Social workers have long worked with people who abuse substances.They have helped many by programs such as “Alcoholics Anonymous, designing inpatient detoxification programs, and applying youth-oriented prevention and education programs(Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse 2010, March 24).” The field of social work deals with making a change within an individual as well as to the community. Social workers have changed the world of substance abuse by leading advocacy for anti-alcohol campaigns like the Temperance Movement and Prohibition. These advocates also differentiated two major behavioral illnesses, alcoholism and mental illness. This development later led to national funding and policy changes in order to help both unique groups as much as possible.
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One main reason is being in college, there are your “experiencing years”. With that being said, many students for the first time in their lives are seeing what it is like to live “on their own” and be dependent. Some students can make irrational decisions and do things such as drugs. Being that this is an intro class, this is a class with many new college students and where they are in their “experiencing years” and this is a great opportunity to educate my former classmates on drugs that are out there and there are ways for help. Another main reason as to why I chose this topic is because some of my family has had substance abuse issues and has gone through the social work and welfare system to create a new a better life for themselves. Choosing this topic, interested me because I could familiar myself with things that my family went through. Overall, social work and substance abuse is an interesting …show more content…
Social workers have put “increasing emphasis since 1960 on value of an ecological, person-in-environment, or systems perspective to social work education (Burke 1997, November 1).” This is of great importance to the social work because these are well needed values needed in order to help treat patients with a substance abuse problem. With the combination of all these values within a social worker, the rates of success for both the client and worker increase. Along with having great values, “social workers in substance abuse have the education and training to contribute to clients who face multiple emotional, family, interpersonal, and environment problems (Burke 1997, November 1).” This is because the education process of social work gives practitioners the information needed in order to care and treat patients in need of intervention related tasks in order to continue with treatment (Burke 1997, November
One main reason is being in college, there are your “experiencing years”. With that being said, many students for the first time in their lives are seeing what it is like to live “on their own” and be dependent. Some students can make irrational decisions and do things such as drugs. Being that this is an intro class, this is a class with many new college students and where they are in their “experiencing years” and this is a great opportunity to educate my former classmates on drugs that are out there and there are ways for help. Another main reason as to why I chose this topic is because some of my family has had substance abuse issues and has gone through the social work and welfare system to create a new a better life for themselves. Choosing this topic, interested me because I could familiar myself with things that my family went through. Overall, social work and substance abuse is an interesting …show more content…
Social workers have put “increasing emphasis since 1960 on value of an ecological, person-in-environment, or systems perspective to social work education (Burke 1997, November 1).” This is of great importance to the social work because these are well needed values needed in order to help treat patients with a substance abuse problem. With the combination of all these values within a social worker, the rates of success for both the client and worker increase. Along with having great values, “social workers in substance abuse have the education and training to contribute to clients who face multiple emotional, family, interpersonal, and environment problems (Burke 1997, November 1).” This is because the education process of social work gives practitioners the information needed in order to care and treat patients in need of intervention related tasks in order to continue with treatment (Burke 1997, November