Discuss the major reasons for your interest in the profession of social work? My main interest is helping people‚ and I feel that becoming a social worker will allow me to do so. It will allow me to get out and meet a variety of different people and it will be challenging. By being challenged in this field I believe it will aknowledge my strengths and weaknesses and help me to become a stronger person in the field of social work. I believe that every child deserves someone who cares for them
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Professional Supervision in Social Work 1. Introduction 1.1. The 21st Century Review of Social Work‚ the various restructurings across Scottish Local Authorities and the range of different arrangements across voluntary and private providers has led to a debate about the meaning and role of Social Work supervision. 1.2. The term supervision is widely interpreted and often misunderstood in its traditional context of directly monitoring‚ observing or training. The focus in this paper is on
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SOCIAL WORK: PERSONAL STATEMENT. Having spent the last six years studying in the social care field‚ I have come to realise my passion in helping and assisting people who may be going through difficult stages in their life. So far‚ I have worked for a home care and a nursery. As a nursery assistant my role was to care and assist young children‚ aged between 6 months to 5 years old. On Mondays and Thursday I was planning and organising fun and intellectual activities such as drawing‚ painting
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interviews and research literature when it comes to a theory base for school social work. This shows the importance for school social workers to include the student’s system their interventions in order to have the best outcomes. I was surprised t to not read any literature regarding the strengths perspective in school social work because the strengths perspective is talked about so much in graduate school and the school social worker at Pioneer Trail Middle School utilizes the strength perspective with
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strengths can positively impact our clients lives. As a social worker‚ it’s our duty to help seek strength in our clients. There are seven important principles of the strengths perspective that I think would be useful to seeking out a client’s strengths. Using these principles‚ can empower our client to achieve greatness. Asking very detail questions about the clients’ current situations‚ gives answers on how to better treat them. I like that‚ as a social worker we focus more on the greater good rather than
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The career I chose was Child‚ Family‚ and School Social Worker. They offer assistance to children‚ youth‚ and their parents and guardians. Child‚ Family‚ and School Social Workers provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological‚ and academic functioning of children and their families. And to make sure their well-being is good. What that means is if a parent doesn’t take their kid to school‚ the child gets abused at home‚ the parent doesn’t take care of them‚ and doesn’t
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The need for social work within the military should be a spotlight for the public‚ however‚ military issues have gotten more attention than in the past. People are aware of PTSD and TBI as common issues among the military‚ suicide and sexual abuse get attention as well. Important issues such as these should continue to receive public attention yet more common issues should be in the spotlight as well. Away from friends and family‚ dealing with finances and jumping into adult relationships usually
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SOCIAL WORK SKILLS Beginning During the beginning phase‚ you introduce and identify yourself and seek introductions from prospective clients and involved others. Following the exchange of introductions‚ you describe a tentative initial purpose for the meeting‚ possibly identify one of more professional roles that you might undertake‚ orient participants to the process‚ and identify relevant policy and ethical factors that might apply. Throughout this beginning process‚ you regularly seek feedback
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Social Work shadowing Shadowing day at Rees House Intake Team 09/06/11 The intake team consist of approximately 25 Social Workers‚ (not enough SW) and 2 Team Managers (not enough TM). Duty is everyday and each SW will be on duty for 2 days and team meeting once weekly. Referrals that come in can amount to up to around 30 daily. Each SW can hold about 16 cases sometimes have about 60 children on their case load. Referrals are not always Child Protection issues
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No matter the work salary is not high and have to pay more effort‚ I think that each professional positions and workers who need to responsibility to do their jobs. People require persistence‚ patient and confidence that to be a professional attitude to complete the
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