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The first quality that I think is critical in being an effective social worker is empathy. I think to care, and understand the needs of clients, empathy is essential. The second quality is the motivation to help clients with support and guidance. For instance, this involves participating in self-care to better serve clients. I also think that this consists of not giving up on a client, and staying proactive in helping the client change his or her behavior. The third quality that I think is…

Social work has evolved over time, and it has paved the way for the new generation of social workers. I believe that I have benefit from the evolution; I can accentuate that social work has more priorities in day to day practices. Combining field work and classroom work has made a significant change in the way I work. I have seen changes in my approach with clients. I am more aware of my transference and countertransference. I take time out to practice active listening and mindfulness. The…

part of the school’s boarding school program. All the students in the program were international students who lived in third world countries, except for one student who lived in the United States. Many of the international students came to the United States from Africa. However, there were a few students from Asia as well. From what I gathered, Building Bridges is a mentorship program that aims to help international high school students learn about…

The more and more I learn about the society around us, the more and more I begin to reflect and analyze my life and relationships with the people in my life. Relationships play a major in all of our lives. There are definite expectations that I require and hope to meet in my relationship with some. Currently, I am in a serious relationship. I am a very strong-headed person and require certain qualities and expect certain qualities out of someone. I have been in one serious relationship before…

SNEHA Foundation was started in Chennai on 14th April 1986 with their primary concern being prevention of suicide. It is a voluntary organization that values human life and feelings. SNEHA was started with the mission of extending unconditional support, warmth and understanding to people who are in crisis. In the stress- filled life, people have the need to talk to someone. Some problems are such that they are better off being told to a third person rather than to any of their own friends and…

Social Care Practice includes all professions whose goal is to help individuals conquer adversity related to physical, mental, environmental or lifestyle problems at any point in their lives. It involves a team of staff - both professional and non-professional - who support individuals in need of assistance, living in the community and in residential care. Social care is divided into child and adult services. Adult social care is the most rapidly growing portion of the sector and it is most…

ORIGIN OF SELF HELP GROUPS, PERFORMANCE AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION By R.BHAKTHER SOLOMON Development Consultant Introduction: In 1970 Paulo Freire in his book “Pedagogy of the Oppressed” used “Conscientization” as a Consciousness raising process to organise the poor. It is a popular social and education concept. Development professionals took a cue from this and thus came the principles of Education, Organisation, and Mobilisation as a strategy to empower the poor. Based on the local…

TInterdependence is term used to describe a relationship where two or more things are dependent on each other. Interdependence is a phenomenon that many scholars of humanities and the social sciences explore when mapping out social relationships and hierarchies. Taking a critical disability studies perspective, the livelihood of all persons is paramount and social interdependence will be a focus point. Social interdependence theorists have created three processes by which social interdependence…

According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, a homeless youth is one who is “under the age of 18 who lack parental, foster, or institutional care.” (National Coalition for the Homeless, 2008) Our youth are very valuable to how our nation will turn out. With that being said, one would think that the numbers of homeless youths would be low. However, this is sadly not the case. These kids are faced with many difficulties for being homeless, one of the biggest being education. Homelessness…

Principles Human Rights and Dignity. Human Rights and Dignity is the first principal listed in the Ethics of Social Work, Statement of Principles. Social work is based on “respect for the inherent worth and dignity of all people, and the rights that follow this” (IASSW & IFSW, 2004). The first principal of respecting the right to self-determination (4.1.1) states that a social worker should respect and encourage people’s right to make their own choices and decisions. (4.1.2) is the principal of…