The Work

I believe there is one example of how I have aligned the values and ethics of the social work profession to a practice life experience. This past summer I was a camp counselor at Dickson Valley Camp. It was such a great experience because I got to work with children. One thing I love about camp is that the children have the opportunity to not only learn activity skills like swimming, climbing, and archery, but they get to learn about life skills like patience, creativity, and compassion. During…

worker has been given to work with the client (Bogo, 2006). It is also important to distinguish between the…

When you practice social work with vulnerable clients, you must guide your practice using the mission and values of the profession. These two items help inform your practice and provide you with a structure for how to engage clients and the community. Strengthening the impact of Walden curricula to educate agents of social change. As social worker we are social change because we will help other change. Code in which, is designed to help social workers identify relevant considerations The…

very similar to what I will be encountering as a Marriage and Family therapist. I interviewed her for 2 hours and the paper took 3 hours to write, revise, and edit. Social Work Interview I chose to interview my sister, Brittany, who graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. Although my major is Marriage and Family, I chose to interview my sister because her job and my future career have many similarities. The main goal for both of these…

Values and Ethics Social work is synonymous with values and ethics. The role of a social work professional divided between two levels of service. The macro level, which strives to create an ideal environment for individuals, and the micro level, that attempts to help individuals in their environment (Van Wormer & Besthorn, 2013). The values and ethics of social work professionals create the framework of the field of social work and it is imperative that the upmost standard is held by this…

2014 10:00 Essay 2 Work Ethic Work ethic is defined by Dictionary.com as a belief in the moral benefit and importance of work and its inherent ability to strengthen character. The decision to have a good work ethic starts with the want to succeed and reach a goal. One’s attitude and mindset determine everything when having a good work ethic. The amount of exertion along with the value of quality will decide how far a person will go in achieving their goal. Developing a strong work ethic to…

and family life. Incorporated knowledge about the ‘work-family interface’ is needed to address the complexities between work and family life. Donna E. Palladino Schulttheiss gives attention to four avenues of this topic: the meaning of work embedded in people’s lives, multiple life roles, work and family navigation, and supportive family systems. She explains, work can have varying emotions attached, some people feel a sense of belonging at work, others can feel estranged and rejected. It is…

workers is as presented in the book? The debate around the professional identity of social workers is clinical social work practice vs. social services social work. According to the authors (Specht & Courtney, 1994) “This 1919 shift to psychiatry was the significant intellectual choice of the century for social work as a profession”. (p. 21). The authors believe that social work practitioners need to shift their practice towards serving the community in a social service environment. There is a…

Illogical Argument The profession of social work has lost its focus and will soon be indiscernible from other helping vocations such as psychologists. Specht & Courtney (1995) contend just this and note it is often hard to delineate the differences between a social worker and a “faith healer” these days (p. 2). The profession as a whole needs to remember its history and work towards realigning its values to ensure compliance with the genesis of social work ethos. Some feel the blame lies…

Social Work is needed in Society The hero without the cape, the man or women helping you have a future and be in a healthy environment. The person who checks on you weekly at any time you need them to talk. This person’s job is to help you become what you want to be. A citizen may ask, who is this person? This job, this person, that does all of this is a social worker. All things have a beginning, and most things have begun because there was a problem that needed to be solved. Social work…