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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Group Process Social work practitioners employ different types of strategies when working with treatment groups. These strategies are designed to meet the individual needs of each member as well as the needs of the group. The purpose of this particular group was to provide psycho-education‚ support and treatment to its members. The goal of this treatment group was to rehabilitate members and restore them to their formal level of functioning (Toseland and Rivas‚ 2011). The group was led by
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My internship experience for this summer was quite engaging‚ exposing‚ knowledgeable‚ yet challenging at the same time. I began to serve at PSP Professional Services on May 31st. PSP Professional Services is a private practice created by one of the licensed counselors and it is funded through several insurances and/or employer-sponsored services. Moreover‚ my schedule consisted of going Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Occasionally‚ I would attend Saturdays depending if there was an
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Counciler 2. What is the name of the company you work with? Braely and Thompson 3. What are the major resonseabilites you have in this postion? With this job I have many responsibilities a main one is confidentiality o the client‚ sometimes wanted to tell others what going is what you want to do‚ exspeically if its something tragic thats happened and you want to share. Another responsibilty is communicating with the parents or gaurdians‚ I work with only kids under 10 years of age and sometimes
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employers within own area of work Assessment Criteria 1. List the aspects of employment covered by law. The main aspects of employment that UK covers by law: Health and Safety‚ Holiday entitlements‚ Hours worked‚ Minimum wage‚ Discrimination‚ Redundancy and Dismissal‚ Training‚ Union rights and Consultation‚ Disciplinary procedures‚ and more. For futher detail‚ Labour law covers both employee and employer rights. Health and Saefty laws cover the minimum wage‚ work conditions‚ and other laws set
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attached to the school Sonia works in. (Lewis Morris) Father – ICT consultant Genogram Observation Analysis Using observational methods are helpful in describing individual’s behaviour as they interact in real time; and allow the reader to create a verbal picture of the behaviours as they unfold. This is important when social workers are working with children and families in their home (Pellegrini‚ 1996:1)‚ and there is a growing recognition in social work literature around observation
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be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me the opportunity to work in partnership with other professionals from different fields‚ such as: Local social workers‚ Police ‚ court ‚ Youth oddending team and youth worker‚ health‚ housing‚ education‚counselling. My second work placement is currently
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Social work is a profession which deals with people who are in the minority part of the society‚ social workers deal with women who are in abusive relationships‚ rape victims‚ vulnerable children‚ social workers work with individuals‚ families‚ couples and the community at large. Since feminism is about getting rid of oppression of women and girl children‚ I think it would be relevant to use the feminist theory in solving issues that affect women‚ for example‚ oppression‚ rape and violent relationships
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process in which they experience themselves as experts on their life circumstances‚ self-determining‚ competent‚ and active participants in constructing a better life for themselves and others (Greene‚ Lee‚ & Hoffpauir‚
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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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