Social work

#1: Social Work and Systems Theory Social Work as a concept and a career is simple, yet difficult to define. Social work has grown and developed from the seed that is envelops social issues in our society. As Robbins, Chatterjee, and Canda state in Contemporary Human Behavior Theory (2012), defined situations within society have dictated the need for social work and advocates to speak on behalf of those who are unable to speak for themselves. From the inception of its career, social work has…

Given the chance to further my education in social work is of great importance to me. My focus as an undergrad has always been with an eye toward graduate school and a career as a professional social worker. Having gained lifelong knowledge and skills for achieving my bachelors of social work, it is a necessity to continue learning as much as I can. Furthermore, I am looking for increased opportunities to learn the required skills to enable me to work with people supporting them and making a…

Mid-Term “The work culture used because it implies the integrated pattern of human behavior that includes thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of a racial ethnic, religious, or social group.”(NASW,200b,p.61) The social work practice has to be very knowledgeable in my opinion in cultural competence in better understanding the specific culture, language, social and economic nuances of those particular groups of society. This would look into the social role…

Introduction Social work is a helping profession, whether a social worker is working one on one with a consumer recovering from a mental break, working to change policy at the governmental level or comforting someone who is suffering from a loss, helping is what social workers do (Robbins, Chatterjee & Canda, 2006). A social work practice also requires keen skills in activities like; advocating, educating, linking, managing, organizing and problem solving (Swenson, 1998). These skills are the…

The social issues I care most about are gender, and racial injustices. More specifically, I care about ending the discrimination, racism, and sexism that occurs in society. I think that these issues are more covert, and institutional. Racism and sexism exist in hiring practices, housing, education, and in politics. In addition, I think these issues have been apparent with the election. For example, Donald Trump and his supporters have demonstrated racial biases towards many minorities in this…

family, gatekeepers, in home service workers, Department of Child Services and even possibly school in order to form the best therapeutic plan of action for the client. All these different systems have an effect on the client and they all attempt to work together for the client. Each of these systems interacts with the client in a unique way and is a building block to the foundation of their life. If one of those systems is not functioning properly then the foundation for the client could…

his parent’s actions he might be of Christian background. Values The client has many values in the beginning, but as time goes on he slowly looses his set values, and is willing to throw out his values if needed to help him reach his goal. Social Work Values The…

staff and volunteers. Working with Mcgladrey is a receptionist who books their appointments, and while I was in the waiting room provided information to a new to Nanaimo resident on which doctors who were taking new patients. They also have 3 retired social workers, 1 retired nurse, the retired lead of the Seniors Outreach Mental Health team and some paralegals. Previously the province had provided them with lawyers who volunteered their time, unfortunately this is no longer an accessible…

b. Personally, I think the way social workers providing services should depend on the types of clients we are working with. Working with children is different with working with elderly. Even though both groups demand special care, elderly do not like to be treated as children. Before I started my field placemen at the ELC, I believe that in order to work with children, one should be patient and really love kids. The working experience proved my views were correct. All the staffs in the ELC were…

I believe the social work profession consist of a coalition of individuals who are dedicated to a particular cause. The social work profession is implemented solely through the core values. Social workers join the profession with aspirations to create positive changes in conglomeration with core values to uphold the highest standards. Generally, the social work profession appeals to the interests of persons, who are subjected to life experiences or witness negative environmental factors in…