Domestic worker

The Cause of Chronic Illness in Victims of Domestic Violence Myrtha Lamore Molloy College The Cause of Chronic Illness in Victims of Domestic Violence To know someone’s abusive behavior sometimes is to live with them. The abusers often enter a relationship in false pretense but sooner or later their true colors show up and they exhibit the Jekyl and Hyde behavior that leave their victims confused, disappointed and scarred for life, isolated, scarred. The physical and phycological abuse can…

The strategies and interventions planned by any social worker hugely depends on the way they view their clients’ problems through the sociological lens. The success of interventions in any social domain is impossible without a thorough understanding of the nature, extent, assumptions, stereotypes and complexities of the issue. In the context of domestic violence, there seems to be an urgent need for social workers and agencies to acquire an in-depth understanding of the seriousness of the issue,…

It is important for the social worker to understand the processes involved at the beginning phase and establishing the contract is important because after the purpose, the group and family goals or individual goals are established and ways to measure them are done the group process can begin. In addition, group members will start interacting, the group members will decide what they want to share, and group members will learn about differences and similarities they may have and other things about…

Domestic Abuse and Violence in Relationships What is Domestic Abuse/Violence? Anyone who is in a relationship can become a victim of domestic abuse/violence, regardless of age, race, and gender. There are many forms of domestic violence including physical, mental, and emotional abuse, as well as stalking. Physical abuse can be determined when one partner deliberately hurts (i.e. punching, kicking, scratching, etc.) the other partner in the attempt of causing physical harm (i.e. breaking bones,…

If a person is convicted of simple assault on a law enforcement officer, elected official, medical personnel, social worker, public health personnel, a person over the age of sixty five or a vulnerable person they can be punished by up to a thousand dollar fine or incarceration for up to five year, or both. “When a person is guilty commits aggravated assault, they attempt to cause serious bodily injury to another person and if they attempt to cause, purposely, or knowingly cause causes bodily…

It’s important to be cognizant of personal issues and also family-of-origin issues in one’s own clinical practice. When working with clients the social worker needs to have a clear understanding of their selves in order to fully help the client to the best of their abilities. If the social worker fails to identify limitations based off of family-of-origin issues or personal issues then according to Sheafor and Horejsi (2012), “The self-awareness one develops refers to an accurate perception of…

graduate degree at Rutgers University School of Social Work is to break down barriers and obstacles that have been placed in front of me. I grew up in a non-tradition family so I never had an example of what life should be. My mother was a victim of domestic violence, my father was never around, and my siblings were both into the drug game. I will admit, not one person in my family finished high school and at a young age I knew I would have to be the one. Until one day I realized life is about…

fatality that draws attention from the press. The media then exploits said child abuse case and the case worker is usually blamed for the child’s outcome, no matter what their efforts were to help the child prior to his or her death. Despite a social worker’s best intentions, they are not always capable of properly caring for children in need. There’s no denying the rising issue of child abuse and domestic violence in the United States, for example, according to the Child Help Organization, “a…

struggle doing ‘normal’ activities like attending school. However, according to Department for Education 47.2% of cases are due to concerns of abuse or neglect attributed to risk factors such as parental mental illness, substance misuse, disability or domestic violence; problems which statistics frequently demonstrate compounds caregiver’s…

society, this inequality is present in the work place and home environments which increase the vulnerability that can lead to traumatic events to include domestic violence. Our literature focused on two organizational theories that applied to communities providing service to the population of women with trauma history as it relates to domestic violence. The theoretical perspectives that were presented in the text were human relations theories and feminist theory. We evaluated the social,…