Social Work Practice Teenage pregnancy is a social issue and is significant to the practice of social work. One of the main goals of social work is to help individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal (Benson‚ 2004). It is important for social workers that those of them in practice understand the complexity of teenage pregnancy and the effects it has on the family as a whole. Social workers should
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world a better place. Folks may even volunteer to clean up a certain environment‚ such as a school‚ public playground or just around the neighborhood. If I could make the world a better place‚ it would be by trying to give back to the community by helping the poor people or families. I would collect basic items for them that all humans need. I would also volunteer in couple of places and lastly raise money to donate. One way I would help the poor is by‚ going around my neighborhood and
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Kristen Shaw American Government‚ POS11034‚ Tue/Thur 10:00 AM Subhas C. Rampersaud September 22‚ 2011 Helping The Needy With the economic downturn in the early 2000’s many people have found themselves in financial trouble with debt‚ in the middle of a foreclosure‚ and some without a job at all. Without money people can’t afford to live in a home and many find themselves homeless. Before recently‚ the average person didn’t see many homeless people let
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and Pierce’s Leadership Process Model Taking an Intelligent‚ Long-Term Approach to Leadership ________________________________________ Leadership is about setting direction and helping people do the right things. However‚ it can involve so much more than this! In particular‚ leadership is a long-term process in which - in a very real and practical way - all actions have consequences‚ and "what goes around comes around." Dunham and Pierce’s Leadership Process Model helps you think about this
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take care of them. An ill adult could depend on the help of someone to guide them such as social worker‚ or some type of therapist. An elderly person could depend on the help of a caregiver. A dog is the same way‚ it depends on the care of someone else. Volunteering at the animal shelter helped me to realize that my undecided thought of becoming a Social Worker is what I wanted to do for my career. A Social Worker is someone that helps others. As I helped the dogs at the animal shelter‚ I realized
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Given that Citizen primarily focuses on the dichotomy within the social constructs of gender and race‚ I structured my piece to focus on similar themes. Although I’ve learned that the intersectionality of race‚ gender‚ and class is inevitable and present‚ I unusually found it difficult to pull up recollections when I experienced discrimination and prejudice. Possibly‚ I’ve become used to my own skin in a biased world. Through this project‚ I’ve been able to contemplate my confrontations with racism
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Anderson and Dean Anderson have formulated the nine-phase change model that when implemented properly is a powerful tool in helping organizations better tailor their change strategic plans to be in line with the organization’s influential areas of change; change needs‚ employees’ needs‚ and the desired outcome. The Nine-phase Change Process Model The Andersons’ model of change is called the nine-phase change process model‚ this change model is general enough to fit any organizational structure and size
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ABSTRACT This paper looks at the motive behind strategic planning. The various strategic planning models are illustrated in a concise but well elaborated manner. As a means of analysis and evaluation the strategic planning model is criticised constructively. Alternative approaches to strategic planning are discussed to the extent of assessing if only one approach is suitable and applicable in all situations or there is need for a specific approach for a specific situation or a
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The article‚ “The Church as Forgiving Community: An Initial Model by Magnuson and Enright (2008) is about the necessity and benefits of forgiveness among family‚ community‚ and the church. The authors posit that research studies have shown that the act or process of forgiveness reduces angst‚ depression‚ and intense feelings of resentment and hostility; and strengthens self- esteem‚ hope‚ and positive feelings and emotions. According to Magnuson and Enright‚ the general notion of forgiveness originated
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An Aboriginal Approach to Social Work Introduction Before I begin I would like to share an Aboriginal quote: "The Circle has healing power. In the Circle‚ we are all equal. When in the Circle‚ no one is in front of you. No one is behind you. No one is above you. No one is below you. The Sacred Circle is designed to create unity. The Hoop of Life is also a circle. On this hoop there is a place for every species‚ every race‚ every tree and every plant. It is this completeness of Life that must
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