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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* Women’s health issues * Freud * Family * Traditional; nuclear ---> 2nd wave criticized this * Rise of critical analysis of family dynamics * Workplace * Women were a great part of the work force during WW2 * Roles and characteristics assigned to genders are socially constructed * Legal inequalities * Property ownership * Business‚ housing * Divorce * Abortion laws * Family
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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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remember the steps for the members. Rules: set ground rules; Identify issues we would like to change; decide on what to work on first‚ Goals: what do we want to achieve? Explore the issues in more detail; Strategies/activities: work out ways of achieving goals. When social worker dealing with family issues has to develop ground rules for the family members. RIDGES steps are essential to social workers when sessions are undertaken with families. Ground rules include confidentiality‚ record keeping‚ working
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A sociological perspective The article I read was on how culture is involved in the social working sector in Jamaica. As the article says‚ it is known that most writers seem to agree that the word “culture” is a sort of relationship between cultural patterns of the groups of people and their survival strategies. Throughout the passage‚ the plural society theory came about. A plural society is one that is composed of various groups‚ each with its own subculture‚ and only a few culture symbols are
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The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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4. Social workers as reflective practitioners. Reflection means the ability to think clearly and effectively to make sense of complex situations. Reflection is essential for a good practice as it helps to avoid the danger of falling into habits and routines. Thus reflection promotes diversity and a right to a self-determination for the clients. Giving that everybody can make mistakes sometimes‚ reflection is a good opportunity to engage analytical skills to promote learning and think why something
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Short Assignment Three: Social Work - Past and Present Times are much different than they used to be‚ however‚ the world seems to be reacting to these problems the same way they did years ago. Most days‚ the general public seems to be preoccupied with the war on terror.’ There is so much going on in this world‚ and yet it is all being categorized as one big issue. This is very similar to some events in the past‚ more specifically‚ The Great Depression. When The Great Depression happened‚ it devastated
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Being that it is written in to the National Association of Social Work (NASW) Code of Ethics for social workers to ensure social justice and the dignity and worth of the person‚ the negative consequences that are brought about by the portrayal of gender roles in the media are relevant to the career. Gender related stereotypes can lead to a multitude of social injustices that can hinder the success of individuals by limiting amount of opportunities and sources of empowerment available to them (NASW
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In chapter one: Power in the People have introduced me to how much power social workers have in the world. Many of us believe that by working and helping people we are giving building ourselves but it is not only about that social workers are also building the client strength that they see on the human being. Also‚ there is strength perspective that demands s different way of looking at individuals‚ families and community. This happens when we see the opportunities and capacities of what people
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