Application to Social Work Practice
Link your proposal specifically to social work practice, roles and responsibilities, indicating how social workers could implement and facilitate this proposal. Application to social work practice. The topic under study must be relevant to social work practice, and links must be made to roles, responsibilities, knowledge and skills.
The role for social workers in the gap in services for transitioning youth with mental health issues are multifaceted. They include our role as advocates for our clients, advocates for structural, political and organizational change and our role as counsellors. It is imperative that social workers address our responsibility to address the gap between CYMHS and AMHS and prevent these transitioning adults from not receiving the services they need. Davis (2013) states that “in considering the provision of services to persons with mental health problems, it is crucially important to be able …show more content…
Working together in a team environment, even amongst social workers themselves can be difficult and cause conflict. When you add to the mix of different professionals around a table, even more conflict and issues of ownership can arise. Baker, Egan-Lee, Martimianakis & Reeves (2011) identify individuals felt that socialization through their training affected the way different health professional groups viewed themselves. In general, physicians perceived themselves as “leaders” and “decision makers” in health care while nursing, therapists, and other professionals (i.e. Pharmacists, dieticians, social workers) saw themselves as ‘team members’ who tend to adopt a holistic approach to care. To create the change in this perception and potential power struggle, it begins within our academic training across the professions and further through seminars and additional
Link your proposal specifically to social work practice, roles and responsibilities, indicating how social workers could implement and facilitate this proposal. Application to social work practice. The topic under study must be relevant to social work practice, and links must be made to roles, responsibilities, knowledge and skills.
The role for social workers in the gap in services for transitioning youth with mental health issues are multifaceted. They include our role as advocates for our clients, advocates for structural, political and organizational change and our role as counsellors. It is imperative that social workers address our responsibility to address the gap between CYMHS and AMHS and prevent these transitioning adults from not receiving the services they need. Davis (2013) states that “in considering the provision of services to persons with mental health problems, it is crucially important to be able …show more content…
Working together in a team environment, even amongst social workers themselves can be difficult and cause conflict. When you add to the mix of different professionals around a table, even more conflict and issues of ownership can arise. Baker, Egan-Lee, Martimianakis & Reeves (2011) identify individuals felt that socialization through their training affected the way different health professional groups viewed themselves. In general, physicians perceived themselves as “leaders” and “decision makers” in health care while nursing, therapists, and other professionals (i.e. Pharmacists, dieticians, social workers) saw themselves as ‘team members’ who tend to adopt a holistic approach to care. To create the change in this perception and potential power struggle, it begins within our academic training across the professions and further through seminars and additional