Critical social work

sister and her peers advocate for these people, do outreach to have the people’s voices heard, and educate others about the negative outcomes of discrimination. This particularly intrigued me. Thus, I had asked her about it, and she told me that her work centers around spreading positivity. She told me that she started doing this because this relates to her future occupation: lawyer. One day, my sister asked me if I wanted to go to her internship with her. Excited to go, I immediately shouted…

why they were being held back. She told these women that they should become engineers, and she did the same. She became to first female engineer. Jackson started at the bottom of the employment pyramid at NACA as a human computer, and through hard work and dedication, she arose to the top as an engineer. She was a black woman fighting for a chance in a field dominated by white men. She didn’t let herself get intimidated easily. Always moving forward, she continued on with success and reached the…

DHR have for core values which they work by Respect, Integrity, Commitment, and Accountability. For this agency respect means treating every individual client/ peer equally with respect and dignity. Integrity being honest and truthful to client, stakeholders, and co-workers. Having commitment is important in any social work career, it guarantee providing the best support and services to your client. Finally accountability being…

Social work is a unique field because of the multitude of settings that a social worker can practice social services. The typical setting that is assumed social work is present is in the Department of Child & Families Services. However, social workers can also work and practice in host setting such as hospitals, schools, and shelters. The staffs in a host setting typically have different backgrounds other than social work such as nouns or administrators. For most the part in a host setting, the…

local community programs and facilities. In the month of December, my class visited the Ruth House, a homeless shelter for woman and children, a lot of which are women seeking shelter from domestic violence situations. I loved this program and they work that they did, so, I used my leadership positions in local service organizations including Honor Society and The Mayor`s Youth Advisory Council. In one instance, I had the opportunity to spear head a clothing drive for…

choose from: Psychoanalytical Therapy, Adlerian Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Person Centered Therapy. In preparation for this session, I was quite unsure on which theory would best fit my approach for assessing this client, and as time began to work against me things began to get frustrating. I wanted to pick a theory that corresponds with my personality and will come more natural without me thinking to hard about what questions to ask. When looking at Persons Centered Therapy; Motivational…

Human Service Human and Social Services is designed to objectively help people meet their human needs using interdisciplinary methods that focus on prevention as well as intervention to improve the overall quality of one’s life. Many professionals serve in various roles of Human and Social Services and facilitate a plethora of services to meet the needs of clients they serve (Bayne, Pusateri, Dean-Nganga, 2012). Human services professionals are liaisons between clients and care providers, who…

One thing that I have always enjoyed is helping people. I am pursing a degree in social work because I want help people as a profession. I want to see a change in the world. I want to be an advocate for underrepresented and oppressed groups of people. I would like a job where I can work with all types of people. I want to change the world even if it is one person at a time. I would like to help change people’s lives. I believe that it is important for everyone to have a voice. I realize that I…

Why are you interested in the field of social work? Upon starting college, I was undecided, and was unsure of what I wanted to major in. I was often asked, “What do you like to do?” My response would always be I enjoy helping others. I have always wanted a career that would afford me the opportunity to work with people and help them. After researching numerous majors, I decided that social work would be the best match for what I enjoyed doing. There have been various life experiences that have…

family, gatekeepers, in home service workers, Department of Child Services and even possibly school in order to form the best therapeutic plan of action for the client. All these different systems have an effect on the client and they all attempt to work together for the client. Each of these systems interacts with the client in a unique way and is a building block to the foundation of their life. If one of those systems is not functioning properly then the foundation for the client could…