International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Young men and women all over the country find themselves pondering the destiny of their lives. Some will leave for college, employment, or the few that will choose to serve our country and fight, if need be, for the freedom of this Country. For the ones who will be serving our country, there are many factors to take into consideration, regarding their social and mental development. Resiliency is a key component in the effectiveness of any military personnel, it is thought to be crucial in the…

services. Social workers are highly needed due to the amount of incoming patients and patients who will be discharger. Although I have other agencies I am interested in, I thought to seek an agency that my mother works at and get a closer look inside to see how they run their facility. Sara Kachor is a BSW at Heartland Health Care Center located in Fort Myers, Florida, which whom I did my interview with and discussed her views and duties on the daily. Kachor has been a social worker for…

social worker is a person with compassion, empathy, and sympathy working to help the well-being of people who are physically, mentally, or socially disadvantaged. A real social worker goes above and beyond always upholding the social worker code of ethics. This is the social worker I have embodied, one who incorporates the core values: service, social justice, integrity, and competence. One who understands to provide service to help individuals achieve their utmost potential. This social worker…

involves social work into the practice. Staff members work on teams that are comprised of social workers, attorneys, investigators and paralegals. The staff members on each team share the responsibility for every case. This dynamics allows the Legal Aid Society to best represent the clients on child protective cases, Person In Need of Supervision (PINS), and juvenile delinquency cases. JSU social workers have training in crisis intervention, systems advice, and court testimony. The JSU social…

Social Program Introduction The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is one of the United States Federal assistance programs. As the first word of the title states, TANF is aimed to provide the families in need with temporary assistance during their struggle of getting their life stable again. Throughout the country, TANF is often referred to as welfare. Families receiving TANF assistance might also have to deal with some stigma that comes with receiving TANF. Overall, TANF aims to…

versions of support to the victims. A social worker would be able to provide a list of counselors to the victims that would help them to vocally express and overcome their abuse. Informing the victim of support groups such as Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR) and Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) would also be helpful. Another way a social worker would be able to help is to provide the victim with a…

basic culture that exists within the field. Being able to understand that culture is different from one group of individuals to the next and that social workers must respect these differences enables these values to fit into the social work field. Kirst-Ashman states, “Some research indicates that the last three are generally held by social workers around the globe; however, the first is addressed…

Please consider my application for an internship, at Planned Parenthood Generation Action, in Raleigh, as advertised on your plannedparenthoodvolunteer.hire.com website. I will be graduating with an Associates in Criminal Justice in the fall of 2016. In my previous experience I dedicated to helping women that are experiencing difficulties in their lives. I was fortunate enough to have a 501c3 non-profit organization, in South Carolina. We built our organization around helping women. We…

behavior of others is taken into account. Social Action become RATIONAL when best means is used to achieve the end and it becomes INSTRUMENTAL when it is related to something’s function as a mean to the end (WEBER) Mary Richmond was the first social worker to use social action as a method in social work in 1922.She defines social action as “mass betterment through propaganda and social legislation”- (RICHMOND,1922).There are several stages of social action- 1. Research on the problem which…

a wide range of positions in multiple industries, but you will find most managers working for the government or a non-profit agency. The primary function of the manager is to monitor and oversee employees such as child case workers, probation officers, and other social workers who provide important community and social services to the public. The manager will ensure the smooth functioning of such social service programs. These programs often target specific demographic groups such as children,…