Individuals are diverse; this concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. While working in the field of social work, as a social worker, it is important in understanding each individual’s character with respect to behavior, attitude, tolerance level and approach. When working with the League City Police Department Crime Victim Advocate, I have learned to recognize and respect each victim’s differences. The important aspect is understanding each colleague and clients and moving beyond the simple tolerance and the difficult task that arise when working with colleagues and crime victims. For example, I ask myself why will crime victims that are in an abusive marriage just leave? But not understanding is the key content maybe the
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The first system, I worked with was the Mezzo system, where I focused on groups of children who were going to court for family violence. Then therapy sessions were planned and provided for the group. Another Mezzo system I worked on was located at Texas Attorney General Office, where I was made aware of the compensation provided to the victims under the provisions such as Senate Bill (SB1191) and House Bill (HB1446). This program is known as Crime Victim Compensation program. Micro System was also part of my training where I contacted victims on the phone and made them aware of the crime policies. One to one counseling sessions were held for a family and the children in families who were suffering from mental health problems or substance abuse problems. I was given the opportunity to work in macro client system. I was invited to the Community outreach meeting where the agenda was to advocate change in the community, educate the first responders, identify the gaps in the community and train law enforcement on protective orders. Although, the maximum number of cases were of adult and family violence, the sexual and physical abuse of children is most difficult to work with. In my view, children are vulnerable and unable to defend themselves in a case of any unfortunate event. I portray an emotional attachment with the children and cannot imagine their sufferings. The at-risk population of children who were …show more content…
I initially got engaged in all the activities starting from educating victims on the compensations to attending therapy, and counseling sessions. My first impactful encounter was with children of physical and sexual assault. Police officers are not allowed to make contact with the cases the, Child Advocacy center takes the ownership of the interview. In this case the father spanked the child’s bottom. It was case where father was trying to discipline his child and I gained an understanding of why society is afraid to discipline their children. I also sat in on a Trauma therapy session with a minor. It demonstrated the development of Competency Seven: Human Behavior, “Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment” (Toseland & Rivas, 2012). Competency Seven Theory is required to develop an understanding of the behavior of the children. In this case as the child stated that he was raped and according to us, 7 year old might not know the meaning of rape and he might have been taught to say the same. An understanding was required on our part to analyze the
The first system, I worked with was the Mezzo system, where I focused on groups of children who were going to court for family violence. Then therapy sessions were planned and provided for the group. Another Mezzo system I worked on was located at Texas Attorney General Office, where I was made aware of the compensation provided to the victims under the provisions such as Senate Bill (SB1191) and House Bill (HB1446). This program is known as Crime Victim Compensation program. Micro System was also part of my training where I contacted victims on the phone and made them aware of the crime policies. One to one counseling sessions were held for a family and the children in families who were suffering from mental health problems or substance abuse problems. I was given the opportunity to work in macro client system. I was invited to the Community outreach meeting where the agenda was to advocate change in the community, educate the first responders, identify the gaps in the community and train law enforcement on protective orders. Although, the maximum number of cases were of adult and family violence, the sexual and physical abuse of children is most difficult to work with. In my view, children are vulnerable and unable to defend themselves in a case of any unfortunate event. I portray an emotional attachment with the children and cannot imagine their sufferings. The at-risk population of children who were …show more content…
I initially got engaged in all the activities starting from educating victims on the compensations to attending therapy, and counseling sessions. My first impactful encounter was with children of physical and sexual assault. Police officers are not allowed to make contact with the cases the, Child Advocacy center takes the ownership of the interview. In this case the father spanked the child’s bottom. It was case where father was trying to discipline his child and I gained an understanding of why society is afraid to discipline their children. I also sat in on a Trauma therapy session with a minor. It demonstrated the development of Competency Seven: Human Behavior, “Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment” (Toseland & Rivas, 2012). Competency Seven Theory is required to develop an understanding of the behavior of the children. In this case as the child stated that he was raped and according to us, 7 year old might not know the meaning of rape and he might have been taught to say the same. An understanding was required on our part to analyze the