1. Differentiate between a Social Issue and the Social Problems. Please provide three Bahamian examples for each. Social issues are political debates involving moral judgments about how people should live. (Brennen‚ 2013) Three examples of social issues in The Bahamas are gambling‚ teenage pregnancy‚ and homosexuality. Social problems are societal induced conditions that harm any segment of the population. Social problems are also related to acts and conditions that violate the norms and values
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Discuss the major reasons for your interest in the profession of social work? My main interest is helping people‚ and I feel that becoming a social worker will allow me to do so. It will allow me to get out and meet a variety of different people and it will be challenging. By being challenged in this field I believe it will aknowledge my strengths and weaknesses and help me to become a stronger person in the field of social work. I believe that every child deserves someone who cares for them
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lifestyle and working as a social worker. A successful lifestyle may mean different things to different people; this is what it means to me. In five years‚ I will be 25 years old. I have many goals I want to achieve in each aspect of my life. In my education‚ my goal is to be graduated from Sac State with a bachelor’s degree in Social Work. In this field‚ I want to gain at least 2 to 3 years of experience in the next 5 years. Currently‚ I do not know what population I want to work with‚ but I hope to have
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Methods of Social Work Social work as a profession is a product of this century. Although its roots are well established in history from the time when people 1st began to take responsibility for their neighbors through activities which were called charity‚ poor relief‚ philanthropy and social reform . Social work is to fight against Five Evils as: 1. Physical want 2. Disease 3. Ignorance 4. Squalor 5. Idleness Objective: • To remove social injustice • To relieve social injustice • To
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population and the areas of the two regions (the rural and the urban) expanded ferly quick. The social welfare suffered a lot of changes and transformation as well. There were so many new situations and problems to explore due to the immense need and‚ soon‚ it became more of a social duty‚ leaving the religious believes behind. Involving more of a spiritual aspect... Three social work movements emerge ……. Social work emerged in the United States during the Industrial Revolution in the mid late 1800’s‚ when
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From high school till retirement‚ you work. Over half of your life is spent working and with that comes relationships‚ new environments‚ communications‚ and gender roles can all come into play. After observing six of my coworkers for 24 hours I found many psychological happenings within the group. I have worked with my coworkers for almost a year now and some of us have grown strong relationships‚ others are still somewhat outcasted from others. Our boss clearly shows favoritism‚ but still treats
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A social worker helps individuals solve and cope with problems in their everyday life. A social worker deals with a range of individuals such as abused children‚ neglected elderly‚ or people with disabilities. A social worker works fulltime and sometimes may work holidays and weekends in order to meet with a client. Social workers hold about 649‚300 jobs in 2014 and the state and local government employ about 29% of these individuals. The lowest percentage employed was in nursing homes and residential
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Unit 2 Promote professional development 1.1 Explain the importance of continually improving knowledge and practice It is essential‚ in order to provide a good quality of service and ensure best practise‚ that managers and their staff receive the relevant & regular mandatory training and updates. This training should be identified at the annual appraisal and then reviewed at supervision where positive/negative feedback can be given as appropriate to show how any training received is incorporated
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The community model has been used to explore professional development in the new era. Communities are formed by a group of people interacting with one another‚ establishing common habits and depending on one another to accomplish certain goals (Wilson & Ryder‚ 1996). Learning communities are constructed when a group of learners share common values‚ experiences and are provided with sustained and mutual support. People within these learning communities usually encourage and develop an atmosphere of
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Understanding different theories related to social work is something that all social workers working in the field must do‚ if they are going to be effective at assisting their clients with meeting needs. Understanding theories is an organized way of understanding events and behaviors and situations that are often resented by those served‚ and while no client or situation is the same understanding these theories is a great way to ensure that you as the practitioner possess the tools necessary to do
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