whether or not to continue treating Tom‚ even though he cannot pay for services; he has offered labor in lieu of payment. The stakeholders: Tom‚ Me‚ my agency‚ The social work profession Stake for each: Tom is struggling and needs therapy. I feel guilt for turning him away. My agency would not benefit from Tom’s labor. The social work profession may suffer a bad reputation in consequence of my actions. Options for action: I could treat Tom and get my computer fixed. I could turn Tom away. Analyze
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Professional Goals My professional goals are integrated within my social work placement and developed through the guidelines set in place by the agency learning agreement. Because I am currently employed at this agency‚ my professional role has been changed to adhere to standards set in place by CASA. Prior to my field placement‚ my work involved providing in-home services to families involved with Department of Human Services. The expectations of this position included conducting assessments‚ developing
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very important for us to be able to give the best care possible. 1.2 Explain how effective communication affects all aspects of own work Effective communication is to understand service user and assist them in according to that. Nothing can be done properly without a complete communication. I find it very effective to communicate in all aspects of my own work‚ without it we would be unable to do a very important part of our job. As we have to find ways to communicate with the following to be
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Modern social care presents the contemporary social care worker with a number of social and personal challenges. In order to address this issue I will take an autobiographical approach based on my own personal life experiences in a social care context and blend it with my learning during the college process. Firstly I would like to state that the views and experiences expressed in this essay are not general statements directed at the travelling community as a whole but just my own personal experiences
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Entering the field of social work was an uncertain journey for me. There were times when I questioned whether this was the right profession for me. Having a background in psychology has made me question quite often if I should venture back and continue with school psychology instead of Social work. Social work to me has always seemed to be quite intrusive. This year‚ working as a social worker intern has been frustrating‚ demanding and rewarding. I found it to be quite frustrating to sit with
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The social worker gathered information for Christine’s case from her file‚ a treatment plan meeting‚ and a private conversation with the clint. Christine’s file provided an extensive history on her life since coming into foster care. Included in her file were previous incident reports‚ which allowed the social worker to learn what Christine’s areas of weakness are in regards to her behavior. One such incident report detailed a recent occasion where Christine and her boyfriend at the time were making
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Introduction As a social worker‚ it is essential to be diverse and culturally competent for the reason that one will encounter clients with diverse backgrounds from his or her own. A client may be different due to their race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ or any other factor. However‚ the social worker’s purpose is to enhance the client’s well-being while attending to his or her needs‚ as well as being sensitive to their cultural and ethnic diversity (National Association of Social Workers‚ 1999)
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1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress
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To be an effective and competitive social worker‚ you will have to advocate for people with no voice‚ focus on their strengths and abilities instead of problems‚ serve and uphold the population but at the same time take care of well-being. During introduction to social welfare‚ we heard from numerous social workers and the areas of social work they practice. They each gave us feedback of skills we should either have or need to obtain. That includes developing time-management‚ communication and writing
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Group Process Social work practitioners employ different types of strategies when working with treatment groups. These strategies are designed to meet the individual needs of each member as well as the needs of the group. The purpose of this particular group was to provide psycho-education‚ support and treatment to its members. The goal of this treatment group was to rehabilitate members and restore them to their formal level of functioning (Toseland and Rivas‚ 2011). The group was led by
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