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Introduction Many working Americans have a full schedule that includes: work deadlines, professional development activities, family obligations and social events. All these undertakings often leave little time for self-care, including a full night’s sleep. Consequently, there is a body of evidence that indicates that sleep quality can have a negative impact on an individual’s subjective well-being (Hamilton et al, 2007; Lemola, Ledermann, & Friedman, 2013). One way to improve one’s subjective…

The Mid-Hudson Valley is a place experiencing demographic, economic and educational changes, thus marginalizing their immediate communities. Offering services to focus on the issues that affect the characteristics of societies is done through different means. Specifically, the five arts organizations in this study established themselves as agents of change to address the existent disparity in their communities. Art is the language these leaders and their organization use to cultivate a…

It is with great pleasure that I submit my application for the University College Graduate Assistantship position. As both a Graduate Assistant for Southern Illinois University- Carbondale’s Residence Life and a Summer Bridge Program Event Coordinator for William Rainey Harper College, I gained hands-on experience with new student recruitment programs, student success and retention programs, staff selection and training, program development and leadership development. While working as a Summer…

The social work profession has played a significant role in my life through various experiences both personal and professional. Through highly diverse environments, I have witnessed the transformative power social work delivers to this world. These encounters encouraged me to wholeheartedly empower those who are vulnerable, oppressed, and impoverished. My abilities to generate solutions in the face of adversity, empathize with those from multiple backgrounds and embody an indestructible…

Ann Wilcock vision of the world is which the occupational nature of people is recognized in a just and equitable way. She talks about occupational justice and how it meets the different occupational interests and needs of a person’s interests of the community. Her view of occupational utopia is where an individual encompass, inspires and permits all people to reach their full potential within the community. This always the individual to be healthy, self-determining, supportive and innocuous.…

Although each branch of practice has sets of skills that pertain to it, an important part of social work practice is to be able to adapt skills to competently work with clients of special populations. One of those special populations is immigrants. When it comes to working with immigrants it is important to be aware of how to adapt practice skills to work with clients because of factors such as possible language barriers and different cultural norms. In micro practice with immigrants it is…

I chose USC School of Social Work because the university is the best fit for my personal and professional needs. The curriculum and the field placement opportunities caters to my interests and my learning styles. I look forward to the social work program because it provides you with theoretical practice as well as real-world experience. Compared to other universities that I considered applying to, other programs first academic year was structured around the classroom and I am excited that with…

How can social workers maintain their health and integrity when dealing with this very real stress in the workplace? In relation to maintaining good health and integrity at a workplace composed of stressful dilemmas; social workers can rely on their strength of resiliency. In other words, based on class discussions from the human behavioral in the social environment one (HBSE 1) course one from the previous semester; social workers can maintain good healthy during stressful times by reflecting…

Social workers use countless theories in their areas of practice. These theories attempt to explain human behavior, relationships and social issues. A theory is a logical system of concepts that helps to explain why something happens in a particular way and to predict outcomes. By grounding their practice in theory, social workers can better understand his or her own task, orient goal setting, and anticipate outcomes. Two theories will be discussed in this paper. The first theory being the…

Group Leadership Activity & Summary Handout Caitlin Underwood and Sarah Streeval General Info: Authors of Activity: Caitlin Underwood and Sarah Streeval Official name of the activity: Group Mandala Project Theory: Existentialism is a process of evaluating and simultaneously releasing and incorporating objects and events in life’s quest for meaning. The group mandala can be used to help individuals find meaning by allowing them to reflect on various aspects of their lives that make them who they…