All in the Family

written back in 1979 by Joseph Reid of Lima and comes from the book Child Welfare Perspectives. In his article titled “The responsibility of family and children’s agencies for rehabilitation of families”, it states the responsibilities of the family and the agency to reunify the child back into the home. The article goes over the different views of the family and of different Social Workers that have the same common philosophy of what their job entails, but sometimes their personal experiences…

Mission Statement My motivation for my MSW degree goes all the way back to my teen years. I have always made myself available to help someone else by learning all I can, which if someone did not know how to get something done, and they knew that they could call on me. At the time, I did not know the name for being place to heed someone’s call until my adulthood. My family has always referred to an act of kindness as being a missionary worker, but I had to tell them that there is another name for…

A man and woman are pushing two children on the swings in a park. They are all laughing and the children are screaming from excitement as the adults push them higher and higher. You approach one of the adults to ask how the adults and children know each other. The adult tells you that the children are their biological children. A group of people are gathered around a table in a restaurant sharing a meal. The group is involved in deep conversation and there is laughter. You approach to ask how…

hundred years families in Britain have changed. Budig (2004) states that ‘Definitions of what constitutes a family are informed by social contexts that differ across history.’ Changes in the laws, perspectives, technical knowledge and beliefs have led to changes in trends and structures of family. Some changes include increase in divorce, remarriage and reconstituted families. There has also been an increase in nuptial bonds, births outside marriage and same sex marriages. Smaller families,…

the author explores the difficulty that Muslims face fitting into the Indiana environment in which they live. She describes multiple families that all have different struggles in fitting into the community. The main character, Khadra Shamys, gives insight into the thoughts and feelings of her family specifically. In this paper, I will argue that the Shamys family has trouble fitting in with the Indiana environment because they hold strong prejudices against those who are different than them.…

properly. Families have different situations that have to be address as a person in their family reaches old age. Family decisions should be made that keep the care and wellbeing of the older members of the family as the primary concern. Not all decisions are going to be the same for all families and each individual situation would need to be considered to determine what is going to work best for each family. I will look at some aspects of planning and what I have discussed with my family…

but it's all around you. It's in the things we do everyday and even some things that we see other people do. Your cultural identity defines you and how you live your life or view certain things or certain situations. My cultural identities that i'm going to talk about are food, and how my family celebrates holidays. Something that is really important to me and that defines my cultural identity is food. My family loves food so we always try to make big family…

in the article “Variant Family Forms and Life Styles: Rejection of the Traditional Nuclear Family”, Betty E. Cogswell looks at the nuclear family structure as well as family forms that lay outside of this traditional structure. Cogswell uses the following definition of the nuclear family, “‘households of husband, wife, and children living apart from both sets of parents with male as the breadwinner and female as homemaker (391).’” This description establishes nuclear family as a patriarchal…

successful first family interview, it is necessary to determine the willingness of the family to receive services and engage with the workers assigned to assist them with services and family issues. It is important to reiterate to them that while the services will ultimately benefit them, it is their right (or not) to engage with the workers. This step reinforces the autonomy of the family, but the presence of workers helps to reinforce the fact that they truly do need help. The first family…

forbidden to date. In fifth grade I became best friends with a girl that was African American and it allowed me to see a glimpse into the African American culture. The opinions of others were no longer true and I seen a culture that was rich in family history, work ethic, athletic ability and a love for Jesus. African Americans are marginalizled in many ways. In a survey of white Americans they said that 34% believed "most blacks" were lazy and 52% believed that "most blacks" were…