Social workers face many challenges in their day to day work. A widespread challenge faced by social workers is the idea of dual relationships. Dual relationships occur when there is an additional relationship between the provider and client‚ besides the professional relationship‚ ranging from social relationships‚ sexual relationships‚ business relationships‚ to even religious relationships. According to the National Association of Social Workers‚ it is unethical for social workers to enter into
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Female Mill Workers…How Similar Were Their Experiences? With the dawn of industrialization Production’s most valuable resource was not raw materials‚ but time. The steam engine allowed vast amounts of goods to be created cheaply‚ and so it was ultimately decided by the workers how much was produced; rather than their work being limited by their materials it was limited by their speed. And so‚ efficiency‚ that is producing as much as possible as fast as possible‚ became the factory owner’s first
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The Ethics of the Human Services Worker Mariah Alvarez‚ Elana Payne‚ Sharon Smith University of Phoenix BSHS 301: Introduction to Human Services Group Number: CC08BHS1F2 Professor Deborah Cujino-Deras‚ M.S.‚ C.R.C. April 24‚ 2008 The Ethics of the Human Services Worker What do you do when an elderly stroke patient is demonstrating obvious signs of dementia‚ with uncontrollable and erratic behavior? When this patient must be firmly restrained‚ yet the patient equally deserves to
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Four Things to Know If Your Workers’ Compensation Claim Is Denied If you have been injured on the job and cannot work‚ you have likely filed a claim for workers’ compensation. If you have been denied this claim‚ don’t panic. There are‚ however‚ a few things you should know. There are many reasons a claim is denied Workers’ compensation claims are routinely denied. Sometimes it is just a simple case of not supplying the proper documentation or filling out a form correctly. Another issue may be
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Workers’ compensation is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee’s right to sue his or her employer for the tort of negligence. The tradeoff between assured‚ limited coverage and lack of recourse outside the worker compensation system is known as "the compensation bargain". While plans differ among jurisdictions‚ provision can be made for weekly payments in place of
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problems in life where they needed the support of others. In life we need people but not everyone has some one to lean on. This is where a social worker comes in‚ they are the support system for anyone who needs it. My ideal job includes being able to help families‚ having a supervisor to help with decisions‚ and being able to work all day. Being a social worker has all those aspects. Rather it is being in the office helping people work through issues or going out in the community to help a family get
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Social workers have been put on the bleeding heart liberal totem for years. They have been described as to compassionate‚ to emotional‚ to slow to act‚ and to sympathetic. While other individuals have described social workers as heartless and too quick to act. Which is an actual social worker supposed to be? In reality social workers are individuals‚ who do not fit in a certain type of stereotype that people assume they should. There are social workers who do fit the public’s expectations‚ but
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examinations‚ giving recommendations on diagnosis and laboratory tests‚ reading test results and managing the side effects of cancer. An oncology social worker assists the patient in a variety of ways. He helps the patient to cope with the challenges of the diseases or may sometimes assist in sources funding for the treatment of the patients. An oncology social worker will also help in counseling and other beneficial resources for the patients. Generally‚ the approach to cancer treatment gives improved patient
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Name: Exposing Workers to Plutonium Case Textbook Pages: 172-173 Facts: A U.S. Government owned uranium plant exposed several thousand workers to plutonium and other radioactive materials and dumped radioactive contaminants into landfills during a period of several decades. Some of the plants contaminants eventually found its way into wildlife areas and private water wells. The plant‚ located in Paducah‚ Kentucky kept records on plutonium contamination but never informed the workers of the plant
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