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    Diversity In Social Work

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    requirements for the standards (HCPC‚ 2016). (Highan‚ 2006) Social work is placed within a network of caring services or personal social services staffed by members of the helping professions. Some of the code of conduct includes the following: Treating Service users with care and respect‚ challenging discrimination‚ maintaining appropriate

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    Examples Of Advocacy

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    Advocacy is important to the social work profession. In many ways‚ it enacts social work values concerning social and economic justice (Ezell‚ 2001). Advocacy is a core function in social work. It is also an important part of the organizational life of many social workers. As a professional community‚ social workers hope that they can prevent a range of social ills and reinforce social work’s place in society. While not every social worker is comfortable with integrating politics into their professional

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    social work values

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    discuss the role of a social worker as well as demonstrate the importance of set professional values within the profession of social work. The term social work can refer to many things; there is no one objective definition of social work. Politically speaking it could be described as a political entity‚ therefore making it a questioned matter. However according to the international association of schools of social work and the international federation of social workers‚ social work has clearly been described

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    Leadership In Social Work

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    The Role of Leadership in Social Work (1.0) According to the AASW code of ethics (2010)‚ social work competence involves six core values: committing to the values of service‚ a person’s dignity and worth‚ social justice‚ integrity‚ and the importance of human relationships. These values‚ by definition‚ do not only require leadership but also defines leadership thus makes social workers natural leaders (Fairholm‚ 2003). According to Cooke‚ Reid‚ and Edwards (1996)‚ leadership skills include: networking

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    Ethics In Social Work

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    ERASMUS MUNDUS MASTER IN SOCIAL WORK WITH FAMILIES AND CHILDREN 4TH EDITION LITERATURE SEMINAR PAPER MS. ROJIKA MAHARJAN Social work ethics are the guidelines and principles for a social worker to take on complex cases during sensitive decision-making and its implementation‚ and attain a professional integrity. These are primarily focused on the protection of the clients and other members of society‚ and secondarily provide social work with the identity as a profession. (S. Banks‚ 1998‚ BASW‚ 1996

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    Reflection In Social Work

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    the field of Social Work embraces that this fields rests far more diverse and incriminated into society than I previously thought; “Not only do they help the individuals cope with the situation at hand‚ they advocate for them and seek out valuable resources and other means of support for the affected person(s)” (XXX). Prior to this course‚ I detained a misconception that social workers predominantly counseled individuals‚ when in reality‚ social workers integrate collaboration‚ advocacy‚ investigating

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    On Social Theory In Social Work We know where we have been‚ where we are now and where we need to go - but how do we get there? A map. Theory is a map. It notes any number of known landmarks (previously achieved or applied solutions) and obstacles (issues or problems) and gives us direction so that we are able to navigate intelligently and arrive safely (minimal discomfort to all) at our destination (desired outcome/s). Theory is an attempt to explain the unexplained‚ to give title to the untitled

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    In particular‚ sexual violence and sexual health disparities are serious and complex public health problems I am committed to addressing in my social work career. There are many ways to combat this problem‚ and the social work field allows for intensive and necessary research‚ which can then be put into practice‚ intervention‚ supervision‚ and evaluation. I believe that a deep theoretical analysis of race‚ gender‚ class‚ sexuality and

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    Intro to Social Work

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    Topic: School Based Social Work Story: During my freshman year at College‚ I was mad aware of a job opening at a local public school on Staten Island. Some of the college’s students spent their first semester volunteering there for their freshman learning community. By the second semester‚ all the volunteers left because the atmosphere of the school was challenging. With all of the free help gone‚ the school put out a flyer for paid after school help positions. I jumped at the opportunity for

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    Exploration of a Profession: Social Work Interview Julie Simmons University of North Carolina at Pembroke Exploration of a Profession: Social Work Interview If you walk into most Social Institutions where Social Workers are employed there always seem to be a few things that they have in common: adults‚ children and a variety of facial expressions. Some faces hold despair‚ some hold smiles and some hold frustrated looks. What does this all mean and what in the world does it have to

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