Learning and Teaching Guide Module code: 4GK004 Module Title: VOLUNTEERING IN THE COMMUNITY Year: 20 credits‚ Year Long‚ 2012-13 Module Leader: Dr Pauline Anderson‚ MC206. P.Anderson@wlv.ac.uk Other Staff: Shirin Housee‚ MC331 S.Housee@wlv.ac.uk Clare Williams‚ MC231 Clare.Williams@wlv.ac.uk Module Description Volunteering in the Community is a community-based learning module which gives students the opportunity
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volunteered 1‚000 hours in high school. I have carried that same passion into my college life. I have volunteered 200+ hours since matriculating to Tuskegee University‚ with 140+ hours during my sophomore year alone. In my community‚ I mainly volunteer at “I am my Brother’s Keeper” (IAMBK) and Southern Christian Leadership Foundation” on a daily basis. IAMBK is an after-school program targeted to low-income and single parent’s families in Tuskegee‚ Alabama. The organization’s goal is to help develop
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involved with the children. Parents need to make many decisions carefully to make sure their child’s future is the best it can be. One of the most important decisions made is the choice for the mother to stay at home with the children and not work or work and send the children to some form of child care. Both offer advantages for the family. However‚ working mothers benefit the family more than stay-at-home mothers. In today’s economy most jobs are not secure. So for a family to rely on one
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In June of 1861 there was talk of a civil war escalating and the excitement was catching through town. A boy named Charley who is 15 from Minnesota lies about his age in order to join the First Volunteer Regiment that could reach up to 1‚000 men. Charley had never been far from home. He gets to Fort Snelling and tells them he is 18. He receives a few rules and is then a given a pair of black pants‚ grey socks‚ and a cheap hat. At this point the excitement was starting to wear off due to the
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"To Work or Not to Work" To work or not to work--That is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to tolerate The insults and complaints of the impatient customer‚ Or to renounce against the sea of demands that arise‚ And by quitting‚ have peace? To leave; to quit-- To work no more-- and by quitting say we end The head-aches‚ and the wrath of unforgiving customers That this job entails--‘tis an accomplishment Devoutly to be wish’d to end. To leave‚ to quit— To quit; perchance to
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Is any work better than no work? Not for unemployment benefits New York – Roberta Hanson of North Haven‚ Conn.‚ had been searching for work for 22 months when she landed a part-time job weekend afternoons and nights for a nearby municipal parks and recreation department. But now Ms. Hanson rues the day she took that work. Why? The Connecticut Department of Labor used her negligible earnings in her part-time job as the new baseline for Hanson’s unemployment benefits. She went from receiving $483
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Pertinent Work Experience: Describe employment occupation or activities pertinent to your graduate goals during or since your collegiate studies. Youth Counselor -My team and I provide short-term residential treatment within a continuum of care for a diverse group of youth and their families during their most vulnerable time. Our children suffer from a variety of emotional and psychological traumas. Therefore‚ my job is to provided crisis support‚ structure‚ mentoring and coaching in a safe and
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and blend it with my learning during the college process. Firstly I would like to state that the views and experiences expressed in this essay are not general statements directed at the travelling community as a whole but just my own personal experiences with individuals‚ this also holds true for members of the settled community that I will discuss. In the essay I will give a brief outline of my history to date both as a social care worker and as a self-employed business person at the time. The
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Persuasive Essay English class is a good class except for a few things. One thing that should be changed is the policy on late work. In this essay I will tell you why it is morally wrong to count off late work. Deducting points from late work is not a crime‚ but it should be. In all actuality‚ late work is basically the same thing as work handed in on time‚ except it is a semester or two late. If you stop and think‚ what is the big deal about late work anyway‚ your getting it done‚ and
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Masters of Social Work Kristina Francis Troy University 1 May 2016 There are so many careers one can pursue with a Bachelor’s in Psychology. Master of Social Work (MSW) is one of those many career options. Many people who decide that social work is a good career choice for them often have a desire to help others help themselves (U.S. Army‚ 2016). In the military‚ there is a comradery that teaches its members to interject when they see something that’s not right. It engrains in its members that
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