A social worker, or case worker, is someone who has a sort of passion or drive for helping people. Not just anyone can take on this career, the job demands a special type of person with certain qualities fit for situations that will be thrown at hand. Social workers work with a broad spectrum of individuals, whether it’s the elderly, children, the homeless, drug/alcohol abusers, or people with learning and physical disabilities. Case workers aid and support them through difficult times and ensure that these vulnerable people are safeguarded from harm. Social workers are an essential part of our society, they have a wide range of skills to implement a variety of social issues.…
Jonathan Singer and Alan Barsky (2012) did a wonderful job in explain the defenses between being a forensic social work ,a social work attending in court. This is something that I had not thought about , he explained that as social workers we have obligation to the legal system. We should look professional and have court ready notes. We also must now that we have limitations with our clients. A client must give authority to reals records that is all of the records.…
When I read the case vignette, there was no thought of a dysfunctional individual. Stated in NASW code of ethics, a social worker doesn’t judge or blame a person for their hardship. We are trained to be their advocate when is needed. An individual or anyone can fall on hard times, become depressed because of the circumstances that are happening in their life. The first thing, I thought about was their children.…
The Analysis of Filicide The intentional killings of babies have been recently plastered on the news and other media sources. New York City has recently had several instances where newly born babies were thrown out of apartment building windows, instantly dying from the impact of reaching ground level. Early August, new born Rizwan Ahmad was found on the ground in a pool of blood (Baker & Rojas, 2015). Tenisha Fearon, a resident of the Bronx threw her 6-month old daughter from her 6th floor window early October (Palmer & Santora, 2015).…
Housing and Employment One of Precious’s goals is to have full custody of her children. Two things that encompass taking care of children is obtaining employment and having housing. Currently, Precious lives in a halfway house that is only temporary, and she is not employed. To help Precious with these two tasks, I would make sure the social worker is knows that she is homeless, and help her apply for public housing.…
The Social Services/ Children`s Services Department employ Social Workers to support children and families through difficult times. They are to protect children and safeguard them from harm. The Social Worker will work with school`s to interview and assess individuals and families who require help and support. They will participate in meetings alongside other professionals, for example child protection. They undertake and write up assessments which will detail actions needed to provide an effective outcome for the individual or family involved.…
Artie is a young man that has been through some recent challenges. He has been arrested twice in nine months and is on probation. I am his probation officer and have a desire to see this young man overcome his obstacles and be a success story. I will do this by understanding Artie and using the strength based approach to my work with him.…
The fact that social workers are licensed to provide a diagnosis does not mean they are all competent. A diagnosis should not be given just for reimbursement of services, because a diagnosis affects a client’s future. Social workers need to analyze and ask themselves why they are providing a diagnosis.…
I find this article significant because as a social worker we should have that kind of attitude such caring and love to help people. However,we are limited to certain things , we shouldn’t get our self-involve in helping a client that a case has already been close by a new worker who couldn’t handle the case. For example, although koorer was doing the right thing for caring and helping but she didn’t do it the right way,she should have known her limit because that is how she got into trouble. This is a way to show that social worker shouldn’t have relationship outside with client especially,when the client is no longer assigned to you. According to the other the worker went to court for that because Skovholt, T., & Mathison, M. (2010).…
Lindsey Stinson ,a powerful , educated , black girl on the move for success, is on page 13 in the book of life. She has two brothers and three sisters. In her spare time she read novels and bakes anything from cookies to pound cakes. Her passions include reading, history, softball, speaking ,and cooking. Her accomplishments in life so far are 1st place in Science Olympiad, numerous regional softball tournaments,4th place Travel Softball 2016,honor roll, and most improved.…
Societal values are always changing and evolving. One might follow the basic biblical rule, Matthew 7:12; do unto others, as you would have them do unto you. Although, this theory changes as we evolve as a human race, dependant on religious and or political views at any given time. Cultural diversity is the cultural mixture or ethnic groups within society. The basic societal value is to accept the differences we all possess from one another.…
This specific code states, “Social workers’ primary responsibility is to promote the well-being of clients” (“National Association of Social Workers”, 2008). “Commitment to clients” is the first rule that is discussed in the code and the rule from which Fran’s dilemma arises. Fran’s client Millicent is a shy, lonely girl who doesn’t have much of a social life. Fran’s son, Wally, is similar; he is a loner who has been unpopular for the majority of his time in school. Somehow, Millicent and Wally found each other and make one another very happy (see the appendix for more information about the case of Fran).…
The paper examines individual psychology also known as Adlerian theory in the case conceptualization of Olivia Gomez, a fictional character suffering from depression. The presenting problems demonstrate areas of the client’s life that require counseling and a deeper assessment into the underlying problems affecting her daily life. Most counseling theories focus merely on the person or the collective issues; Adlerian therapy does both. It contends that every person is goal-oriented and possess the ability to make healthy and responsible choices for their lives. Adler 's concepts focus on correcting errors in a person 's way of thinking caused by their drive to be sociably acceptable.…
For many years our government has not been able to accommodate for the needs of millions of foster children in our nation. Simply our leadership has failed to construct a system that provides nurturing home for the children that have been abused or abandoned. Andy fights his way through the system, attempting to create a name for himself other than a foster child. He undertakes lots of agony as he placed in a foster home with a family named the Leonard’s.…
Beginning with the ethical responsibilities to clienteles, social workers are required to be committed and loyal in promoting clients’ well-being by prioritizing the latter’s interest. Secondly, it is the ethical responsibility of social workers to help clients in identifying and clarifying their goal. This is along with promoting and respecting clients’ right to self-determination, provided the actions or probable actions of clients do not pose serious, predictable, and impeding risk to social workers and other society entities. Social workers are also required to harness clients’ consent by using an understandable language, and demonstrate competency to clients within their certification, educational, licensure, and training boundaries. Also, it is their responsibility to be responsive to clients’ cultural and social diversities during service provision, and to preserve their impartial judgment and professional discretion by shirking conflict of interests.…