Interpersonal Work First 5 Santa Cruz County Service Integration Brown Bag Lunches August 2008 Conducted for: August 4: Kelly Wolf‚ Program Manager CASA of Santa Cruz County kelly@casaofsantacruz.org August 8: Francis Krebs‚ Supervisor Health Services Agency‚ Children’s Mental Health francis.krebs@health.co.santa-cruz.ca.us Presenters: Agenda I. II. III. Welcome & Introductions Defining personal boundaries Small group discussions a. Why are professional boundaries important in our work? b.
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FUNCTIONAL THEORY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE by SHANKAR A. YELAJA A number of theorists post-Freud began to see that‚ "the goal-directed whole of any organism transcends the sum of its parts‚ that each being is unique despite common patterns‚ that the observer affects the observed despite rigorous striving for scientific objectivity and impersonality‚ and that will and freedom do exist and play a significant role in the unfolding of a human being..." (p. 50) These concepts are essential building
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Communication is an important part of working with people. The way we communicate demonstrates understanding‚ respect and empathy toward clients. Effective communication allows for an understanding of the client’s situation. When we communicate understanding we can reflect back a client’s statement‚ which allows the client to know the social worker has an understanding about their situation. Micro processing allows for better understanding for treatment planning and defining goals. When a social
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From all I have experienced‚ and lived through I know with all that I am that social work is the greatest equalizer‚ the only profession that offers the truest and most direct interventions for social justice. To choose social work is to choose the path of social justice‚ to be committed to every human having the right to a fulfilling life‚ free of persecution and marginalization‚ and equal access to appropriate resources. In truth‚ I was introduced to the concepts of social injustice before I was
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THE WORK CHOICES CASE: A shift in federal balance? A need to confine the corporations power? I INTRODUCTION The submissions of the Australian Federal Government that the Workplace Relations Act 1996‚ amended by the Workplace Relations Amendment (Work Choices) Act 2005 was constitutionally valid prevailed with a majority of 5:2 by the High Court of Australia.1 This High Court decision inaugurated a shift of legislative power from the States to the Commonwealth.2 Since officially coming
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should she risk discouraging the student by giving him the D that his work really warranted? What about grading a student capable of doing excellent work when she puts her mind to it but who rarely does the work? An F for lack of effort might prod her to work harder‚ but would it accurately reflect the real quality of her work? Adapted from Lisa Birk‚ Harvard Education Letter‚ October 2004 Assignment: Should students who work very hard in a course earn very high grades‚ or should achievement rather
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What is Social Work? Introduction Social work is considered a professional activity‚ which deals with assisting whole families or individuals. Social work takes place in various settings such as day centers and hospices. It should be noted that social work is connected with the services that local authorities provide to people in some other countries such as the United States. Four types of social work have been identified‚ and they include structural‚ conventional‚ anti-oppressive‚ and radical
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Memo To: Mrs. Davis From: Preston Collum Date: September 15‚ 2012 Subject: Reflections about Draft 1‚ Rhetorical Analysis Essay This paper is a literacy memoir about reading in my life. It shows how I went from being a “good” reader to a not so good reader‚ and how one soccer practice made me look at it from a different view. This paper is very different than any other writing because it is in first person. I have not done a paper in first person in many years‚ but it
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International Social Work http://isw.sagepub.com Defining Social Work for the 21st Century: The International Federation of Social Workers ’ Revised Definition of Social Work Isadora Hare International Social Work 2004; 47; 407 DOI: 10.1177/0020872804043973 The online version of this article can be found at: http://isw.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/47/3/407 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: International Association of Schools of Social Work International Council
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Critical social work theory does not hold one single definition; rather it refers to an expansive range of theories that a share similar orientation. Critical social work is committed to working with and for oppressed populations to achieve social transformation. Critical social work recognizes that large scale social processes namely those associated with class‚ race and gender fundamentally contribute to the personal and social issues social workers encounter in practice (Healy‚ 2001). The
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