International Federation of Social Workers

At my agency at the Department of Health and Human Services in Roscommon as a foster care/CPS intern I am able to engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. DHHS is able to help and assist vulnerable children in the community and in the surrounding communities so I am able to assist with cases that require me to engage in all of these aspects. One task that I am able to perform for my agency independently is conducting guardianship reviews at the client’s home.…

In spite of being dissatisfied with the humanistic approach and becoming fully aware that the spiritual dimension of the human psyche was left out, Abraham Maslow, Anthony Sutich, and Stanislav Gorf came together to create the transpersonal perspective (Cowley & Derezotes, 1994). According to Cowley and Derezotes (1994), “The Transpersonal theory was developed to challenge the traditional views of Western psychologies that hold self-actualization as the highest goal of human development”…

In the NASW Code of Ethics is the core of social workers work ethic. A social workers job and responsibility are to enforce: The Ethical Principles which are the six core values. Service- Assist people who need assistance, and addressing social problems they are experiencing. To encourage social workers to volunteer their skills and knowledge, and do Pro Bono Services for the client who needs the service. Example: Pro Bono services is when services are provided to a client from a clinician…

1. Metropolitan Vison – Values and polices: To provide the services needed to strengthen communities certain values and polices must be present. Maintaining polices while striving for excellence fundamentally depends on the set values. Values strengthens the ability to solve solutions and challenge policies. Values are important because they allow meanings to be applied to help understand the purposes in life. Values are the fundamental tools to reform a region. Equity and diversity underlie…

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA My undergraduate studies in Pastoral care covered Advanced Pastoral Care and Helping Skills, Clinical Pastoral Education Level 1, Clinical Pastoral Education Level 2, Advanced Pastoral Care and Helping Skills, Pastoral Responses to Mental Health Issues, Pastoral Care in Loss, Pastoral Care of The Family, Pastoral Care and issues in Ageing My experience working at Peter Mac in Melbourne in Pastoral care was very diverse in care.Pastoral Care draws on respect, trust and…

issues that will require organizing, facilitating and advocacy to bring some change in community functioning. The roles of organizer “work with people to arrange harmonious or united action”. (Hannis. D and Brown D.J 2012). Therefore, my role as a social worker of this community I have to involve in…

yourself personally and professionally? As social worker, I have learnt that I am a friendly and appreciative person who accepts the inherent differences among people and the need to overlook such inherent differences and focus on the values of the individual in question. As much as it is not easy, my efforts as a social worker are directed towards friendliness and making people feel loved (Spencer, 2008, p. 101). I understand that most of the people in need of social services often want to feel…

Groups are vital to society because they from a cohesive bond for those who seek to be a part of a common thread. And in today's society groups consist of mostly everything a person can think of as far as genres are concerned. One such group that I belong to could be considered a sub-group under the umbrella of recovery groups. This group is a place folks can go to get help for ways to address hurts, habits, and hangups. A group that I not only belong to, but help to lead and teach. This…

Committed, Generous, Supportive these are words describing volunteering. Volunteering to me is a person who loves to help other people, they aren't selfish but determined to make a change in the community. In fact if you want to hear about a place you can keep reading. The founder of the establishment is Anna Marie Hackett, she came up with the idea. The purpose of this establishment is because they saw a need to help the elderly. The audience they hold is the elderly. If you would like to…

are create strong connections with my target audience by being authenticity to my value, moral, and belief. The reason why authenticity is important to my self-branding because I want to be a Television production who create content that focus on social justice, issues within society that minorities faces on the daily basis, and that give minority opportunity to tell their story since Hollywood have a huge problem with diversity in their film and television show. My second element of self-…