychologist Dr Leo Kanner first used the term autism in 1943‚ but it wasn’t until 1996 that the phrase Autistic Spectrum Disorder was coined by Dr Lorna Wing to identify a whole range of disorders affecting the development of social interaction‚ communication and social imagination‚ know as the Triad of Impairments. The spectrum includes classic autism‚ asperger syndrome‚ childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development
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