My name is Brianna Stewart and I am currently a senior at Kentucky State University. I have always wanted to be a social worker growing up‚ because I’ve watched my mother change so many people’s life in this career. A social worker helps people of all different cultures and backgrounds and doesn’t discriminate against anybody. I’ve always been a helping person and I’ve always been the type of person who people come to for advice. People always felt comfortable telling me personal experience because
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1. What were the strengths and weaknesses of workers unions? By the end of the nineteenth century‚ workers unions had become major forces influencing wages and working conditions. In 1886‚ when successful strikes on some western railroads attracted a mass of previously unorganized unskilled workers‚ the Knights of Labor grew to a peak membership of a million workers. They bargained with employers‚ conducted boycotts‚ and called members out on strike to demand higher wages and better working conditions
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bodies historically‚ today’s social workers help‚ assist and support individuals and families in society that need help in their day to day life. Protecting those in need who are unable to help themselves. Developed from three strands: Individual casework‚ social administration otherwise known as poverty relief as a result of the English Poor Laws passed in the 1600’s and lastly‚ social action whereby political action was focused on community working to improve social conditions originally introduced
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“Teaching Social Workers Empathy” Jamie Raabe Northern Kentucky University Holly Riffe- 594 Aim/ Purpose “Our society is externally oriented; we do not normally or easily see things from another person’s point of view. We are too preoccupied with our own frame of reference.” (Patterson‚ 1985 pg. 53) Being empathetic should be a cherished characteristic of a person. In the profession of social work‚ empathy is a skill that can assist the worker understanding client’s situation. Atticus Finch
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What is the title and job description for the social worker? Melissa Anderson is a behavioral health manager for Fairfax/Fallschurch Community Services Board Cornerstone Residential Co-occurring Treatment Program. This entails managing and directing a 16-bed treatment program for both men and women with co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders. She also manages a 7-bed re-entry apartment program. She does program management supervision‚ hiring supervision‚ training‚ program
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According to the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics (2008)‚ social workers are required to “pursue social change‚ particularly with and on behalf of vulnerable and oppressed individuals and groups of people” (p. 3). This ethical standard is guided by the principle of social justice that is used to help those that are disadvantaged in society by ensuring they have access to equal opportunities as well as‚ social inclusion (CITE). Reflecting on this view and it’s connection to this
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On February 26‚ 2016‚ I interview Becky Mai. This interview was conducted electronically through email‚ as we decided that worked best for both of us. Becky Mai is a CSW (Certified Social Worker in Nebraska). Specifically‚ she is a Medical Social Worker. She has worked in the hospital as a social worker/discharge planner and worked in Hospice for 16 years. But it doesn’t stop there‚ she also provides Bereavement services and does Grief Support groups for Hospice. She has so many roles within the
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however‚ the progress made has been painstakingly slow due to compatibility complications between web application servers and web clients. Over a year after the disclosure of the attack‚ at the time of this writing‚ major commercial sites were still being observed to use TLS v. 1.0 (e.g. Bank of America‚ Navy Federal Credit Union‚ Capital One Bank‚ etc.). Yet‚ while
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The role of the Health and social care worker 1. Policy for record keeping and records. This policy outlines the expectations of what details need to be recorded and how they should be recorded. The purpose of this is for clarity and consistency to ensure the provision of safe and effective care. In a health setting‚ records and record keeping ensures the welfare of the client is protected because it ensures inter- professional communication is clear. In social care this is also essential
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Social workers have been put on the bleeding heart liberal totem for years. They have been described as to compassionate‚ to emotional‚ to slow to act‚ and to sympathetic. While other individuals have described social workers as heartless and too quick to act. Which is an actual social worker supposed to be? In reality social workers are individuals‚ who do not fit in a certain type of stereotype that people assume they should. There are social workers who do fit the public’s expectations‚ but
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