College of Education Pre-Field Seminar Educational Social Worker Submitted to Dr. Baxter Wright by Britany Roland March 1‚ 2013 Abstract Educational Social Workers typically pick up outside the classroom where the teacher leaves off. The help those students transition from Middle School/Junior High to High School‚ help them deal with various psychosocial issues‚ find solutions to problems with academics‚ coping skills‚ and helping identify those students that are considered “at risk”
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My motivation to obtain a degree in social work have many reasons behind them. I am the type of person who enjoys helping others and seeing them better themselves‚ improve their own personal situations‚ and most of all turning their lives around in a positive way. I feel if I can help at least one person I have did my job. However‚ I would hope to help more over my time in the social work field. In the day and time we live in there are so many issues that people could benefit from my help‚ words
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Law is heavily imbedded in social work practice. Social workers work within the framework of the law in three major capacities. Firstly; as regulators‚ secondly; as advocates or agents for legal rights‚ and thirdly; by developing and commenting on social policy. Social workers are intrinsically linked with the law‚ by working with people for whom the law is designed to protect. Social workers work in different fields of social work practice‚ both directly and indirectly. In all fields of practice
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Social workers in all branches of the military are helping families and military personnel prepare for‚ and cope with‚ the hardships of war. They do so through a range of preventive and clinical services provided by the Veteran Administration with many different types of programs‚ including family-support and mental-health counseling. The mission statement of the VA Social Workers is to eliminate significant barriers to clients in need and offer interventions for veterans and families. It is accomplished
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Intro to Social Work 9:30-10:50 My Career as Social Work Practitioner Jashondria Mallard Intro to Social Work 9:30-10:50 My Career as Social Work Practitioner Jashondria Mallard When I considered social work as a profession the decision was one made with great ease. As a juvenile I faced many hardships that still affect my everyday life. After beginning my education as a social work major I now realize I was a youth that lacked a necessary advocate. Alot
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SOCIAL WORK: PERSONAL STATEMENT. Having spent the last six years studying in the social care field‚ I have come to realise my passion in helping and assisting people who may be going through difficult stages in their life. So far‚ I have worked for a home care and a nursery. As a nursery assistant my role was to care and assist young children‚ aged between 6 months to 5 years old. On Mondays and Thursday I was planning and organising fun and intellectual activities such as drawing‚ painting
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Medical Model The Medical Model of health tries to treat people through the use of medicine and science‚ and it doesn’t take into account the social and emotional factors of how the injury‚ illness‚ or disease was caused or brought on. It looks at the root cause of the problem‚ rather than telling the patient how it happened so they can avoid making the same mistake again e.g. If a Smoker contracts throat Cancer‚ if he’s not told it’s caused by smoking‚ they he wont know not to smoke again
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The ‘International federation of Social Work’ defines Social work as ‘a profession that promotes change in society‚ solves problems in human relations and empowering and liberating people to improve their well being’. (BASW 2001). This composition aims to discuss some of the skill base of a social worker‚ a brief historical overview of social work and law and ethics that govern them. Social Work emerged from three sources namely ‘the poor law‚ aid organisations and the settlement movement. Aid
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Trends in Social Work Education The concept of social work started with the charity and always aimed at the social and economic wellbeing of the poor and suppressed class. Dealing with poverty was the focal consideration of early social work and hence was intricately linked with the idea of charity work. But the scenario has undergone a transformational change in past few years and social work and social work education are now the pillars for all social evils. The current face of social work is more
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have affected the results in the present study was social dominance orientation. Social dominance orientation is defined as an orientation accentuating hierarchical structures‚ and supporting individuals to outcast members of lower class out-groups as competition (Pratto‚ Sidanius‚ Stallworth‚ & Malle‚ 1994). Both RWA and social dominance orientation are encompassed by Duckitt’s (2001) dual process motivational model‚ which states that both social-psychological constructs are major predictors of prejudice
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