The Work

Fighting poverty is obviously a very important part of the social work profession. The first line of the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics’ preamble reads “The primary mission of the social work profession is to enhance human well-being…with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty (“Code of Ethics,” 2008). Thus many of a social worker’s effort is directed at fighting poverty. However more effort is…

An additional concept of family subsystems that social workers should be aware of is triangulations. Triangulation is a two-person subsystem under stress and unstable who recruits a third person, usually a child, to act as a go-between. For example, when parents fight a child might choose a side or when parents are in dispute and the child steps in and diverts the parental anger onto himself or herself (Collins, 2013, p. 92) The last key concept social workers need to be aware of is a family…

I contributed a great amount of effort throughout this project. Throughout this semester, I have contributed to this project in group meetings and working on the project in my free time. A requirement that each group has was to have two mandatory work meetings. By the end of the semester, me group has met a total of four times. In the first meeting, I contributed by researching different topics we could do for the presentation. We knew we weren’t limited to a certain category, so we created a…

takes professionalism. Professionalism is defined as person qualified for a position. In social work you have to be qualified to help people (Competence: social workers practice within their area of competence and develop and enhance their professional expertise) therefore you have to be a professional. Social Workers have to know that they are doing in order to do it. Many people go into to social work with a good foundation for becoming a professional. This good foundation was created by their…

Once the ACA was implemented, it affected millions of individuals, particularly those individuals who seek help through social work agencies. Additionally, this can cause a negative or positive outcome among clients. Without adequate care many of these individuals will be forced to alter their plans, causing even more stress among social workers. Once again, this changes the course of many of these individuals’ lives, while also further exploiting them. In a positive light, many of these clients…

Boundaries Within social work, professionalism is key in earning the respect of your clients and forming a firm foundation of the context of your relationship. These boundaries reflect upon what not only your clients expect from you as a case worker, but how they as the clients should treat you. Moreover, if you do not exemplify these ideals then clients have the ability to take advantage of you. They could in turn rely on you too heavily and expect you to do things that goes above and beyond…

was just like me, who couldn’t help the circumstances that they were born in. I didn’t know that social work would later become my passion, but if it’s one thing that these situations sparked in me is a passion to help people make their lives better, I wanted to make it my mission just like my school social worker to show a different path. A better one. One of the reasons why I choose social work as my major is because I feel like I can relate. I know what it’s like to be born into a life that…

Advocacy in Social Work: Championing Support for Homeless Teens at Risk for Contracting HIV/AIDS There are many groups in our society who need the championing efforts of dedicated social workers to assist them with meeting their needs, reaching their goals and manifesting their highest possible potential. Few are so radically marginalized as homeless youth. This population is considered to be highly vulnerable because they lack so much more than their mature counterparts. In order for social…

Groups are formed when individuals have a common interest, view, goal, or purpose. While these similarities draw them together, overtime Groupthink can take over and potentially cause issues in the group, and beyond. Groupthink can be described as having a one-track mindset in accordance with the group, simply being a follower. With fear of being ostracized by individual thoughts that differ from the group, Groupthink causes members to remain silent and follow the majority opinion, even if it is…

possibly suggests GPs have an ageist attitude (Wilkinson, 2009). Section 8 of The Equality Act, however, states providing professionals ‘objectively justify’ decisions, their actions are upheld. Anti-discriminatory practice is a core value within social work, yet it disregards situations presenting through legal guidelines as they direct intervention and constitutes part of their obligation. Likewise maintaining personal wellbeing is an integral part of practice, but prioritising severity…