Focusing on strengths can positively impact our clients lives. As a social worker‚ it’s our duty to help seek strength in our clients. There are seven important principles of the strengths perspective that I think would be useful to seeking out a client’s strengths. Using these principles‚ can empower our client to achieve greatness. Asking very detail questions about the clients’ current situations‚ gives answers on how to better treat them. I like that‚ as a social worker we focus more on the greater
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The strengths approach to social work practice values empowerment of individuals seeking services and advocates a relationship of collaboration as opposed of one of authority. Recognizing the resilience of individuals and believing in the potential of all humans‚ the focus is changed from one of limits to one of potentials‚ building on strengths‚ interests‚ abilities‚ knowledge‚ and capacities (Grant‚ Cadell‚ 2009‚ p.25). The formula is simple; rally client’s interests‚ capacities‚ motivations‚ resources
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It is important in the field of Social Work‚ where one may have many diverse clients‚ to be attune to issues of cultural competencies. Sue(2005) established cultural competency as four part process that includes awareness of one own’s assumptions and values‚ understanding the world view of clients‚ developing an appropriate intervention and understand organizations/institutions that help or hinder cultural competency. My experience as a marginalized individual has made me more cultural competency
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This class along with my other social work classes has made me develop a unique perspective on social work. The class is not on just learning how to help others it teaches how to recognize your weaknesses and how to develop your individual skills to become a competent social worker. This article will give some insight into some of my weaknesses along with my thoughts about the social work career‚ illustrate what direction or target group area that I would like to pursue‚ detail general information
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discussed politics and social justice issues. At the dinner table‚ my father usually talked about the government’s corruption and their injustice against the poor or children. Because of these early exposures to social justice‚ I became deeply passionate and sensitive to inequality. However‚ at the time I didn’t think I could change the situations‚ thus I accepted it as a part of life. It was not until I studied abroad in the United States that I learned more about social justice‚ such as oppression
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My interest in social work has been rooted in me since childhood. My family moved to the United States when I was one year old and many years later I still witness the struggle to adapt to western society. The struggle lied in holding onto our culture and values while adapting
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research methodology through my undergraduate Social Work degree. A graduate program would allow me to build upon this knowledge in order to not only perform research projects but also to evaluate the work of others. The graduate program at Renison University College specifically addresses my desire to work within the health care field. The holistic framework used by Renison University College closely mirrors my own personal values. I have a personal interest in bureaucratic insurance and bio-medical
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relationships.” [“To interviewer: What additional strengths‚ values‚ commitments‚ skills or assets do you know (from whatever source) that this person has?”] While this is one of the first and laudable attempts at forming a comprehensive tool for strengths in the geriatric population‚ it is a qualitative tool and therefore cannot be used to measure or quantify strengths. Another article published in the year 2001‚ titled ‘Strengths-Based Social Work Assessment: Transforming the Dominant Paradigm’
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Empowerment and a strengths perspective which support the development of innate abilities and recognize differences in a positive manner are also helping social workers increase the individual client’s capacity to learn to use his or her own systems constructively More than a simple linguistic nuance‚ the notion that social workers do not empower others‚ but instead‚ help people empower themselves is an ontological distinction that frames the reality experienced by both social workers and clients
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the East side of San Jose‚ where I graduated from James Lick High school. It was a very tough school when I attended despite all the obstacles I still managed to graduate. I moved on to San Jose City College where I obtained two degrees‚ an AS-T in Social Science and the other in Liberal Arts and then moved on to San Jose State University. I am the first generation to have attended a four-year University. I am the daughter of two immigrant parents that came to this country 26 plus years ago from Mexico
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