Why I chose to become a social work major is a question in which I feel I can sum up in one sentence. No‚ not to help people‚ but to make a difference in the lives of the people all around me. Social Work is a major‚ in which I can go from many different angles to reach out and change a situation that may be going on to improve a person or persons involved. Being that I came into Social Work after obtaining my Associates Degree in Child Development. I noticed that there was more I wanted to do than
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learning points from the whole of the programme with particular reference to : * Principles of social work with children and families * The process of social work with children and families * Working with adults in the family * Immediate protection of the child * Working with the family as a group * Working with children being looked after by the local authority * Social work with families through transitions. Loss and Gain * Children and families and special needs The
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Social Work Theories‚ Methods and Skills Within this assignment I will recognise what and who is priority in relation to the case study involving Sharon‚ Alice and James. I will ascertain and analyse the models of assessment and look at methods of intervention and identify which is most appropriate when working with Sharon‚ Alice and James. I will identify why I have used the theories‚ methods and skills that informed the care plan I have used. My main priority would be Sharon and the appointment
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ETHICAL DILEMMA in social work This essay will address the ethical dilemmas faced by social workers and how they address these ethical dilemmas when working with service users and carers. It will be illustrated that codes of practice and codes of ethics are of paramount importance when dealing with these dilemmas as they are ones that guide social workers as to how they should try and solve these dilemmas. Social workers encounter ethical dilemmas every day during their work. Banks‚ in her explanations
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Social Work and Animal-Assisted Intervention Christy Taylor University of Central Florida Introduction The animal and human bond has existed for more than 12‚000 years (Morrison‚ 2007). In the United States‚ 62% of the population report having a companion animal (Risley-Cutiss‚ 2010). Research suggests that companion animals provide adults and children with a feeling of security and unconditional love (Risley-Curtiss‚ 2010). Families have a
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- Edith Wharton Social work is a profession that helps in improving the quality of life and wellbeing of people or communities. This essay analyses and underpins the understanding of the nature of social work from diverse perspectives. It also throws light on the need for social work and on the multiple social issues necessitating social work contribution. Social work is a broad concept .It does not have a definite connotation. To a common man social work means philanthropy or charity.
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Social Work Theory 23rd March 2011 Critical Commentary by Suzy Atkin In New Zealand we are taught that indigenous identities; tangata whenua are an important focus to our social work practice. Not only because they are the people of the land‚ but because they are the most oppressed and politically neglected in the country. Through colonisation tangata whenua have struggled with their historical‚ political and social ideologies so much so that their values‚ practices and beliefs have been shaped
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Of course there are the basic skills and knowledge that all social workers need for any level‚ field‚ or position. A social worker should have empathic and open-minded‚ advocate for their clients in access to services‚ understands their boundaries with clients‚ professional behavior‚ able to recognize biases‚ practice with the evidence-based research‚ and to be ethical at all times are some of those skills. In regrades to those skills‚ I have the knowledge and aware of those skills‚ of course those
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FUNCTIONAL THEORY FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE by SHANKAR A. YELAJA A number of theorists post-Freud began to see that‚ "the goal-directed whole of any organism transcends the sum of its parts‚ that each being is unique despite common patterns‚ that the observer affects the observed despite rigorous striving for scientific objectivity and impersonality‚ and that will and freedom do exist and play a significant role in the unfolding of a human being..." (p. 50) These concepts are essential building
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From all I have experienced‚ and lived through I know with all that I am that social work is the greatest equalizer‚ the only profession that offers the truest and most direct interventions for social justice. To choose social work is to choose the path of social justice‚ to be committed to every human having the right to a fulfilling life‚ free of persecution and marginalization‚ and equal access to appropriate resources. In truth‚ I was introduced to the concepts of social injustice before I was
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