1950s social workers were not focused on helping alcoholic or drug-dependent people. Instead back then they worked with the spouse of the chemically dependent person. Juvenile drug use was not investigated until 1952. In 1957 social workers were urged to help change public attitudes towards alcoholism. In 1970 legislation was passed that was to affect the delivery of services including social work services to alcoholic clients. Soon courses were offered at school about alcoholism. Now social workers
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In this essay I am going to critic‚ evaluate and analyse direct payments and the implications they have had on social work practice. The Direct Payments Act 1996 enabled local authorities to offer cash in lieu of social services. They were introduced for adults of working age in April 2007 and extended to include older disabled people in 2000. Since April 2001 direct payments have also been available to parents of disabled children‚ 16 and 17 years and carers. Direct Payments have also been extended
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References: Adams‚ R. D. 2009. Practising Social Work in a Complex World (2nd ed.). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Adams‚ R. 2003. social work and empowerment (3 ed.). basingstoke: palgrave macmillan. Gould‚ N. 2010. Mental Health Social Work in context. Oxon: Routledge. Mental Health Foundation. 2010.information mental-health-a-z .Available: http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/mental-health-a-z/work-colleagues/how-do-i-know/.[ Assessed 9th December 2010 ] Mind Onyett
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year-old woman who currently lives on campus at Pratt Institute studying architecture and urban planning. Her parents are married and she has a 21 year-old brother‚ Daniel‚ who has a diagnosis of Down syndrome. Her father used to be in the army and now works for the US Department of Veterans Affairs‚ her mother cares for her brother. Employment/Education: April is in her second year at Pratt and presents to overwhelmed with current workload‚ yet managing to get by. She seems focused and undeterred
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The ethics of social work are values that we as a nation should live‚ sleep‚ eat‚ and breathe by. An important value in my life is self-determination. This value is present in my life because I always strive to make my own decisions and choices. Along with my own self-determination‚ even though family and friends continuingly ask for my advice‚ I encourage them to ultimately make their own decisions. This value will help me in my professional work because as a social worker‚ they encourage their
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Association of Social Workers focuses on 6 core values that are greatly embedded in the profession of social work. As a young student who is determined to be a social worker I have become very invested in the core values since first learning about them in my Introduction to Social Work class with Professor Thigpen. As we discussed each of these core values in class I became extremely interested in the value of social justice. This core value encourages social workers to fight against social injustice
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In the second case example‚ a theoretical perspective that may work for the family‚ is the Strengths Perspective. In this perspective‚ a social worker would acknowledge the client’s strengths and help the clients build upon those strengths‚ as well as realizing that they have the ability to learn and change. In this example‚ Romelio has numerous strengths that he can build upon in order to change his ways. One of his strengths includes the fact that he was able to maintain sobriety for two years
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physiological and safety needs of his family. Since he is the sole provider and unable to find work the family may lose all basic physical needs and the client’s’ perception of what could happen views as failure to provide protection and stability. Unfortunately‚ the negative feeling of not being able to provide causes the client to pull away from the family; continually leaving the house to seek work‚ but is out drinking with friends. Moreover‚ when he returns home does not speak to anyone‚ showing
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decisions such as career choice because it could have a great impact on an individual. In the article “Spirituality and Religiosity: Their Effects on Undergraduate Social Work Career Choice” a study is done to analyze this influence between different groups of people and if R/S is a main motivator in career choice (specifically social work) or if there are other factors that have a greater influence than R/S. The two samples in
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This evaluation of social work journals will aid in my ability to think critically and apply communication and professional judgment. Also‚ to integrating research based knowledge. Reading and evaluating these journals helps in formulating modules for assessment‚ intervention‚ and evaluation. Moreover‚ the paper will demonstrate my ability to communicate effectively verbally and grammatically with clients‚ colleagues‚ and within organizations. I will also research areas of prevention as it relates
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