I would like to study Social work at a degree level as it has been of great interest and personal significance. Having gained valuable work experience in social work I’m very keen to learn more about it and expand my skill set. I have always wanted to make a difference to people’s lives‚ children in particular. I believe social work will enable me to do just that in a more caring and supportive way. When I was growing up‚ I watched as my best friend was ill-treated by her step mother. The whole
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understanding of alcohol problems is relevant to social work practice due to their negative effect on physical‚ family‚ social‚ work‚ crime and mental health problems. Further more‚ they can be exibited with co-occuring disorders or medical conditions like gumbling and overeating but can connect to other social work problems such as child maltreatment‚ domestic violence‚ stigmatising‚ economic and social vulnerability. The effectivenes of solving various social problems can be compromised until alcohol
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Communication is an important part of working with people. The way we communicate demonstrates understanding‚ respect and empathy toward clients. Effective communication allows for an understanding of the client’s situation. When we communicate understanding we can reflect back a client’s statement‚ which allows the client to know the social worker has an understanding about their situation. Micro processing allows for better understanding for treatment planning and defining goals. When a social worker understands
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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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Career pathway social work In November 2009‚ the Care Council produced ‘Social Work Career Pathway‚ A Discussion Paper’. This paper sets out a plan for developing a national career pathway for social workers in Wales‚ linked to a framework for post qualifying education and training. The proposed career pathway is intended to strengthen the retention of experienced social workers in frontline roles. It is also designed to ensure that social workers have the necessary knowledge and skills‚ and access
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Social workers face a lot of challenges in facing gender equalities due to the unending oppression and the numerous culture that seek to perpetuate paternalism/patriarchal system and power imbalances in gender roles and expectations. The challenge for the social workers here is to engage and work with these barriers without sacrificing the principles of good gender competence and in order to develop gender competent practice‚ the importance of feminist practice should be understood. Feminist perspectives
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The implementation of multiple perspectives in social work promotes flexible thinking which contributes to the use of innovative‚ insightful‚ and analytical approaches when exploring client’s situations. Moreover‚ multiple perspective assists social work practice by providing various viewpoints in guiding clients to find possible solutions to their cases. As implied by Hutchison (2015)‚ each perspective aims to comprehend human behavior within given circumstances (p.71). Certainly‚ each case is different
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There main 5 broad social and emotion aspects are: • Self-awareness • Managing feelings • Motivation • Empathy • Social skills Self-awareness allows the student to have an understanding of themselves and to understand different emotions with in themselves and being able to tell the difference between emotions‚ to then understand what they are thinking and feeling‚ physically and emotionally. This then follows on to how they feel when they achieve something or don’t manage to reach targets;
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that are implicity granted to groups of people who reflect a site of dominance (p22 unit 2) Formal and informal power structures (p.29) How social social influences what I know Resilance Bell Hooks discusses the importance of how students and educators need to create a “learning space that can be both life sustaining and mind-expanding: where we all work together to support one another. Arney Mindell also talks that “the well-being of our communities depends upon representation from all community
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My interest in social work has been rooted in me since childhood. My family moved to the United States when I was one year old and many years later I still witness the struggle to adapt to western society. The struggle lied in holding onto our culture and values while adapting
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