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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Professionalism has meant that social workers have a foundation for what the goals of the profession are‚ a code of ethics that all social workers must uphold‚ and a certain education that is required to call one’s self a social worker. There are various advantages and disadvantages when it comes to the professionalism of social work. On one hand‚ professionalism allows social workers to identify under the same canopy of ethics and values. However‚ on the other hand‚ professionalism can lead to a
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so does our definition of difference and self. Our sense of self can be conceptualized into statuses. Of those statuses our master status is the one we identify with‚ the most of the time. Within this paper‚ I define what I believe to be my own master status‚ alone with its stigmas and privileges. This paper also examines how ones individual experiences and definitions of differences affect how you as a social worker. Individual Uniqueness and Social Work Society has influenced the masses‚ whether
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1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress
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values play in social work practice‚ one of the first things to understand is what our values are‚ Thompson (2000) states that One of the significant features of values is that we tend to become so accustomed to our own values and beliefs that we do not recognise that they are there or how they are influencing us. An important step‚ then‚ is to be clear about what our values are. Thompson (2000‚pp33) I will discuss both the personal and professional values that influence social work practice and discuss
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acquire knowledge in critical thinking and analysis of structural barriers that prevents people reach their goals and develop their full potential. Structural Social Work is a powerful eye opener because it completely changes the perspective of the world we are accustomed to have‚ to be able to see how the political and economic systems work today. Unfortunately‚ there are many people today that do not realize that structural barriers exist in our society‚ which make them to be negligent to the needs
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Masters of Social Work Kristina Francis Troy University 1 May 2016 There are so many careers one can pursue with a Bachelor’s in Psychology. Master of Social Work (MSW) is one of those many career options. Many people who decide that social work is a good career choice for them often have a desire to help others help themselves (U.S. Army‚ 2016). In the military‚ there is a comradery that teaches its members to interject when they see something that’s not right. It engrains in its members that
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The implementation of multiple perspectives in social work promotes flexible thinking which contributes to the use of innovative‚ insightful‚ and analytical approaches when exploring client’s situations. Moreover‚ multiple perspective assists social work practice by providing various viewpoints in guiding clients to find possible solutions to their cases. As implied by Hutchison (2015)‚ each perspective aims to comprehend human behavior within given circumstances (p.71). Certainly‚ each case is different
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I have chosen to study social work as it a passion of mine to work with children and families including adults‚ I would love to help and provide care for those who are vulnerable at a disadvantage or simply seeking advice and support. I understand that Social work is an extremely difficult profession to work in‚ due to the intense workloads required for this role and to the sensitivity of some cases‚ but I love the challenge especially with such a rewarding outcome of improving the quality of someone’s
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of Ethics In the “Code of Ethics” for the Social Work Profession there are six Ethical principles that apply to everyone in the profession. It is important for all social workers to know the values that are listed in the Ethical Principles of the Code of Ethics for the Social work Profession. Values are a societies system of beliefs‚ principles‚ and traditions that define and influence behaviors and practices among people. It is important for all social workers to know the values that are listed
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