Personal Goals There are many reasons why I chose a profession in the social work field. Some of the reasons why I chose to work in this area stem from my childhood experiences. As a child‚ I was pretty much on my own‚ my parents were pretty much absent and I had to take care of myself and sometimes them‚ I also took care of my siblings. The only teacher I had to encourage me was my 7th grade Social Studies teacher‚ Mr. Schaal‚ (he was killed in a car wreck after I started high school) with no guidance
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I would like to study Social Work because I feel it will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers available‚ as well as giving me the chance to help people’s families and people’s wellbeing. This course will give me the opportunity to study something that involves both academic and practical study‚ which I feel would suit me best. Studying an Access to Nursing course has given me a valuable insight into the health sector and the way the mind works. My experience and knowledge
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Introduction As part of our preparation for placement‚ we were required to make a role play on a given scenario in pairs. Each of us had to play the role of the social work student and the service user. We chose to use Miss Allen’s scenario‚ because we both had experience of working the adults. In preparation for this task‚ we met twice to clarify our roles and discussed the scenario as we understood it. We also discussed how we were going to assess Miss Allen‚ and what help we would offer her.
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“Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics” Social responsibility is an idea that has been of concern to mankind for many years. Over the last two decades‚ however‚ it has become of increasing concern to the business world. This has resulted in growing interaction between governments‚ businesses and society as a whole. In the past‚ businesses primarily concerned themselves with the economic results of their decisions. “Today‚ however‚ businesses must also reflect on the legal‚ ethical‚ moral and
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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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Understanding the Role of Social Media in Marketing What the heck is social media and what role does it play in my marketing? This is probably a question I wouldn’t have received two years ago‚ but yet today it’s the most common question that enters my inbox. First off‚ let’s talk about what social media is. Social media represents low-cost tools that are used to combine technology and social interaction with the use of words. These tools are typically internet or mobile based. A few that you
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British Journal of Social Work (2003) 33‚ 87–106 The Social Work Assessment of Parenting: An Exploration Johanna Woodcock Johanna Woodcock is Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Plymouth. Correspondence to Johanna Woodcock‚ Department of Social Policy and Social Work‚ University of Plymouth‚ Drake Circus‚ Plymouth PL4 8AA‚ UK. Summary The significance of parenting in the conduct of child-care practice is apparent in a range of legal and policy documents emanating from
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1. Social Work as a Developing Profession Social Work as a Profession * What is a profession * No clear definition of the term profession * Describing its attributes * By most criteria and definitions‚ social work meets the requirements * Greenwood’s trait-attributes (1957) 1. Systematic theory * Worked hard to develop this attribute * Continuing – complexity of humanity and other factors * Process of knowledge development (process model) 2. Authority &
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I. Key Themes Social workers can engage in micro‚ mezzo‚ and macro level of work to promote change and development in the society. The non-profit sector is one of the areas where social workers engage in mezzo level of work as program manager‚ capacity builder‚ researcher‚ case worker‚ manager among other. The Non-profit sector plays a key role in the protection of minority‚ experimentation and embracing the diversity of thought. There are many challenges that cause organizational problems in
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Gypsies‚ the work ethic‚ and Hungarian Socialism In his work Socialism; Ideals‚ Ideologies and Local Practice‚ Chris Hann includes the text in which Michael Steward analyses the Gypsy responses to Hungarian social policy providing the image of the sources of popular resistance to the massive experiment in social engineering undertaken by the socialist governments of the Soviet bloc. The text focuses on the twenty five years period in which the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party led a vigorous
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