International Federation of Social Workers

1. Communication knowledge Relationship with job: As a residential advisor, the main work is communicating with residents. It’s difficult to be a good residential advisor without communication knowledge. Points: 20%. Communication knowledge is one of the most important knowledge for a Residential Advisor. With good communication knowledge, the Residential advisor can know residents more about their life, the relationship between the Residential Advisor and residents can be closer. Residents are…

imperative since it's one of the fundamental approaches to convey and communicate with other individuals around us. Dialect reflects character it uncovers our identity both personally and socially. In Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan, Tan talks about the social battles she encountered through her mom, and her combat of identity in her written work. In the article If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? James Baldwin attempted to clarify that despite the fact that individuals may talk…

Leadership roles of the FNP/DNP Leadership This reflection will explore the leadership roles of FNP-DNP as related to cultural competency, social justice, health care disparities and ethical decision making. Chism (2016), “Leadership implies accompaniment and compassion, and management implies control through supervision” (p. 66). Zaccagnini and White (2017), categorize five traits of the DNP/FNP leader as follows: Be a role model, create a shared vision, challenge of the status quo, enable…

Social justice is one of these; they look at issues like equality, peace, freedom as well as stewardship which is helping people feel like they belong, they encourage contribution to your communities and also want to make things last. They focus on the feeling…

Reflective practice in Social Care is essential to continuous professional development. “Continuous professional development rests on our ability and willingness to adopt a reflective approach, to think creatively and critically about our work.” (Thompson, 2015) It is extremely important in terms of understanding where things went wrong, how it affected the worker and the service user. Reflective practice helps teach us ways to improve on aspects of our lives that affect us as well as how our…

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is an acquisition skill to recognise and reduce emotional tension, developing empathy and compassion for others, establishing positive relationships and also, to manage challenging situations in a more constructive and ethical manner. There are five social-emotional competencies (SECs); self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management and responsible decision-making. I have learnt that self-awareness and social awareness play a major…

beneficial for your community but also because taking part and volunteering teaches us comparison and understanding. We too are able to get exposure to certain things and gain knowledge and some experience from community service. 2.Social issue. A very common social issue is the abandonment of children , which is when a parent or guardian physically deserts a child with no regard about the child's welfare, health or safety with a purpose of abandons the child . In some cases it could be when a…

essay is too critically evaluate the impact of Social Work involvement in the lives of service users when undertaking direct work (DW) and the barriers that are presented to social workers. In order to achieve this, this essay will look briefly at the historical context of direct work, policies and regulation underpinning the importance of DW, barriers to overcome, the impact of DW and its future in Social work. The findings will then be summarised. “Social Work is socially constructed through…

If I was the supervisor of three-five students, I would be sure that patients are aware that their social worker was in fact, a student. I would address this right away in the informed consent when a new patient would come in. This would be done by informing the patient that although they will be receiving the proper care needed, their social worker is still a student. If the patient has any questions about what this means in regards to the service they will receive, they…

Currently, the initial visit would involve the social worker ascertaining five principles of capacity of the older person included in the Mental Capacity Act (2005), unless ‘it is established he lacks capacity’ (Mental Capacity Act 2005 c9 p1 s1 (2)). This is in conjunction with the Care Act (2014), which states that support would be via ‘any person whom the adult asks the authority to involve or, where the adult lacks capacity to ask the authority to do that, any person who appears to the…