social care course to further my ambition to become a care worker. I am working closely with my cousin brother in his own home that has epilepsy. He struggles With everything as he need 24 hour care due to his situation. This gave me great insight into the role of a care worker as working with him made me think about other less advantaged people who I can help as they can’t them self. I was also providing continuous emotional support on a daily basis and during stressful life changes. I learnt
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For my personal diversity project I chose to participate in an “informal” kidney dialysis support group. There are formal support groups with set times and locations‚ they usually serve either the patient or the caregiver of the patient. None of the support groups meet in the treatment room while the patient is having dialysis. The environment of the treatment room and the restriction placed on the patient‚ make the patients vulnerable‚ physically‚ mentally and emotionally. Most often‚ the formal
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CRUNCH! I heard outside my door and woke with a start. Something was pounding on my 3-inch thick metal door‚ making huge bulges and dents on it each time it hit it. I reached over for the auto scan‚ a red button that would scan the whole facility and see what or who was on It. As I slammed my fist onto the button‚ a few seconds later the sirens on the station blared to life ALERT ALERT! Unidentified life forms detected‚ in hallways 3-0-4-7 and 1‚ also detected in rooms 14-18-16-12-1-and 3. Suddenly
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professional support to service users to enable and promote independent living and fulfilment. I am a conscientious worker and a credible team player with high degree of flexibility towards performance of my work. In the course of seeking both personal and professional development I have pursued and achieved several trainings and qualifications which include NVQ level 2 & 3 in Health and Social Care and level 3 in Health and Safety to facilitate my aspired role as a senior community support worker. I
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felt the parental support of a mom and dad; however‚ I was blessed to have my grandmother to raise me. My grandmother put a huge emphasis on hard work and education. Her teachings allowed me to push myself to be the first to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree in my family. When life leaded into challenges of being homeless and pregnant at only sixteen years old; it was my grandmother who did not give up on by providing me with the love
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UCAS: My Personal Statement I have always been fascinated by youth work and how young people respond to youth workers. This fascination is part born out of curiosity and part down to the warm relationship I had with my youth worker who was indirectly my mentor. He was someone I was close with and always felt comfortable with‚ together we would freely discuss life‚ its up’s and down’s. As a hockey player I was very good but academically I was not performing and so my mentor would find ways to encourage
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The challenges of being a social worker include how “social work involves helping others and getting involved with people in such a close way can sometimes put you in harm. The risk is real and social workers need to be cautious” (“5 Pros”). No matter what career a person chooses‚ there will always be risks. Social work comes with big risks. Most people go to or are assigned to a social worker because they have a problem in their lives that they need help solving
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Personal reflections on becoming a social worker This essay will be reflective in nature and therefore in the first person‚ the main body will commence by giving a brief personal history in that it will give context to a number of discussions in this piece. This will lead to a brief description of placement setting‚ giving room for the primary focus‚ a conversation with a service user. The conversation will be referred to throughout; labelling theory will be drawn on first to give a possible explanation
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Throughout high school I changed my career choice quite often. I went from wanting to be a pediatric doctor‚ to just a pediatric dentist‚ then a teacher‚ and finally found myself wanting to be a Social Worker. My last two years of high school were very difficult for my family and I. We had numerous Social Workers walk in and out of our lives‚ but seeing how they handled our case really intrigued me into wanting to know what their career consisted of. After some investigation‚ and advice from my high school
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