1. What does Adult Protective Services do? Adult protective Service is a Social Services agency that investigates cases of abuse, neglect and exploitation of people ages 18 and older with mental illness and other disabilities. 2. We’ve talked in class about ‘vulnerable adults’; who do you think would be considered a vulnerable adult?…
Unit 11- Safeguarding Adults and promoting independence P4- Outline key legislations and regulations which govern safeguarding adults work P5- Outline working strategies and procedures used in health and social care to reduce the risk of abuse…
I feel like I am professionally ready for my senior year placement. I am looking forward to being able to spend much more time and actually see what a social worker does and interact with a social worker on a much different level than previous service learning’s. I believe that being able to interact with individuals at this last site will help me tremendously when it comes to interacting with clients and employees at my senior placement. This service learning helped me to acquire social skills, which will be extremely helpful when it comes to next year. I would like to build on my learning for the next academic year by understanding and reading more about interviewing, assessment, intervention, and evaluation of practice.…
My internship is with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, SCDSS, in the Foster Care Division. Children who are alleged to have been abused or neglected and who are not able to remain safely in their home environments and are unable to placed with a relative for fictive kin relative must enter a foster care setting. SCDSS overall mission it to provide services to children and their families to strengthen the family and that allows for children to remain safely in their home. This mission is accomplished through collaborative efforts from field caseworkers, supervisors, upper level management and other outside agencies. This collaboration is importance to the safety, permanency, and well-being of children in care as these decisions…
I am pursuing a liberal arts associates degree and will go on to pursue a bachelor’s degree in psychology therefore, would give me the opportunity to pursue a career in the social services field. I respect the reason why the social services program exists and I want to learn more about the social services program. One of the things that I am practically interested in is how the social service program benefits the child/children involved. The point of view that I will be taking is the safety of the child/children. My argument is that the social services program is in place for a…
AbstractYoung adults in foster care have a distinct teenage life. Every foster kid has a unique story of their journey in foster care. The story of them being placed in a foster care home, the life inside the foster care home, and the life after foster care. Young adults in foster care live a difficult and sad life. Some studies show how their education and life in the system are more complexed then for most young adults.…
Unfortunately 2/3 of the people taking advantage of a vulnerable adult over the age of 65 are family members. Most of those family members are dependent on the vulnerable adults resources and usually have a drug or alcohol addiction. Being a vulnerable adult means the individual is unable to care for themselves due to age or illness, and are unable to protect themselves from harm or exploitation. Safeguarding means protecting the vulnerable adult. There is more than one way that a vulnerable adult can be harmed or affected.…
ASSESSMENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES OVERVIEW There are several agencies within Montgomery County, Texas that provide victims of elder abuse with assistance. In order to learn more about these specific services and how agencies collaborate with one another, five different agencies were interviewed: Adult Protective Services, the Department of Aging and Disability, the Montgomery County Women’s Center, Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare, and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Adult Protective Services, also known as APS, began in the mid 1970’s when Congress passed Title 20 of the Social Security Act, which required states to protect children, elder adults, and adults with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation. They are a…
To better understand the Humans Services field I interviewed six people, asking them what they thought about the choice of human services as a career. I also decided to choose these people based on their culture, place of residence, language and customs. I decided to split the six people into two groups - the group of people interviewed who live in Italy and the group of people interviewed who live in the United States. This division has allowed me to compare similarities and differences present in the two human service networks. The interviews with the Italian group were made over the phone.…
The Effects of Insufficient Funding of Child Protective Services How often is the reality of child protective services (CPS) revealed? Occasionally, a child abuse or neglect case will result in child fatality that draws attention from the press. The media then exploits said child abuse case and the case worker is usually blamed for the child’s outcome, no matter what their efforts were to help the child prior to his or her death. Despite a social worker’s best intentions, they are not always capable of properly caring for children in need. There’s no denying the rising issue of child abuse and domestic violence in the United States, for example, according to the Child Help Organization, “a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds” (“Child…
There are laws that are supposed to protect all people from the many types of abuse that they may suffer. There are special places for abused women and children to go live in safety. There are police reports and possible persecution for those who wrong women and children. Even in the case of man versus man, there are lawsuits that can be filed. The same is not true for the elderly, unless there are visual scars that they are suffering.…
My desire to pursue a master’s degree in social work was fueled by the outcome of my experiences of learning about domestic violence in my undergraduate course. It was also influenced by my active role different organizations where I was able to provide care for child victims of domestic violence. The desire of furthering my studies started way back when I was volunteering at a non-profit organization with an objective of becoming more familiar in working with children that were coming from a less advantaged families. Initially, the organization I was working for did not give me information about the children I was taking care of; they did not tell me that the children were victims of domestic violence. Upon entry, I observed all the children…
Introduction The purpose of this report is for me to develop critical awareness and self-reflection of core social welfare competencies experienced while volunteering with the Healthy Living for Seniors Program (HLSP). The HLSP is a UnitingCare community day program for people over the age of 65 years thus the field of practice is “aged care” (Chenoweth & McAuliffe 2012, p. 141). The program is designed to support the health and wellbeing of their clients through a focus on social participation, independence and their quality of life (UnitingCare Ageing 2015). Chenoweth & McAuliffe (2012) suggest that group work has therapeutical benefits for clients.…
In the world of social work professional identity is very important in conducting oneself accordingly. When dealing with clients in the social work world one must remain professional as possible. The reason being because social workers represent the profession and everything that it entails. As a current social work student and a professional working with clients in the social work and mental health field I must conduct myself accordingly. The reason why is because I have guidelines to adhere to and clients that depend on me to represent them for their social needs.…
The opportunity to experience a professional social work education field placement can be very rewarding and inspiring. Amidst a social work field placement, students learn skills that are vital to the work one will do upon graduation from an accredited school of social work program. Effective and proficient social workers gain knowledge through hands on experiences. These experiences can be most effectively gained through field placements in the professional world of social work. In addition, field placements promote awareness of roles within social work, the opportunity to apply theories and skills learned in the classroom setting, and forge relationships with colleagues.…