As I have been progressing in the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program‚ I have been able to reflect upon my strengths and weaknesses. Through reflection‚ I have been able to better understand where I was‚ where I am‚ and where I am going as a clinical social worker. Compared with this time last year‚ I now know that as much as I tried to steer away from policy and research it is impossible to practice on the clinical level without them. While practicing in the agency I was placed at last year‚ evidence-based
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important to my social work practice‚ was the excerpt regarding the psychodynamic approach to social work intervention. I feel as though‚ often times‚ as social workers‚ we can neglect the internal motivations that drive a client to do what they are doing. I believe‚ that in order to comprehensively assist a client‚ I must first understand why they are doing what they are doing‚ and whether their internal motivations are steering them towards “good” or “bad”. The psychodynamic theory‚ to me‚ attempts
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discussed politics and social justice issues. At the dinner table‚ my father usually talked about the government’s corruption and their injustice against the poor or children. Because of these early exposures to social justice‚ I became deeply passionate and sensitive to inequality. However‚ at the time I didn’t think I could change the situations‚ thus I accepted it as a part of life. It was not until I studied abroad in the United States that I learned more about social justice‚ such as oppression
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physically. However many athletes tend to underestimate the way in which alcohol use‚ even a few drink‚ nullifies one’s hard work by erasing the effects of workouts‚ reducing endurance‚ and compromising the mental game. The goal of any athlete is to be at the peak of performance. Alcohol is socially accepted all across the world; annual alcohol use by intercollegiate athletes is about 80%. Athletes tend to get sucked into the social drinking atmosphere and it’s not only affecting their health and physical
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Critical Analysis Social Work Practice with Canadians of Aboriginal Background: Guidelines for Respectful Social Work Brad McKenzie & Vern Morrissette University of Manitoba & Red River College Professor: Jason Albert Class: ISW200 Student: Donna-Lee Mitchell Introduction: The article that I choose for discussion‚ Social Work Practice with Canadians of Aboriginal Background was an insightful and enlightening piece of literature. Brad McKenzie
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remember the steps for the members. Rules: set ground rules; Identify issues we would like to change; decide on what to work on first‚ Goals: what do we want to achieve? Explore the issues in more detail; Strategies/activities: work out ways of achieving goals. When social worker dealing with family issues has to develop ground rules for the family members. RIDGES steps are essential to social workers when sessions are undertaken with families. Ground rules include confidentiality‚ record keeping‚ working
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The student social worker is Carmen McGee. The clients were Shante‚ Krystal‚ Mariah and Jessica. The date of the role play is April 22‚ 2016. The issue occurring in the group concludes four girls dealing with severe depression because they were molested as young children. The purpose of the interview is for the girl’s to receive healing from their pass wounds of bondage. In addition to this‚ the Ms. McGhee requested the girls draw pictures of themselves before the abuse occurred. She also requested
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4. Social workers as reflective practitioners. Reflection means the ability to think clearly and effectively to make sense of complex situations. Reflection is essential for a good practice as it helps to avoid the danger of falling into habits and routines. Thus reflection promotes diversity and a right to a self-determination for the clients. Giving that everybody can make mistakes sometimes‚ reflection is a good opportunity to engage analytical skills to promote learning and think why something
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Social cognitive Theory and Feminist Theories The goal in this individual assignment is to apply the social cognitive theory and feminist theories to contemporary media content and to compare and contrast different theoretical perspectives. Attached to this paper there will be a print advertisement specifically chosen to analyze how and whom these theories reflect on in new media today. After analyzing the two perspectives‚ the theories will be compared and contrasted‚ showing the similarities
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Social Work Personal Statement I am a people’s person. I am passionately interesting in listening to people’s problem and finding strategies to help solve them. In everyday life people go through difficulties that make life impossible to them to live. There is a saying that says a service is only as good as the person who delivered the service. I want to be that person who delivered a good service to people who needs it. Through studding subject like psychology‚ sociology and abnormal psychology
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