Many individuals will enter the profession of social work because they are simply interested in ‘helping people’. This pretext however is not as straightforward as it sounds. Some may be motivated by a mission of working against child problems such as child abuse hence choosing the direct path of social work which involves strategies such as counselling‚ case management or the dispensing of emergency assistance‚ whilst others may still hold ideals of ‘changing the world’ thus choosing a more indirect
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There are many different practice models that influence the way social workers choose to help people meet their goals. Here are some of the major social work practice models used in various roles‚ such as case managers and therapists: Problem solving Problem solving assists people with the problem solving process. Rather than tell clients what to do‚ social workers teach clients how to apply a problem solving method so they can develop their own solutions. The problem solving model focuses on
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MODERN SOCIAL WORK THEORY Contents List of Figures List of Tables Preface to the Third Edition A Note on Terminology xiii xiv xv xviii PART 1 Thinking about social work theory 1 The Construction of Social Work Theory What this chapter is about MAIN POINTS Practice and practice theories Practice and other theory The social construction of welfare and social work Are there paradigms of social work? Is social work theory ‘modern’ or ‘postmodern’? Arenas of social work construction The social
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The purpose of the analysis‚ which will be addressed below‚ is to demonstrate the extensive knowledge of generalist social work practice that I acquired in a field placement course. I intend to incorporate the ten core competencies and practice behaviors of social work. Many Healthcare is the placement that I have been placed at during the fall and spring semester. The agency is in a small rural town of Many‚ Louisiana. The agency have a census of 74 residents; 52 of which are covered in Medicare
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Social Work Department Faculty of Humanities University of Johannesburg Student Surname | Le Roux | Student Initials | C | Student First Name | Charlene | Student Number | 201170104 | Assignment Title | Practice Model | Date of Submission | 15 March 2013 | Course Title | B Social work | Lecturers Name | Prof. Adrian Van Breda | Course Code | SW2A11 | Plagiarism Declaration | I‚ Charlene Le Roux 201170104‚ declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material
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Defining Social Work Social Work is a professional service‚ committed to helping vulnerable service users to promote positive changes in their lives. A Social Worker will help them to address their problem/s and aims to assist a service user to overcome serious difficulties in their lives‚ providing care‚ protection or counselling through social support. Social Work practice consists of the professional application of Social Work values‚ skills and techniques. The main five core values of a Social
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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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Social Work Practice Teenage pregnancy is a social issue and is significant to the practice of social work. One of the main goals of social work is to help individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal (Benson‚ 2004). It is important for social workers that those of them in practice understand the complexity of teenage pregnancy and the effects it has on the family as a whole. Social workers should
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ethical in social work practice” An ethical dilemma exists: When the social worker must choose between two or more relevant‚ but contradictory‚ ethical directives‚ or when every alternative results in an undesirable outcome for one or more persons. Several value systems and ethical practices impact the social worker intervention and outcome. Values and ethics are closely related .Values are a society’s system of beliefs ‚principles and traditions that guide behaviors and practices‚ however ethics
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() Defined relationships as Relationships are defined as….. Relationships are one of the key factors while working in the Social Work practice. Having a good relationship with people you support provides them with a sense of trust and comfortability. Positive relationships will lay the foundation of how your peers‚ clients and co-workers view you. People will be more susceptible to information given‚ whether good or bad when there is a positive relationship between both parties. Tolerance Having
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