Occupational Social Work Practice Field: Video Analysis

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From these videos I have learned about many different social work practice areas that I never knew about. For instance, Human Trafficking is one practice area that I have never really heard of before and it was interesting to hear how the case managers help the victims of human trafficking basically get their life back together. I learned that they help the victims get a new ID, social security card, and etc. since many of them probably lost theirs in the process, and besides those things the case managers help them do a lot more as well become a mentor somewhat to the victims. I also learned a little bit more about the VA social work practice field and learned that to work in this field you have to really understand PTSD since a lot of veterans struggle with that because of their experience in the war and also it is really important to just know about military culture.

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