To: Mr. Ismail From: Herschel Soumahoro Date: March 12‚ 2012 Subject: Raise Request ********************************************************************************************************** I appreciate the opportunity I have had during the last three years of serving as a vital member of the computer science and information team. I have always labelled myself as a professional and I am always keen to stay on top of my tasks. I am perfectly comfortable facing new challenges and
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from abuse but thanks to social workers and other judicial people‚ there were laws passed (Pfohl). This paper is going to explain why it is so important for social workers to protect kids by talking about this history of abuse and why social workers need to be around. It will also discuss what social workers do today to prevent kids from being hurt. Social workers are useful in just about every aspect of life but in my opinion this is one of the more important jobs of a social worker because your protecting
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Modern social care presents the contemporary social care worker with a number of social and personal challenges. In order to address this issue I will take an autobiographical approach based on my own personal life experiences in a social care context 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
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SOCIAL WORK AND ITS EFFECT ON POVERTY Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” South African families and communities are facing many challenges. This essay will focus on poverty as one of the challenges in some South African families and communities in general. Using the issue of poverty‚ will clarify and give a better understanding on how‚ social workers could respond to this matter. In the international definition of social work‚ “the social work profession
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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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4. Social workers as reflective practitioners. Reflection means the ability to think clearly and effectively to make sense of complex situations. Reflection is essential for a good practice as it helps to avoid the danger of falling into habits and routines. Thus reflection promotes diversity and a right to a self-determination for the clients. Giving that everybody can make mistakes sometimes‚ reflection is a good opportunity to engage analytical skills to promote learning and think why something
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Social Work Department Faculty of Humanities University of Johannesburg Student Surname | Le Roux | Student Initials | C | Student First Name | Charlene | Student Number | 201170104 | Assignment Title | Practice Model | Date of Submission | 15 March 2013 | Course Title | B Social work | Lecturers Name | Prof. Adrian Van Breda | Course Code | SW2A11 | Plagiarism Declaration | I‚ Charlene Le Roux 201170104‚ declare that this assignment is my own original work. Where secondary material
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Short Assignment Three: Social Work - Past and Present Times are much different than they used to be‚ however‚ the world seems to be reacting to these problems the same way they did years ago. Most days‚ the general public seems to be preoccupied with the war on terror.’ There is so much going on in this world‚ and yet it is all being categorized as one big issue. This is very similar to some events in the past‚ more specifically‚ The Great Depression. When The Great Depression happened‚ it devastated
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The social worker gathered information for Christine’s case from her file‚ a treatment plan meeting‚ and a private conversation with the clint. Christine’s file provided an extensive history on her life since coming into foster care. Included in her file were previous incident reports‚ which allowed the social worker to learn what Christine’s areas of weakness are in regards to her behavior. One such incident report detailed a recent occasion where Christine and her boyfriend at the time were making
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remember the steps for the members. Rules: set ground rules; Identify issues we would like to change; decide on what to work on first‚ Goals: what do we want to achieve? Explore the issues in more detail; Strategies/activities: work out ways of achieving goals. When social worker dealing with family issues has to develop ground rules for the family members. RIDGES steps are essential to social workers when sessions are undertaken with families. Ground rules include confidentiality‚ record keeping‚ working
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