1. Discuss why you want to be a social worker. What personal‚ academic‚ volunteer and/or work experiences have influenced this choice? If you have worked in other fields‚ please discuss the reasons for this change. I am interested in becoming a social worker because I believe I have compassion‚ empathy‚ and the desire to help others. I believe in social justice‚ and have a genuine interest in advocating for the under privileged. Working with children‚ youths‚ and families‚ along with having my
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development in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings The knowledge and skills addressed in this unit are key to working effectively in all aspects of your practice. It is essential to know how to evaluate your work and how you can improve on what you do‚ and to understand the factors that have influenced your attitudes and beliefs. With the major changes‚ new policies and ongoing research in this sector‚ you need to make sure that you are up to date in work practices and knowledge
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Social work is a profession that is centered around a variety of people from babies right through to elderly people. The profession works to enhance relationships‚ vulnerable people and help families to stay together where possible and also to help people to live a fulfilled lives as independently as possible. Social work involves engaging with organizations such as police‚ school‚ health local authorities. The vital part
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with children. At the time I did not know exactly how or doing what I just knew I wanted to work with them. Throughout high school I changed my career choice quite often. I went from wanting to be a pediatric doctor‚ to just a pediatric dentist‚ then a teacher‚ and finally found myself wanting to be a Social Worker. My last two years of high school were very difficult for my family and I. We had numerous Social Workers walk in and out of our lives‚ but seeing how they handled our case really intrigued
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support of others. In life we need people but not everyone has some one to lean on. This is where a social worker comes in‚ they are the support system for anyone who needs it. My ideal job includes being able to help families‚ having a supervisor to help with decisions‚ and being able to work all day. Being a social worker has all those aspects. Rather it is being in the office helping people work through issues or going out in the community to help a family get all the resources they need‚ I am
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SOCIAL POLICY For this assignment l have been asked to identify and examine a social policy and to make reference to a political ideology of welfare‚ discuss the contributions of social work‚ service user and carer’s experiences to the policy document. To achieve this l will discuss ‘Pettigrew’s model of strategic change’ which will help to summarise the key elements considered when looking at any specific policy. [pic] (Public Administration &
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profession’s identity. Social is such a diverse profession to start with as a social worker can work in a hospital‚ school‚ home‚ clinic‚ day care‚ or nursing homes to mention a few. A social worker can have clients who are newborns‚ toddlers‚ children‚ teenagers‚ young adults‚ middle-age adults‚ or senior citizens. With such a diverse profession‚ how could a mission statement be specific? A blanket statement would work the best with the specific branches fitting the statement to their work. A generalist
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Introduction When promoting job satisfaction amongst social workers‚ management must question which key elements are important in helping to create and maintain job satisfaction? According to Weightman (2004) the more satisfied an employee is with his/her job‚ the less likely employees will leave their positions. The area of job satisfaction not only derives benefits to social workers‚ but it also allows for job satisfaction to be embedded in the values of an organization. When job satisfaction
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Social Work Meaning Social work is recent branch of knowledge which is deals with the scientific solution and treatment of the psychosocial problems. Its main aim is to increase human happiness in general. Therefore‚ it is oriented toward the attainment of two ends‚ first‚ the creation those conditions which help to make a more satisfying way of life possible‚ and second‚ the development within the individual and the community as well as of capacities which help to live that life more adequately
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troublesome for social worker’s to define what they do‚ The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has developed a definition to try and allow others to understand the profession. NASW defines this profession as‚ the professional activity of helping individuals‚ groups‚ or communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and to create societal conditions favorable to their goals (NASW‚ 1994). I believe as young professionals going into the field of social work‚ we all have
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