Domestic worker

Domestic violence is in this situation were an employee suffers an assault on the job, which was the case in the study. An effective measure of how to deal with situations like this should be set-up by the Human Resource (HR) department. Policy and procedures are guidelines that the Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA) administrators instruct the HR office to compliant with. The OSHA division is a regulatory agency that mandates that all business provide a safe and hazard free work…

The mission of Safe Harbor is dedicated to eliminating domestic violence through prevention, education, and intervention. I really enjoyed the time that I served there doing my 30 hours of volunteer work. They really made me feel needed and welcome by all the staff and clients. I decided, however, that I think I would be capable of a career in this field. Just in the small amount of time that I volunteered there, my heart tells me this is a field of social work that I would love to be in. I…

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) defines domestic violence as “the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence, and emotional abuse” (NCADV, 2007). As a group, we chose to create a support group for victims, survivors, and their families to attend…

It has always been difficult for me to understand how domestic violence could invade close familial relationships. In my upbringing, although there was some level of dysfunction, I was always surrounded by an abundance of love and respect. I believe that domestic violence is rooted in some level of dysfunction from someone’s past, an unstable present, and apprehension for the future. These were my observations in Angela’s story. The abuser had serious dysfunction in his history. He suffered…

Feeling helpless. Women begin to display passivity, submissiveness, dependency, and the inability to think or make decisions after constant abuse. These characteristics are more like defense mechanisms to stay alive (Wilson, 2014). The Effect of Domestic Violence on Physical and Mental…

agonized cries for help from families experiencing domestic abuse, which in turn has resulted in many fatal cases and the additional emotional and physical human collateral that accompanies it. However, this may be avoided if all claims were taken seriously and law enforcement responded as if the call was a priority. To reduce the aforementioned human collateral associated with fatal domestic violence, the actions of the police officers and emergency workers must more effectively match the…

Interview Purpose In the film, “Social Worker Home Visit with Ms. Smith: Family Engagement”, the social worker interviewed client Grace at her home because Children's Services received a called about her daughter Lauren. The social worker explained the reason for the home visit and to discuss some concerns involving Lauren. The interview purpose was the concerns of Lauren’s child development. Grace said her DSS worker Michelle was worried because Lauren, who is a 4-year old is sill drinking…

Mayor’s Walk Against Domestic Violence. With Palmetto Place being on the micro level, and the walk being on the macro level, I was able to broaden my experience level. Through volunteering at Palmetto Place, I was able to expand my cultural competence for children in foster care, practice skills such as empathetic responding, connect my experience to the NASW Code of Ethics, and contribute to the mission statement of the organization. Through the Mayor’s Walk Against Domestic Violence, I was…

Organizational Societies and Settlement Houses, social workers have been tasked with providing services to people from a diverse community in which there could be differences in cultural backgrounds, lifestyle choices, and coping styles. As a practitioner, it is our job to be impartial, nonjudgmental, and objective when intervening with clients. As a woman who believes in equal opportunity for women and seeks to decrease gender-related violence in our homes, domestic violence is an arena that…

groups, organizations, and communities” (Kirst-Ashman, 2014, p. 29). As generalist social workers, one of the major goals is to understand human diversity and how certain socio-demographic characteristics place diverse groups at-risk of discrimination, oppression, and exclusion in the micro social environment. Generalist social worker’s professional response to women who experienced trauma as a result of domestic violence is ultimately to provide empowerment; to strive…