Social work is a practice-based profession as well as an academic discipline that advocates social change‚ development‚ and the empowerment and liberation of society for individuals and communities in need. Professionals in the field of social work help people overcome some of life’s most difficult challenges such as poverty‚ discrimination‚ abuse‚ addiction‚ physical illness‚ divorce‚ loss‚ unemployment‚ educational problems‚ disabilities and mental illnesses. They help prevent crises by counseling
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Poverty is often used as an indicator of social and economic development. Statistics seem to suggest that the number of people living in poverty in the UK is rising (Mantle and Backwith‚ 2010; Parekh‚ MacInnes and Kenway‚ 2010). In the general public or media poverty tends to be advertised as hunger‚ homelessness and gruesome living environments‚ where basic needs are in severe deficit. The concept of poverty is generally presented as an issue of underdeveloped countries. Consequently the picture
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Social workers advocate for individuals and families within the community who lack autonomy and create environments that allow them an equal opportunity to thrive. Social workers level the playing field across the board for individuals and families who have struggled with hardships‚ terminal illnesses‚ mental health disorders and other adverse environmental situations that inhibit their ability to thrive within society. Social workers accomplish this by providing individuals and families a sense
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Family System in Social Work Practice The steps in the GIM practice skills involves understanding the entire family system; the amount of data involve to the organization of information; and understand the potential meanings of the information.Moreover‚ in the GIM practice‚ there are two useful tools for generating information such as eco-map and genogram. Eco-map tools will provide the graphic nature of the family ecological system that includes family membership and relationships. Whereas geno-grams
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and so inspiration to further evaluate this‚ is of interest. There is strong association to social work‚ in that before someone goes into care‚ social workers are already involved with supporting the family‚ and whilst the aim is to keep the family together‚ social workers are largely a part of decisions to remove children‚ and put them into care (Cocker & Allain‚ 2010). Therefore‚ it is fair to say social work intervention exists right from the start‚ throughout a child being in care‚ the transition
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course‚ my impression on 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
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Advocacy in relation to social work Advocacy can be defined as ‘pleading the case of another’ or as a means of transferring power back to the client to enable them to control their own affairs. Social workers interview their clients and sometimes liaise with other professionals in order to assess their needs and draw up a plan of action. When a social worker takes on a case‚ the first thing they have to do is make an assessment‚ that is‚ decide on the appropriate course of action. It may be a question
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Understanding of Marginalization The person I interviewed for this assignment is considered from a marginalized group. One becomes marginalized once a social change occurs causing a high social status decrease. However‚ as society changes so does one’s marginalized position. Marginalization fluctuates‚ for example as children get older their marginalized status decreases. They develop their own sense of power and are able to make certain life lasting decisions. On the contrary‚ as adults become elderly
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Although they get paid‚ most of the social workers only want to help other without waiting for nothing in exchange. They experience many problems‚ both with the people they work with and with themselves. According to the article within the Houston Chronicle “Problems Faced by Social Workers” by Clayton Browne‚ social work “can certainly offer emotional rewards‚ but social workers often report low job satisfaction and suffer a high burnout rate”(Browne)
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interventions with clinical experience and ethics‚ and client preferences and culture to guide and inform the delivery of treatments and services (2010). The social worker must identify which social work intervention delivers adequate results in accordance to the presenting problem. No one intervention method can work with the same client or social issue. According to this approach ensures that the treatments and services‚ when used as intended‚ will have the most effective outcomes as demonstrated by
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