The Multifaceted Work of a Social Worker Introduction Social workers often wear two hats‚ struggling to find a balance between their values and ethics for what they feel is right for their client and their agency’s mandate which do not necessarily align with one another. The paper will address a particular case whereby the worker is placed in a situation of ambiguity and must use his or her values and ethics to guide the situation. The first value is professional values following the social workers
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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 with his studies as he is taking
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Group: Chotika Punyanitya Natali Alves de Andrade CASE STUDY - DISCRIMINATION INTRODUCTION This case study introduced us to the knowledge of laws and discrimination at work place. Vishnu has been doing a good job as a salesperson in the building industry. Improving his skills now he is facing a promotion. But the management team‚ after providing him a promotion‚ says that Vishnu needs to remove his turban‚ because they think that it would look more professional. That’s a typical discrimination
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discussion of whether effective interagency work will lead to better outcomes for children and young people. Also in this assignment evidence will be presented that will support or contradict the statement‚ ‘Effective interagency working will lead to better outcomes for children‚ young people and their families’. This assignment will include my expectations from interagency that is efficient and how agencies will know that their work has been effective. Interagency work is a collaboration between different
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et al (2005). Social Work Futures: Crossing Boundaries Transforming Practice. Hampshire. Palgrave. Brammer‚ A Butler‚ I. Roberts‚ G. (2004). Social Work with Children and Families: Getting into Practice. 2nd Edition. . London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. Crawford‚ K. Walker‚ J. (2010). Social Work and Human Development. 3rd Edition. Exeter. Learning Matters. Currer‚ C. (2009). Loss and Social Work. Exeter. Learning Matters. Doel‚ M. S‚ M‚ Shardlow. (2005). Modern Social Work Practice: Teaching and
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Case Study Chapter 6: The Reluctant Workers This case study is based on a conversation between two people: Tim Aston‚ a new project manager‚ and Phil Davies‚ director of project management. Aston had just changed jobs and was very excited about his new job. He wanted to be the best manager his company ever had. But ever since he had been on the job‚ he was becoming more and more frustrated with the employees and their work habits. Finally he went to see Davies and discuss his problems with him
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Running Head: CASE STUDY 1. Identify the client: The definition of client as defined in our textbook is‚ “One who has either sought help from a social worker or is served by an agency employing a social worker.” Therefore‚ in this case study I would consider both Frank and Angela Bertollini to be the clients. 2. Eco-map: 3. Field of Practice Knowledge: * Depression: One thing that I learned from this article is the phases that amputees experience for up to ten years
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The client is a 32-year-old woman‚ who met her perpetrator at her workplace. She is noted to be from a high-income family‚ as her father is a reputed lawyer in Colombo and both her sisters hold top-level jobs. The client also works at a well-reputed bank and held a decent position there. However‚ the client has always had depression and is a patient with epilepsy. The perpetrator is a married man in his early 40’s. It was due to her condition that the perpetrator noticed her at the office and eventually
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Case Scenario: A client with a wife and five children has been the sole provider by working for a company for twenty-six years and gets laid off. Regrettably‚ he is having difficulty finding new employment because he appears predominately overqualified‚ therefore employers continually turn him away. Consequently‚ due to the loss of his job; the client worries about meeting the physiological and safety needs of his family. Since he is the sole provider and unable to find work the family may lose all
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Case Study Description: My client is a single Hispanic male at the age of twenty five. He has been in and out of school due to financial reasons. He works full-time but he schedule is very inconsistent this is another reason he is in and out of school. His overall health is good no issues he does take anxiety medicine on a daily basis without this medicine his nerves get worked up and he gets frustrated easily. He does work fulltime so his finances are good overall every now and then he
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