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Empowerment, And, Authority And Opportunity
Empowerment is based on the idea that giving employees skills, resources, authority and
opportunity, as well as holding them responsible for their own actions, will contribute to their
competence and satisfaction. ' http://mystarjob.com/articles/story.aspx?file (last accessed 3/12/13)
Within my placement I need to focus on working with service users in order to engage them in the
care they are receiving, where it is safe and possible to do so. An example of this can be shown
through dealing with a resident who has lost their sight due to an illness; consequently I would
describe the clothing in their wardrobe and allow them to make their own decisions on what they
would like to wear. I could also let them feel their clothing and visualise it as this would allow them
to gain their own independence. In working with a client like this I seek to empower them and help
them make informed choices by being an active participant in their care. ˜Empowerment is linked
with anti–oppressive practice, in that the social worker can work with service users to enable them
to overcome barriers to solving problems. The social worker 's knowledge of service provision and
the law can be critical in empowering service users. Anti–oppressive practice is ˜about a process of
change which leads (service users) from feeling powerless to powerful ' (Dalrymple and Burke,
1995) 'http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource (last accessed 3/12/13) Social workers have their
own legislation to follow– the niscc
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Social Work : The Health And Care Professional Council
The profession I am going to base this essay on is Social Work. The standards that this line of work
follows are set by the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC). Social workers have to follow
these standards so they can provide the best possible care and enable the HCPC to see where
improvements are needed to prevent serious issues from arising. Social workers have to follow a
number of different acts as part of their job, these are learnt when they complete the initial training.
It is compulsory for social workers to complete a certain amount of hours of training each year; this
is to ensure they are kept up to date on all the standards and changed in procedures and also to make
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This was a big stepping stone within the development of social work standards because it "led to the
beginning of the certificate for social work and the Council for Training in social work." All social
workers must have a degree in social work that is approved by the HCPC.
The current standards for social work are set by the HCPC, the last time these were update was 1st
August 2012, and all those who are a registered social worker must follow these standard to
continue working in this sector. Previously the standards have been updated due to serious social
work failing that have been broadcasted in the media. An example of this would the Baby P case,
during 2006/2007 a young was a victim of domestic violence. On several occasions Peter was taken
to hospital with bruises and swelling on his face, however not enough was done by both the social
workers and hospital staff to identify the domestic abuse. According to an article written by BBC,
the mother of the child had been arrested twice because there were evidence of abuse and Peter had
been taken away from his mother and Mr Barker on two separate occasions. Baby Peter was given
back to the couple on both occasions and was later killed by his mother and partner. This case is
well known within society due to the Medias articles on the health practitioner's failings. From this
source is says the social workers were blamed for the majority of the failings that occurred, this was
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The Job Role Of A Social Worker
a) Analyse the job role in relation to your patient. What exactly will they do and why?
Social work was developed out of caring, kind, thoughtful, and gentle morals and the ideals of a
social worker are centred on high regard for the fairness, equality and worth of all people (British
Association of Social Work code of ethics (BASW). The main objective of a social worker has been
to make sure that their clients' needs are met and their potential developed. This is supported by the
British Association of Social Work (BASW) who state:
"The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and
the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well–being. Utilising theories of human
behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their
environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work".
Social Work is very complex this is evident through the wide varieties of social groups that a social
worker works with including children and families, Foster carers and adopters, refugees and asylum
seekers, oppressed people, homeless people, the elderly, people with disabilities, young offenders
and drug, alcohol and other substance abusers.
Every given situation makes each case you get unique and often you get into positions and
circumstances that you have never been or dealt with before, particularly if you are newly qualified.
As a social worker you are always
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The Sixties Scoop in Canada
Critical Social Work
School of Social Work University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ont. Canada N9B 3P4
Email: cswedit@uwindsor.ca Website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/
Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information can be found at:
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Critical Social Work, 2010 Vol. 11 o. 1 11,
Online publication date: May 2010
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Unfamiliar with extended family child–rearing practices and communal values, government social
service workers attempted to 'rescue' children from their Aboriginal families and communities,
devastating children's lives and furthering the destitution of many families. Culture and ethnicity
were not taken into consideration as it was assumed that the child, being pliable, would take on the
heritage and culture of the foster/adoptive parents (Armitage, 1995). The forced removal of children
and youth from their Native communities has been linked with social problems such as "high
suicide rate, sexual exploitation, substance use and abuse, poverty, low educational achievement and
chronic unemployment" (Lavell–Harvard and Lavell, 2006, p.144). Newly designated funds from
the federal to the provincial governments were "the primary catalysts for state involvement in the
well–being of Aboriginal children...as Ottawa guaranteed payment for each child apprehended"
(Lavell–Harvard and Lavell, 2006, p.145). Exporting Aboriginal children to the United States was
common practice. Private American adoption agencies paid Canadian child welfare services $5,000
to $10,000 per child (LavellHarvard and Lavell, 2006). These agencies rarely went beyond
confirming the applicant's ability to pay, resulting in minimal screening and monitoring of foster or
adoptive parents (Fournier and
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Critical Theories In Social Work Practice
Critical theories are useful to social work practice as they provide a theoretical basis for assessing a
client within their environment by recognizing how social and political structures and processes can
be oppressive or biased. The emphasis on 'pursuit of freedom and empowerment of humanity,
accompanied by a critique of dominant capitalistic structures and their impacts on social life',
symbolizes the central tenets of critical theory (Brookfield, 2005, p. 24). This suggests individuals
do have 'power and control over their lives in order to obtain and use the resources necessary for
positive growth and development, which can be achieved through individual and collective
strategies' (Adams, 2008, pg. 110). In considering Frank's case, he ... Show more content on
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It is used to promote normative goals and lacks any criticism of its own goals. It suffers from several
fundamental weaknesses. Critical theory is based on the notion that a person's problems are
determined by social and structural realities than personal problems. It clearly focuses on
prioritizing the problems that are of social and structural realities, then of individual problems. This
would suggest that Frank may be considered as the problem in this case study (complaining about
his dementia roommates, arguing loudly with residents and staff); when he is not. The presenting
issue is, Frank wants to go home, but, his family and doctor are against the idea. The primary focus
of critical theory is centered on overall change, rather than individual clients. Critical theory
prioritizes disability and that can be seen as barriers to the environment and society. Frank suffering
from dementia would be treated as a priority and his doctor and family could see this as a hindrance.
This can be considered as a negative impact of critical theory by the
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Social Work Practice In Mental Health Critical Analysis
The two readings that I have chosen are 'social work in health care: an international perspective' by
Pockett and 'social work practice in mental health' by Bland. Both readings interpret about mental
health. The context from these both readings has influenced me to choose them because I found it
interesting how Bland wanted to communicate about mental illness through telling a personal lived
experience story; this provided first–hand about the challenges and suffering of having a mental
illness. It gave me a more insight about how social work might look like in mental health as I began
to imagine what it would be like working with a client in mental health and the reading by Pockett
made me acknowledge and reaffirm my values in mental health
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Working in Partnership Essay
St. Patrick's College London HND Health and Social Care Management Working in Partnership in
Health and Social Care Lecturer: Dr. Umesh Prasad CONTENTS PAGE
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................p. 3 LO1 Understand partnership
philosophies and relationships in health and social care services
1.1...............................................................................................pp. 3–4
1.2...............................................................................................pp. 4–5 LO2 Understand how to
promote positive partnership working with users of services, professionals and organisations in
health and social care services 2.1...............................................................................................pp. 6–
7 2.2...............................................................................................pp. 7–8
2.3...............................................................................................p. 8 LO3 Be able to evaluate the
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Finally, power sharing is seen as 'sharing of government responsibility and political co–operation
between the two partners' (Gottlieb et al., 2005, p. 8). Specifically, among health and social care
service professionals and providers, power sharing may be the prerequisite factor to develop a
collaborative partnership relationship. For instance, when two different professionals, such as carers
and nurses, work together in a team as a form of partnership work, certain responsibilities in
professional conduct or perspectives could differ from each other. In this case, these two different
parties should reach to an agreement of shared objectives within the team in relation to work
delegation balancing the possession of power, and be open to constructive feedback and ideas
through developing a frank partnership relationship (Department of Health (DH), 2004). There are
three different levels of partnership relationships, which are firstly, between the service users and
service providers, secondly, among the health care and social care service professionals, and thirdly,
among the health and social care organisations. In the case of the service user – provider partnership
relationship, there are several factors to consider in order achieving positive outcomes,
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Analysis Of The Article 'The Deconstruction Of...
As Sellick, Delaney & Brownlee state in the article The deconstruction of Professional Knowledge:
Accountability without Authority as social workers we need to be accountable for what we do and a
say to service users, and they mention that if we are not able to critique and deconstruct our own
knowledge we are not able to pass it on to others. We need to be able to see how it is problematic,
and make sure that it is not associated with domination and control, if it is then we are doing the
exact same thing as society has done to service users as we try and put them in the "other" category
and make them feel less worthy. We must show that we are non–threating in a sense and that we do
not want to be too authoritative where and individual just see you as another person who is
perpetuating the power relations on to them (2002). This also fits into the article The contours of
Anti–Black Racism: Engaging Anti–Oppression from Embodied Spaces as it relates to the same
message with knowing that anti–oppressive practice is completely different and everyone goes
about it different and puts their own spin on things but the main thing we need to understand that it
is always going to be different. We must always do a critical–reflection and make sure that we are
not imposing our views and beliefs onto others, and we should always be willing to critique our own
practice to improve it, in anyway we can and making sure those power relations are not there
(Kumsa et al.,2014). Sellick et al.
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Advocacy In Health And Social Care
Drawing on your current and previous social care experience, theoretical perspectives and
knowledge acquired through the DPP2 module, present a discussion of your understanding of these
concepts and, their relevance to your own developing professional practice.
This assignment will examine the concepts of Advocacy, Partnership Working and Empowerment. It
will firstly describe the three concepts individually and then, in order to examine the topic in more
depth, scrutinise how the concepts link and are relevant to each other. The complexities and tensions
regarding these connections and how these may impact on service users, social workers and social
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'Advocacy signals the necessity to validate the experience of clients and patients and ensure that
their rights, wishes and needs are met' (Adams et al, 2002, p.207). Social Work should not focus on
the service users presumed inadequacies but to the barriers which are placed in the way of them
taking control of their lives. The focus should be shifted from charity and sympathy to advocacy and
rights (Thompson, 2001) In order for advocacy to be a justifiable part of social work, it is essential
that the professional feels confident in the role and that adequate training and support have been
provided by the agency (Trevithick, 2002). Some professionals do not have the confidence or the
correct knowledge around the subject in order to advocate on a service users behalf and this can be
detrimental to the process (Braye and Preston–Shoot, 1998). There can be a danger when a
professional advocates for a client, that the client is disempowered by the process. This can be
because the professional has taken over the situation and the client has lost the chance to learn to
empower themselves, so it is essential that adequate and thorough training is provided in order to
train workers who deal in advocacy (Dalyramble and Burke, 2003). Like other social work skills,
Advocacy is a skill which can be learnt and which can be developed over time through experience
and resulting confidence. Partnership Working
There are two forms of partnership working, one being
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Biestek's Seven Points Of Traditional Social Work Principles
In late 1950s, Biestek (Clifford & Burke, 2009) developed traditional values based on his religious
beliefs as a priest. Biestek constructed seven points of traditional social work principles. These are
as follows: 1. Individualisation of Every Person – treating people as individuals; 2. Purposeful
Expression of Feelings – allows individuals to freely voice their thoughts and express their feelings;
3. Controlled Emotional Involvement – showing empathy and professional interest; 4.
Unconditional Acceptance of Individuals – promotes equal citizenship, the individual is accepted for
who they are not by their personal circumstance; 5. Non–judgemental Attitude – respecting
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Social workers have regular supervisions where individuals are discussed and information about
them can be used for or against them, e.g. in court. Biestek's principles can promote false sense of
hope and security to the vulnerable individuals who believe in the meaning of confidentiality.
Biestek saw the need for the principles to be developed. He offered his grounded religious beliefs to
guide social workers' professional behaviour in their daily practice.
Thompson (Thompson, 2012) introduced modern emancipatory principles and they are as follows:
de–individualisation, equality, social justice, partnership, citizenship, empowerment and
authenticity. Thompson believes that there is a uniqueness about human beings. Human beings are
not just individuals as they belong to and can fit in various groups. One person can be belong to
different groups and categories. An example of one person belonging to different groups can be a
female who is a daughter, a wife and a mother. She may be of Christian faith and she may have a
mental health illness. Thompson believes that human needs, problems and solutions are shaped by
different circumstances. He recognises inequalities in society and believes that social workers
should not treat every individual the same but treat individuals based on their personal
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The Impact Of Social Worker On Contemporary Society
The role of a Social Worker in contemporary society has become a hot potato in today 's social and
political world. The speech presented by Michael Gove at the launch of the fast–track Social Work
training programme 'Frontline ', proposes the age old debate surrounding the purpose of Social
Workers. Gove (2013) addresses Social Workers to stop viewing individuals they work with as
'victims of social injustice ', suggesting this 'robs individuals of their power of agency ' (Gove,
2013). All causation of behaviour is reduced to simply personal factors such as 'substance abuse,
domestic violence and personal irresponsibility '; renouncing any possibility of economic and
structural influences (Gove, 2013). This approach to Social Work has been evident throughout the
19th Century, demonstrated through the work of Octavia Hill (Price and Simpson, 2007) and Mary
Richmond (Kam, 2012). This individualistic approach presupposes that change should come from
within the individual, encouraging Social Work to target these 'individual issues ' to strive for a
overall 'better individual ' (Leighninger, 2008). Social Worker 's adopt the role of a 'technician ';
predominantly focusing on the best solution from the options they are given (Simpson and Connor,
2011). Although a 'technician ' can be invaluable within practice, this theory has been largely
criticised as it can focus too heavily on the reductionist deficit model (Kam, 2012). The second
extract taken from Simpson and
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I Am A Master Of Social Work Degree
I regularly reminisce about my grandmother singing, row your boat gently down the stream, merrily,
life is but a dream. This nursery rhyme is a significant part of one of my earliest memories and as an
adult has developed a new meaning for me. My decision to apply for graduate school to pursue a
Master of Social Work degree is one more destination in the stream of my life. Following the
culmination of my undergraduate studies, I was recruited into the Children's Corps and received
training for graduates interested in working in the child welfare system. After my training, I
immediately began employment as a case planner at JCCA. My main goal as a case planner is to
help children find permanency through reunification with parents, adoption or legal guardianship.
My experience at JCCA has allowed me to develop my interpersonal skills and increased my ability
to work with a diverse group of people. I was likewise able to acquire skills around assessing
individual needs and connecting them with the resources to meet those needs. In the first few
months of employment, I worked specifically with younger children then my caseload shifted to
older teens. One youth, in particular, was 18 years old expressed that he was ready to sign himself
out of foster care. My youth had experience with the criminal justice system, lacked permanent
adult resource and was failing school. He expressed that he felt unwanted and that his life did not
matter. He was also never offered or engaged in
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Theoretical Orientation Graphic And Position Paper
Theoretical Orientation Graphic and Position Paper
Shanell Bathersfield
Our Lady of the Lake University
Theoretical Orientation Graphic and Position Paper
Shanell Bathersfield conducted a self–assessment. She initially determined that the systems theory
was one that she was not comfortable with. Through the last few course weeks, she was able to gain
an in–depth perspective on several theories that are impactful in the social work field. The
coursework and utilizing Juana and Adelina as case studies, truly gave an exclusive insight on how
theories are used to understand the client's circumstances and improve their well–being.
While practicing social work it is important to understand how an individual's system and
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Attachment theory "posits that the real relationships of the earliest stages of life indelibly shape our
survival functions in basic ways and that for the rest of the lifespan attachment processes lie at the
center of the human experience" (Schore & Schore, 2008 ). The empowerment theory seeks to help
individuals obtain the power of decision and action over their lives (Payne, 2014). This is achieved
by increasing their self–confidence and reducing their access to social factors that may be a barrier
(Payne, 2014). The feminist theory proposes "a high value to diversity and women's individual
choice" (Payne, 2014). The attachment theory, empowerment theory, and feminist theory are
relevant when working with Hispanic Families.
When referring to Juana and the Garcia family, it is critical to pay close attention to the family roles.
Juana's family dynamic consisted of Lupe taking care of the home and family and Miguel being the
breadwinner (Grande, 2007). The empowerment theory and feminist theory would really have some
positive outcomes with the Garcia family. The feminist theory can really help Juana and Lupe to
become more dominant and realize the power and strength in themselves as women.
Empowerment Theory
The NASW (2008) states that primary mission of the social work profession incorporates,
empowering people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty. East & Roll (2015)
indicates the empowerment theory is efficient in
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The Nature And Value Of Social Work Essay
The nature and value of social work practise
A social worker is a professional individual concerned for the wellbeing of others, from helping
families to helping ex prisoners get reestablished in the everyday environment from being outside of
prison. There are many different client groups that require social workers such as prisoners but the
care that social workers provide does not stop at being in prison it is concluded through when the
individual leaves prison and is back into everyday life this is called probation. An additional client
group to this would be individuals suffering from mental health issues, social workers would be
expected to arrange support for the client as they may be living with a variety of different conditions
such as: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia.
Each of these client groups need to carefully assessed as they both have specific needs but they
should be assessed independently and using Maslow's Hierarchy of needs but ultimately both parties
need to feel they are self actualized to meet their needs. "Simply Psychology. (2007). Maslow 's
Hierarchy of Needs." In the prison system the diversity of offenders vary but all needs remain the
same with if the client is expected to feel self actualized.
" Key demographics were released from a study of reentry programs under the Serious and Violent
Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) a Federal effort to help States use their correctional resources
to reduce relapsing inmates.1
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Professional Standards For Health And Social Care
In this essay I will be discussing the development of professional standards for health and social
care. I will be concentrating on one profession which is social work. I will discuss the historical
development of professional standards in health and social care and then explain how professional
standards promote anti–discriminatory practice and anti–oppressive practice. I will describe how
professionals develop awareness of their professional self by using professional standards. The
Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care inspects the work of health and social
care regulators. The HCPC has to check the character of every professional that wants to join their
register. This is to ensure that professional will be able to carry out safe practise. The HCPC has this
standard in place to protect the public. Any professional that wants to join the register will have to
discuss any criminal convictions or cautions they have gotten. A character reference needs to be sent
to the HPCP and be signed by another professional, the professional must have known the
individual that wants to register for three years and confirm that they do not know of any reasons
why the individual should not practice their profession. The HCPC checks the health of every
individual that applies to be on their register. They have set out standards of conduct, performance
and ethics which declare that a professional must limit or stop working if their performance or
judgement is effected
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Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, Power Relationships...
Introduction This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are
oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen
who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is 'separated from both parents and
are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom has responsibility to do so' (UNHCR,
1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right. Discrimination is the process
of identifying that someone is different and, due to this difference, treating them unfairly
(Thompson, 2006). Xenoracism is discrimination that is aimed at people specifically because they
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Power is 'the capacity to act in such a way as to control others' (Harris, 1997:28). He argues that
everyone has at least some power, and that this power, for the relatively powerless, can be used to
influence the decisions of the dominant group. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children not
disclosing information can be seen as them exercising the little power they have. This can however
have a negative impact on their lives in the UK, for example, being placed under section 17 of the
Children Act instead of under section 20, which would offer the child more support. Foucault (1977)
uses discourse to relate to how language can be used to construct ideas and thoughts about groups.
Discourses and language can therefore help construct or reduce oppression (Thompson, 2006). If a
group has power, they have the 'ability and opportunity to fulfil or obstruct personal, relational, or
collective needs' (Prilleltensky, 2008). If the dominant discourse of a less powerful group is positive,
the group with power may help that group fulfil their needs. If the dominant discourse of a less
powerful group is negative, such as with UASC, the powerful group may obstruct them in fulfilling
their needs, and therefore will cause oppression. Innes (2010) argues that the negative discourse of
asylum seekers as a threat to British society is portrayed in government literature
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Social Work, Critical Theory And Practice
References:
Fook, J.. (2003). Social work, Critical theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (pp. 45–
55).
This article focus on the definition of power what is power, examining the phenomenon of powerful
and the powerless. This will help my essay in explaining that power is not owned, one can't simply
own power but it is rather given.
Parada, H., Barnoff, L., Moffatt, K. & M. Homan. (2011). Promoting Community Change:
Making it happen in the real world. Toronto, ON: Nelson Education. (pp. 87–109).
This small reading explains in more detail what is power and how it can be used to promote change.
Explaining how people, can exercise power and how the state can then interpret that power.
Freeman, Samuel. Justice and the Social ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Bruner, J. P. (2015). Diversity, tolerance, and the social contract. Politics, Philosophy &
Economics, 14(4), 429–448. doi:10.1177/1470594X14560763
http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/doi/pdf/10.1177/1470594X14560763
This journal provides insight into diversity and tolerance in regards to the social contract. Providing
evidence to support one's claim that people don't define the social contact because not all voices,
ethnicity, religion, or culture maybe represented.
Cook, L. J., & Dimitrov, M. K. (2017). The social contract revisited: Evidence from communist and
state capitalist economies. Europe–Asia Studies, 69(1), 8–26. doi:10.1080/09668136.2016.1267714
https://journals–scholarsportal–
info.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/pdf/09668136/v69i0001/8_tscrefcasce.xml
This article provides information about the communist state, it is obvious that these states are not
democratic therefore the state define the social contract. However, evidence in this article suggest
even country like China that will appease protestors; the state still determine the Social Contract.
Everson, K. (2014, March 18). Veterans don 't have social contract, Ottawa says in lawsuit response.
CBCnews. Retrieved September 22, 2017, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans–don–t–
have–social–contract–ottawa–says–in–lawsuit–response–1.2577053
This article highlights a lawsuit by Veterans suing the Former government for changing their social
contract; Instead of monthly deposit it would be
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Social Work Practices And Critical Reflection
Social work practice works with many people in different situations, needing concise help from
professionals. This assistance includes a range of skills such as; identifying the problem or
problems, apply and use evidence based practice and theories and critical reflection. All these skills
are integral parts of best practice in social work, and are needed by all service users.
The Summary Statement
Cheryl, a single mother of two daughters; Kylie 11, and Jasmin 13, and has been reported to child
protection. Jasmin for a year has been difficult for Cheryl. Cheryl is worried about Jasmin's
behaviours, depression diagnosis and their impact on Kylie, as well as Cheryl feeling like she has
no–one to support her with being a parent. I have met with Cheryl twice so far and will continue to
work with Cheryl and her family for the next 6 months as well as with the in home support, in my
role as a family welfare worker in Family services, within child protection.
The Assessment/Summary Formulation
The Presenting Problem
Cheryl has stated that she is a good parent and that the issue is with Jasmin, as Jasmin needs to "be a
better kid". Cheryl has also expressed that she has no supports and finds it frustrating that she is the
one being blamed for Jasmin's behaviour, see Appendix A. Cheryl believes Jasmin's behaviours are
all to do with getting attention and Cheryl in trouble, which she has done by getting child protection
involved.
As a child protection worker my first concern
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Critical Aspects Of Social Work Essay
One of the key things that stood out for me while doing this course and before has made me realize
that social work is harder than I thought it would be. There are many critical aspects of social work
that help us work with clients. One of the biggest things that have stood out for me was that helping
people is more complicated than I thought there are so many critical things in the process that work
to help others. Therefore it is not as easy as I expected it would be. The main reasons that I wanted
to do this course was because I ultimately wanted to do to help people. I have learned that many
factors come into play in the field of social work, including levels of practice, ethics and critical
reflection and self–care. While I have been at university and doing the social work course I come to
realize that the levels of social work are broken down into three different categories they are micro,
mezzo and macro social work, therefore, going from the little picture to the bigger picture stuff
which relates to the system theory. Systems theory allows the client and the social worker can create
an interconnected relationship with all forms (Moore, 2009. P86). From what I have learned is that
there are many roles and responsibilities and power that a social worker has on the person they are
helping.
Therefore, I have discovered that a practice framework comes from many different aspects of
learning through university and all throughout our lives. I have learned that
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Critical Theory In Social Work
Critical theory in social work validates people's experiences of oppression in a capitalist society
(Payne, 1997). It understands that social problems that arise from capitalism, such as high suicide
rate in South Korea are not due to individuals' failings. In contrast to social work practice theories
which are oriented around the individual, critical theory's focus is on the social circumstances
(Payne, 1997). It criticise theories such as psychodynamic and CBT for diverting attention from
inequality and social injustices. Social work response to depression based on critical theory would
be to transform or change the society and alleviate conditions of social structures that cause
depression, rather than deal with the effects and help people
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Contemporary Human Behavior Theory : A Critical...
According to "Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work", in
social work there are several terms associated with the discussion of theories. The terms are theory,
perspective, models and practice models. The term theory is used to explain and predict. Theories
exist to help practitioners understand why something happens and to help predict future
occurrences. To understand theory construction, explanation, and prediction, it is imperative to
understand the differences between empirical structures and theoretical structures (Robbins,
Chatterjee, & Canda, 2006, p. 5.) In order to understand empirical structures the use of our senses is
needed. Empirical structures are experienced through our senses, and our environment; theoretical
structures are used to model the empirical systems (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2006, p. 5).
Theoretical structures are based on experiences. Without theoretical structures, it is difficult to
understand and order information about the world around us; and without empirical structures we
have no basis for theories (Robbins et al., 2006, p.5).There are numerous theories that exist with the
purpose to explain human behavior. Three types of theories are developmental, personality, and
practice. The developmental theories are used as guidelines to determine why an individual is
behaving a certain way in a particular stage of their life. Another type of theory is personality; this
gives practitioners insight into
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Critical Reflection On Social Work
Critical Reflection Paper 1
The class SW 6030 Human Development and the Social Environment has brought new insights and
makes me see some topics in a different perspective. The critical reflection paper number one will
integrate different concepts that I learned so far in this class.
What do you think about what you're reading?
The readings assigned to this class are interesting and the author of the book Human Behavior for
Social work Practice a Developmental–Ecological Framework does a good job on different topics.
For example in the book Haight and Taylor discuss the Historical context of social work in the
United States stating that "Social work originated in volunteer efforts to address issues resulting
from the paradox increasing poverty in the increasingly productive and prosperous economies of
Europe and North America" (Height, 2016, p. 4) I think that the book does acknowledge that the
prosperity of these countries are based on the industrialized economies that took place in that time,
but at the same time I think that if the social work profession was created with an economic system
that impoverished people and we still have the same economic system and we still see people falling
through the cracks as I see it on my practicum site where there are several patients that ended up in
the ER because they were trying to take on their lives because life is too much for them. These
clients do not have a place to live, they do not have jobs, they are mentally ill, and they lost their
families. So if we still see people going under a great deal of stress and facing life in a different way
that the elite people do, how can we say that the system works if we see that the system only works
for some millionaires but for the majority of the population do not work.
On Chapter 2, The Developmental, Ecological–Systems Frameworks Haight and Taylor presented
"the five levels of social context critical to human development: the microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, macrosystem, and macrochronological system" (Haight and Taylor, 2016, p. 32). I think
that as future social workers we have to consider people in the environment and the presentation of
these five levels of social context play an important
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Importance Of Social Work And How You Developed It And...
Karen Healy goes to great lengths in chapter one to ensure readers are aware of why she is
discussing the importance of social work and how you approach it. The author emphasizes the
importance of knowing your skill set, how you developed it and what led you to be there in the first
place. Healy explains throughout chapter one that our sense of purpose can be shaped from a variety
of sources from taking in stuff from those around us, using critical reflections, seeing how others see
us and how we see ourselves. The author explains the very valuable side of the service from the
users perspective. As Maiter and Trotter discovered in their research referenced by Healy, "The
research indicates that service users often have many fears about, and negative perceptions of, social
work services. These fears include that they will be humiliated, judged, their wishes ignored and
that they will be disrespected" (Healy,p.8) It 's important to realize how much a social worker can
alter that perception by providing a genuine, engaging and empathetic experience. Healy talks a lot
about our professional base and how it is the knowledge and skills that we have as social workers.
According to Healy this book has been based on 3 perspectives and theories, the critical social work
theory, the systems theory and the strengths perspective (Healy, p.12) The author stresses critical
social work theory is the basis of the book, it 's simply that it 's important to treat people well,
Systems theory
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The Function Of Critical Reflection In Social Work
Critical reflection is both a theory and a process that involves engaging and understanding the
interconnections between assumptions, emotions, thoughts, reactions, meanings and values (Fook &
Garnder, 2007). Critical reflection in social work can challenge assumptions, values and beliefs
either from our own upbringing or stemmed from societal attitudes and perceptions (Agglias et al.,
2010).
From my placement experiences, I had related a lot to adolescents because we were so close in age.
One of my strengths that I had identified early on in placement was that I could be naturally
empathetic and adapt my communication style with this target group with ease. By working closely
with adolescents in my supervisor's caseload and building rapport with them, I could see firsthand
the impacts of what placement breakdowns had on them, and how this affected their self–esteem
and confidence. For this reason, I am very passionate about working with adolescents and working
towards change which ultimately impacts my practice.
However, I found that from professional experiences, within the CP agency context, advocating for
adolescents was a challenging task.
There was an incident on placement where I did not agree with how a high school wellbeing
coordinator responded to a disclosure about sexual harassment and assault occurring on school
grounds on behalf of a young person. In summary, this wellbeing coordinator questioned the validity
of the experience stating that 'sometimes girls make malicious comments against other students', as
well as saying that it was 'child protection's responsibility' despite it occurring on school grounds.
When fed this back this to my team, I was told to write the conversation in a case note, and to carry
on to another task. This did not stop there as I took this to the team manager who sat down with me
and wrote a complaint to the department of education. In terms of this paper, and relevance, I
believe there needs to be collaboration across the sector. This experience alone allowed me to reflect
on the importance of advocacy is in social work, and how one difference of one person can make an
impact. Drawing from Gardner's model, what I have learnt from this which impacts on this
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The Laws Of Child Protection
Level 1
"The laws relating to child protection is complex, polices are specific and the guidelines are
numerous. (Shulman, 2012, p. 328). Being a student social worker I will need to be aware of the
legalisation that will guide my practice. As always the NISCC Code of Conduct is the base for the
way I conduct my practice. The Children's Order (NI) 1995 Article 3 tells us that the welfare of the
child is paramount. This piece of legalisation sets out the powers and duties the agency has in
relation to Children in Need. A child must be seen within 24 hours of a referral being made, as a
social worker I have a duty to investigate, this is set out in Article 66 of The Children's Order (NI)
1995. It may be beneficial to look at the four parts of the helping cycle which are Assessment, Care
Planning, Implementation and Review. (Taylor and Devine 2004) this cycle may provide a firm
foundation for the social work process. "Each assessment covers three key areas relating to the
development of the child, the capacities of parents and caregivers to respond to needs and the
impact of wider family and environmental factors" (Parker & Bradley, 2010) This can be linked to
Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of how a child's environment affects their upbringing. UNOCINI
is an assessment tool used to assess children's needs. The Department of Health hopes that the
UNOCINI framework will be used as a tool to help identify the needs of children at an early stage,
so they can intervene before
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My Day Practice As A Social Service Worker Essay
I will be discussing the theories I will incorporate into my day–to–day practice as a Social Service
Worker.
I will be incorporating the following; Anti–oppressive practice, Anti–racist framework and a
Feminist approach. I think these all resonate well with me because it makes they make the most
sense to me. For Anti–Oppressive practice it "attempts to integrate the search and struggle for social
change directly into the social work experience," (Baines). In my practice I'd like for clients to
realize that in their position they've been set up for failure, and we would work towards finding
ways to slide through the system and help them reach their personal goals. Also "anti–oppressive
social workers try to provide service to people seeking it, but also they help clients, communities,
and themselves to understand that their problems are linked to social inequality" (Baines). I would
like to support services users/communities and letting them have self–actualization; by seeing that
these issues at hand stem from a higher power. The person is not the problem, but the problem is the
problem. Anti–racist practice "combines theory and practice to produce knowledge, interpret and
change the world" (George). A little self–disclosure here, I used to be racist growing up. I grew up
in a Croatian household and Croats are racist. So, growing up I just copied my dad, so if he didn't
like someone, neither did I. When I got to high school, my views changed and I was accepting of
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What Is A Critical Social Work Approach
n social work practice, the strengths perspective has emerged as an alternative to the more common
pathology–oriented approach to helping clients. Instead of focusing on clients' problems and
deficits, the strengths perspective centers on clients' abilities, talents, and resources. The social
worker practicing from this approach concentrates wholly on identifying and eliciting the client's
strengths and assets in assisting them with their problems and goals (Saleebey, 2006). Nonetheless,
Critical social work seeks to address social injustices, as opposed to focusing on individual people's
problems. Critical perspective and prevention propose autonomous and democratic organization
which allows people previously silent to express their need and expectations. Prevention is based on
the principle of empowerment.
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Scholarship Essay
Growing as a girl with a passion to impart my community positively and the world at large, I sought
for a profession that is aimed towards my inner desire to best assist individuals in living
comfortably, help individuals who are at risk and less capable of assisting themselves, to best reach
this self actualization and fulfillment. In support my father got me my fist professional book "where
there is no doctor". With the high ranking of medicine and the value life showed to be, I believed
medicine was that one profession that could save as well as impart individuals in their various
societies and areas of priority 'health'. Therefore I aspired to study medicine, become the life
changing doctor, and assist as many as I can. Then came the tertiary institution where I obtained the
opportunity to study public health, that satisfaction was not gained, I tried to place my mind in it to
be able to divert my goals towards the area of study which didn't prove effective. I had it in mind to
change college due to a deficiency until a course mate mentioned Social work, I was totally ignorant
of the course and all it entailed but felt this drive to try it, without the understanding of the course
my first semester seemed weak, but as soon as orientation was properly delivered by practicing
professionals and senior colleagues, I got the grasp of what social is and felt complete as every plan
I had down for now and the future correlated with this profession.
With proper study, involvement
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Critical Reflection In Social Work
According to Duffy (2016), there are two different types of social work practice when it comes to
working alongside a disadvantaged population. The first kind, is used more often and is called
conventional social work approach, which focuses its attention on undertaking assessment and
ensuring that individuals are families are received the correct support through organised services
and support. On the other hand, critical social work, the less utilized approach aims to challenge the
inequalities and oppression in society, by targeting the societal structure via activism and research,
in order to bring forth criticism and questions on discourses attached to particular marginalised
groups. The author proposes that both social work practices are important, however, critical social
work should be emphasized on more frequently, especially with groups such as the ageing
population as it targets the stubborn discourses (Duffy, 2016). Mattsson broadens critical social
work, by relating it to critical reflection. Critical theorists have proposed critical reflection as a
method to understand how social work practices can uphold oppression due to seemingly everyday
actions, words and attitudes. Therefore, this can have an implication on how social workers execute
their practice, as ordinary and structural features of bureaucratic hierarchies may senselessly abide
social workers to uphold and reproduce social oppression, even though they might be well–
intentioned. Critical reflection
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Self Determination, Inherent Worth Of The Client And...
Introduction From the University of the Fraser Valley Social Service Diploma program I have
become more aware of my values and ethics, and learned which theories that support these values
are core parts of my helping framework. Self–determination, inherent worth of the client and
intersectionality are three of my core values. These values have influenced me to form a helping
philosophy primarily based off of person–centred approach, strengths–based practice, and anti–
oppressive practice.
Person–centred Approach I first learned about person–centred approach in my Introduction to Social
Work course, but it was not until my practicum placement at the Warm Zone, a drop–in centre for
marginalized women, that I realized how central this social service theory is to my helping
philosophy. It began with my practicum placement interview in which one of the interviewers
emphasized the person–centred principle that the clients "are their own best authority" (Women's
Resource Society of the Fraser Valley, 2011). She explained to me that "pro–choice" means much
more than believing people with uteruses have the right to abortion; it means respecting a person's
autonomy and freedom of choice for all of their life decisions, such as a person's choice to not seek
treatment for an addiction or to use drugs during her pregnancy. The person–centred approach is the
foundation of the Warm Zone's practice. This theory holds that our clients are the experts of their
own lives; therefore our
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A Social Work Simulation Interview
The concept of doing a social work simulation interview is easy to digest and imagine. It is in the
practical application of said simulation that feelings of nervousness, embarrassment, and
tentativeness emerge. Coupled with the addition of an audience, the stress of performing 'correctly'
is compounded. Thinking theoretically about social work gives time for insight, reflection, and the
creation of various forms of practice application, dependent upon the environment, client(s), and
issues involved. I was surprised how quickly my training was mostly forgotten when confronted
with a live scenario; falling back on my gut reactions and intuition to guide my session. In this essay
I will attempt to describe the client and practitioner demographics, exchange, and contexts, with a
focus on my social location and reflexivity.
Client Demographics I met with seventeen–year–old Derek Simpson in his school, at the request of
one or more of his teachers. Their concerns revolved around his slipping grades, and staff witnessed,
name–calling. This harassment took the form of slurs ("Queer") associated with his perceived
sexuality. Derek presents as a typical grade eleven student, both in terms of his physical appearance
and his defensive body language. He is a white, middle class, only child, living at home with his
parents, and seems to also spend some positive time with his grandparents. His best friend Ashley,
provides a positive and supportive relationship, and seems to be his
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Social Work Reflection
Introduction
This report contains the information collected from a client meeting. This meeting consisted of
myself as a social worker employed by SANITI at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
(NMIT) and four year 2 social work students. These students express concerns around the cost of
their Noho Marae trip. They stated that half the students in their class were apprehensive that the
costs were doubling. I applied multiple social work theories to inform my practice when working
with groups. I used aspects of solution–focused therapy in which we looked at the solutions to solve
the problem (Institute of Solution Focused Therapy, n.d.). Although we initially looked at the
problem, we did not focus on it, instead chose to focus primarily on what the group could possibly
to change the outcome of their problem (O'Connell, 2005). This is because although talking about
the problem may be of help, this is not going to produce a solution (Institute of Solution Focused
Therapy, n.d.). The use of scaling questions also stem from this approach (NSPCC, 2014). Scaling
questions allow the client to place a numbered rating on a question which helps to understand the
level of importance (PACWRC, n.d.). Other tools of this therapy include the 'miracle question', I
also used strengths–based practice to help base the meeting around the future and solutions
(Hammond, 2010). This meant that the meeting would be client–led instead of myself. This was
evident by the fact that I let
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The Importance Of Critical Thinking In Social Work
Critical thinking is defined as the ability to effectively, conceptualizing, applying, analyzing,
synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience,
reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action in their execution of their
duties to better understand the client.
Social work may not be the most respected profession but it's a recognizable one. Social workers
help people or groups identify their problems, determine their skills and capacities, what they are
doing well, and how that was accomplished, and then analyze ways that those strengths might be
applied to the identified problems. Social workers are helping professionals.
However, they learn the different theories, principles and skills in which is better to follow when
dealing with specific cases but sometimes a case may come their way that critical thinking may need
to be applied with theories we have learnt. The skills social worker has is the ability to take
excellent notes is extremely important as you listen to your clients and colleagues and develop
interventions and strategies. Being organized is very important as you will often be asked to multi–
task and the ability to prioritize which work is required to be done in which order is extremely
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Be Knowledgeable of interventions applicable to one's specialty, depending on your specialty there
might be a variety of different interventions that are extremely important to not only understand in
theoretical terms, but also in practical application. Developing a sense of empathy is extremely
important as a Social Worker for without it you will have an unending series of difficulties as you
attempt help others work through their problems without fully being able to understand their point
of view on a given
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Social Workers: Influence of the Ecological Approach on...
Introduction
'Social workers have a professional and ethical responsibility to (...) interact and intervene with
clients and their environments' (Teater, 2010, p.4). According to this premise, the ecological
approach in social work interventions offers an effective method of relating children, young people
and their families to their environment. It is an approach that allows social workers to intervene in
cases where a child is abused or neglected, while providing a good theoretical framework for social
workers' direct work. This essay is going to assess the ecological model within a social work
practice directed at children. It will stress the importance of this model, and explain its application
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Assessing cases within the ecological approach
Social worker in charge of particular cases of a suspected child maltreatment must initially complete
a core assessment of the child and his family's situation. This process is crucial for planning of an
intervention with a positive outcome (Parker and Bradley, 2003). In the assessment, under the
ecological model, the practitioner must recognise different systems, such as the child, family or
neighbours, and surrounding environments. If the assessment asserts that a child fits a category of a
child in need within these systems, defined in the Children Act 1989 as a child 'unlikely to achieve
or maintain (...) a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of
services by a local authority' (Children Act, 1989, section 17), the social worker must organise a
form of an intervention. He or she must assess which part of the environment requires a change, and
where are stress factors negatively affecting the child and the family. At the same time, the child
should be given resources, and a certain level of autonomy, and to be treated as the centre of the
assessment (Teater, 2010). In the ecological perspective, it might be easier for the social worker to
relate to the adults' needs (Davies and Davies, 2011). However, the focus of the assessment should
be child–centred, protecting the child's health and wellbeing (Every Child Matters, 2004)
(Department of Education, 2011).
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What Makes Critical Social Work?
"What Makes Critical Social Work Critical?" Sara A. Lee #214483622 York University Dr. Chris
Chapman SOWK 1011: Section A Tutorial 6: Sasan Issari November 9th, 2015 "What makes critical
social work, critical?" In order to define critical social work, one must define the concept of social
work – and in defining social work, one must also define critical thinking, and critical
consciousness. This paper will attempt to define such concepts and ideologies and it will address
and include themes of the intersectionality of social work and the Sociological Imagination, social
structure and institutions. So what is social work? The York University – School of Social Work
(2015), mission statement suggests that social work practice affirms personal experiences influenced
by social structure and addresses social injustices, oppression and other problems current to our
society and that critical social work practitioners are the agents of change. Socially working can be
broken down into the elements of social structure, the five main social institutions and the newer
sub–institutions. According to Mooney, Holmes, Knox, and Schacht (2013, p. 5), the elements of
social structure include: roles, statuses, social groups and institutions. These institutions include:
family, politics/government, education, and economy. The five sub–institutions include: science and
technology, media, sports, military and medicine. Social structure is continually changing as society
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Analysis Of Arnstein 's Model As A Way Of Establishing...
However, as people are different so their interpretation of participation may differ. It is argued that
Arnstein's model as a way of establishing service users' level of involvement may not always have
the same meaning. Tritter and McCullum (2006, p156) points out that as Arnstein's model relates to
levels of power, 'engagement of user participation is complex and individuals will formulate their
own meanings and action that reflect in their own views of what participation is and how they want
to involve themselves'. Looking at Kwame in the case study, he may not be at a position of power
on the ladder. However, that may not necessarily hinder him from expressing what he wishes for.
The hierarchy of participation may, therefore, be subjective. While participation may have a positive
impact to both individuals and service providers, there are barriers that hinder full participation and
progression. Barriers can range from physical, social, organisational and structural, just to mention a
few. A general overview shows that people with physical and mental disabilities or progressive
chronic illnesses are the most targeted and isolated in the community due to stigma. This is
supported in Adams, et al (2002, p290) stating in part that: 'Discrimination against disabled people
is institutionalised throughout society and welfare provision has compounded rather than alleviated
that discrimination'. Adams, et al (2002, p290) In the case study, it may appear that Kwame's
diagnosis of
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Master Degree In Social Work
Working toward a Master degree in Social Work often includes translating academic learning and
theories into practice. Hence, there is a marriage between classroom content and field placement
which offers a platform to learn and practice skills simultaneously. Also, this experience can help to
build confidence while linking the importance of classroom discussion to practice.
As a result of class discussions and reading assignments I am more cognizant when conducting bio–
psychosocial that the client cannot be considered in isolation from his or her physical and social
environment. I assess these areas more keenly with the intent that this information will shed light on
how the community supports or hinders the client's survival and development. Also, this knowledge
provides me with information about barriers that might hinder the intervention plan. Although my
agency doesn't focus on the family, I assess this area as well to determine family dynamics in
relation to supporting the intervention plan. Family members and other persons involved in the
clients' lives often provide emotional support and resources which can assist the client in reaching
their goals.
Another concept I use to inform my work with clients is self–determination which is a critical social
work value. Nevertheless, I am aware that clients often make life ... Show more content on
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Nonetheless, this application can be utilized more frequent at my agency. I noticed staff takes a lot
of shortcuts and there is a disconnection between social work values and ethics. Also, staff is more
focused on directives, policies, and procedures required by the funders. This could be attributed to
employees having different degrees and or credentials. Also, administrators not being familiar with
social work values and ethical standards. Also, staff could be experiencing burnout and has become
desensitized to the clients' issues and
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11 – Safeguarding Adults & Promoting Independence
|Course Title | Health & Social Care |
|Unit Title |11 – Safeguarding Adults & Promoting Independence |
|Level |3 |
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The Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme in England and Wales for adult placement |
|schemes, Domiciliary Care Agencies and Care Homes 2006 (updated publication 2009), No Secrets
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|Department of Health Guidance; Safeguarding Adults, A National Framework of Standards for
good |
|practice and outcomes in adult protection work 2005; Dignity in Care Initiative; Human Rights in |
|Healthcare – A Framework for Local Action 2007; organisational policies, local and regional
guidelines for |
|staff and volunteers working with vulnerable adults; Codes of Practice for Nursing and Social Work
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Social Services And Social Work
Many people are driven to pursue a career in social work due to personal experiences that have led
them to a desire to help others. Ben Carniol, author of Case Critical: Social Services and Social
Justice in Canada, is no exception to this. He brings years of experience to a new perspective on
where social work is headed for this country. He discusses why anti–oppressive and progressive
social work practice is effective, and vital for future success, what systemic and societal barriers
stand in the way of said practice, and what steps can and are being taken to overcome these
obstacles. Carniol's book brings readers on the journey that many social workers take throughout
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Many of these barriers stem from the fact that there are still systemic inequalities that benefit some
and harm others (Carniol, 2010, p. 10). So even if one is working with a progressive mindset or
agency, there may be times when the the systemic inequalities will still prove to be a problem. In
some of these cases, it may be possible to work within the system, and have the social worker use
their power to help their client, however this is unfortunately not doable all of the time. Some
agencies may reflect these inequalities themselves, and social workers often feel fear to speak up on
these issues, at risk that they may lose their employment (Carniol, 2010, p. 107). We have discussed
this scenario multiple times in our Basic Interventions class, particularly when talking about ethics.
While most of us students agree that we would like to believe we would stand up for such injustices,
we also agreed that the risk of losing your job is a large and valid fear. Ultimately, the biggest
barrier to progressive social work can be described in one simple word: money. Carniol (2010)
discussed how the systemic inequalities, who in this case favour the wealthy over the lower classes,
has allowed acts such as tax evasion, which in turn leads to less funding for social programs (p. 11).
There were many parts in the book that, truth be told, made me weary about my choice to go into
this field. In addition to the aforementioned systemic inequalities, and
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  • 1. Empowerment, And, Authority And Opportunity Empowerment is based on the idea that giving employees skills, resources, authority and opportunity, as well as holding them responsible for their own actions, will contribute to their competence and satisfaction. ' http://mystarjob.com/articles/story.aspx?file (last accessed 3/12/13) Within my placement I need to focus on working with service users in order to engage them in the care they are receiving, where it is safe and possible to do so. An example of this can be shown through dealing with a resident who has lost their sight due to an illness; consequently I would describe the clothing in their wardrobe and allow them to make their own decisions on what they would like to wear. I could also let them feel their clothing and visualise it as this would allow them to gain their own independence. In working with a client like this I seek to empower them and help them make informed choices by being an active participant in their care. ˜Empowerment is linked with anti–oppressive practice, in that the social worker can work with service users to enable them to overcome barriers to solving problems. The social worker 's knowledge of service provision and the law can be critical in empowering service users. Anti–oppressive practice is ˜about a process of change which leads (service users) from feeling powerless to powerful ' (Dalrymple and Burke, 1995) 'http://labspace.open.ac.uk/mod/resource (last accessed 3/12/13) Social workers have their own legislation to follow– the niscc ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Social Work : The Health And Care Professional Council The profession I am going to base this essay on is Social Work. The standards that this line of work follows are set by the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC). Social workers have to follow these standards so they can provide the best possible care and enable the HCPC to see where improvements are needed to prevent serious issues from arising. Social workers have to follow a number of different acts as part of their job, these are learnt when they complete the initial training. It is compulsory for social workers to complete a certain amount of hours of training each year; this is to ensure they are kept up to date on all the standards and changed in procedures and also to make sure they can provide the best possible care to the ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This was a big stepping stone within the development of social work standards because it "led to the beginning of the certificate for social work and the Council for Training in social work." All social workers must have a degree in social work that is approved by the HCPC. The current standards for social work are set by the HCPC, the last time these were update was 1st August 2012, and all those who are a registered social worker must follow these standard to continue working in this sector. Previously the standards have been updated due to serious social work failing that have been broadcasted in the media. An example of this would the Baby P case, during 2006/2007 a young was a victim of domestic violence. On several occasions Peter was taken to hospital with bruises and swelling on his face, however not enough was done by both the social workers and hospital staff to identify the domestic abuse. According to an article written by BBC, the mother of the child had been arrested twice because there were evidence of abuse and Peter had been taken away from his mother and Mr Barker on two separate occasions. Baby Peter was given back to the couple on both occasions and was later killed by his mother and partner. This case is well known within society due to the Medias articles on the health practitioner's failings. From this source is says the social workers were blamed for the majority of the failings that occurred, this was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. The Job Role Of A Social Worker a) Analyse the job role in relation to your patient. What exactly will they do and why? Social work was developed out of caring, kind, thoughtful, and gentle morals and the ideals of a social worker are centred on high regard for the fairness, equality and worth of all people (British Association of Social Work code of ethics (BASW). The main objective of a social worker has been to make sure that their clients' needs are met and their potential developed. This is supported by the British Association of Social Work (BASW) who state: "The social work profession promotes social change, problem solving in human relationships and the empowerment and liberation of people to enhance well–being. Utilising theories of human behaviour and social systems, social work intervenes at the points where people interact with their environments. Principles of human rights and social justice are fundamental to social work". Social Work is very complex this is evident through the wide varieties of social groups that a social worker works with including children and families, Foster carers and adopters, refugees and asylum seekers, oppressed people, homeless people, the elderly, people with disabilities, young offenders and drug, alcohol and other substance abusers. Every given situation makes each case you get unique and often you get into positions and circumstances that you have never been or dealt with before, particularly if you are newly qualified. As a social worker you are always ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. The Sixties Scoop in Canada Critical Social Work School of Social Work University of Windsor 401 Sunset Avenue Windsor, Ont. Canada N9B 3P4 Email: cswedit@uwindsor.ca Website: http://www.uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/ Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information can be found at: http://uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork The online version of this article can be found at at: http://uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/the http://uwindsor.ca/criticalsocialwork/the–sixties–scoop–implications–for–social–workers workers– andsocial–work–education Critical Social Work, 2010 Vol. 11 o. 1 11, Online publication date: May 2010 53 Alston–O'Connor The Sixties Scoop: Implications for Social Workers and Social Work Education ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Unfamiliar with extended family child–rearing practices and communal values, government social service workers attempted to 'rescue' children from their Aboriginal families and communities, devastating children's lives and furthering the destitution of many families. Culture and ethnicity were not taken into consideration as it was assumed that the child, being pliable, would take on the heritage and culture of the foster/adoptive parents (Armitage, 1995). The forced removal of children and youth from their Native communities has been linked with social problems such as "high suicide rate, sexual exploitation, substance use and abuse, poverty, low educational achievement and chronic unemployment" (Lavell–Harvard and Lavell, 2006, p.144). Newly designated funds from the federal to the provincial governments were "the primary catalysts for state involvement in the well–being of Aboriginal children...as Ottawa guaranteed payment for each child apprehended" (Lavell–Harvard and Lavell, 2006, p.145). Exporting Aboriginal children to the United States was common practice. Private American adoption agencies paid Canadian child welfare services $5,000 to $10,000 per child (LavellHarvard and Lavell, 2006). These agencies rarely went beyond confirming the applicant's ability to pay, resulting in minimal screening and monitoring of foster or adoptive parents (Fournier and
  • 5. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Critical Theories In Social Work Practice Critical theories are useful to social work practice as they provide a theoretical basis for assessing a client within their environment by recognizing how social and political structures and processes can be oppressive or biased. The emphasis on 'pursuit of freedom and empowerment of humanity, accompanied by a critique of dominant capitalistic structures and their impacts on social life', symbolizes the central tenets of critical theory (Brookfield, 2005, p. 24). This suggests individuals do have 'power and control over their lives in order to obtain and use the resources necessary for positive growth and development, which can be achieved through individual and collective strategies' (Adams, 2008, pg. 110). In considering Frank's case, he ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is used to promote normative goals and lacks any criticism of its own goals. It suffers from several fundamental weaknesses. Critical theory is based on the notion that a person's problems are determined by social and structural realities than personal problems. It clearly focuses on prioritizing the problems that are of social and structural realities, then of individual problems. This would suggest that Frank may be considered as the problem in this case study (complaining about his dementia roommates, arguing loudly with residents and staff); when he is not. The presenting issue is, Frank wants to go home, but, his family and doctor are against the idea. The primary focus of critical theory is centered on overall change, rather than individual clients. Critical theory prioritizes disability and that can be seen as barriers to the environment and society. Frank suffering from dementia would be treated as a priority and his doctor and family could see this as a hindrance. This can be considered as a negative impact of critical theory by the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Social Work Practice In Mental Health Critical Analysis The two readings that I have chosen are 'social work in health care: an international perspective' by Pockett and 'social work practice in mental health' by Bland. Both readings interpret about mental health. The context from these both readings has influenced me to choose them because I found it interesting how Bland wanted to communicate about mental illness through telling a personal lived experience story; this provided first–hand about the challenges and suffering of having a mental illness. It gave me a more insight about how social work might look like in mental health as I began to imagine what it would be like working with a client in mental health and the reading by Pockett made me acknowledge and reaffirm my values in mental health ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Working in Partnership Essay St. Patrick's College London HND Health and Social Care Management Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care Lecturer: Dr. Umesh Prasad CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION..........................................................................p. 3 LO1 Understand partnership philosophies and relationships in health and social care services 1.1...............................................................................................pp. 3–4 1.2...............................................................................................pp. 4–5 LO2 Understand how to promote positive partnership working with users of services, professionals and organisations in health and social care services 2.1...............................................................................................pp. 6– 7 2.2...............................................................................................pp. 7–8 2.3...............................................................................................p. 8 LO3 Be able to evaluate the outcomes of partnership working ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Finally, power sharing is seen as 'sharing of government responsibility and political co–operation between the two partners' (Gottlieb et al., 2005, p. 8). Specifically, among health and social care service professionals and providers, power sharing may be the prerequisite factor to develop a collaborative partnership relationship. For instance, when two different professionals, such as carers and nurses, work together in a team as a form of partnership work, certain responsibilities in professional conduct or perspectives could differ from each other. In this case, these two different parties should reach to an agreement of shared objectives within the team in relation to work delegation balancing the possession of power, and be open to constructive feedback and ideas through developing a frank partnership relationship (Department of Health (DH), 2004). There are three different levels of partnership relationships, which are firstly, between the service users and service providers, secondly, among the health care and social care service professionals, and thirdly, among the health and social care organisations. In the case of the service user – provider partnership relationship, there are several factors to consider in order achieving positive outcomes, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. Analysis Of The Article 'The Deconstruction Of... As Sellick, Delaney & Brownlee state in the article The deconstruction of Professional Knowledge: Accountability without Authority as social workers we need to be accountable for what we do and a say to service users, and they mention that if we are not able to critique and deconstruct our own knowledge we are not able to pass it on to others. We need to be able to see how it is problematic, and make sure that it is not associated with domination and control, if it is then we are doing the exact same thing as society has done to service users as we try and put them in the "other" category and make them feel less worthy. We must show that we are non–threating in a sense and that we do not want to be too authoritative where and individual just see you as another person who is perpetuating the power relations on to them (2002). This also fits into the article The contours of Anti–Black Racism: Engaging Anti–Oppression from Embodied Spaces as it relates to the same message with knowing that anti–oppressive practice is completely different and everyone goes about it different and puts their own spin on things but the main thing we need to understand that it is always going to be different. We must always do a critical–reflection and make sure that we are not imposing our views and beliefs onto others, and we should always be willing to critique our own practice to improve it, in anyway we can and making sure those power relations are not there (Kumsa et al.,2014). Sellick et al. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Advocacy In Health And Social Care Drawing on your current and previous social care experience, theoretical perspectives and knowledge acquired through the DPP2 module, present a discussion of your understanding of these concepts and, their relevance to your own developing professional practice. This assignment will examine the concepts of Advocacy, Partnership Working and Empowerment. It will firstly describe the three concepts individually and then, in order to examine the topic in more depth, scrutinise how the concepts link and are relevant to each other. The complexities and tensions regarding these connections and how these may impact on service users, social workers and social care agencies will also be examined. Examples of professional working practice ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... 'Advocacy signals the necessity to validate the experience of clients and patients and ensure that their rights, wishes and needs are met' (Adams et al, 2002, p.207). Social Work should not focus on the service users presumed inadequacies but to the barriers which are placed in the way of them taking control of their lives. The focus should be shifted from charity and sympathy to advocacy and rights (Thompson, 2001) In order for advocacy to be a justifiable part of social work, it is essential that the professional feels confident in the role and that adequate training and support have been provided by the agency (Trevithick, 2002). Some professionals do not have the confidence or the correct knowledge around the subject in order to advocate on a service users behalf and this can be detrimental to the process (Braye and Preston–Shoot, 1998). There can be a danger when a professional advocates for a client, that the client is disempowered by the process. This can be because the professional has taken over the situation and the client has lost the chance to learn to empower themselves, so it is essential that adequate and thorough training is provided in order to train workers who deal in advocacy (Dalyramble and Burke, 2003). Like other social work skills, Advocacy is a skill which can be learnt and which can be developed over time through experience and resulting confidence. Partnership Working There are two forms of partnership working, one being ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Biestek's Seven Points Of Traditional Social Work Principles In late 1950s, Biestek (Clifford & Burke, 2009) developed traditional values based on his religious beliefs as a priest. Biestek constructed seven points of traditional social work principles. These are as follows: 1. Individualisation of Every Person – treating people as individuals; 2. Purposeful Expression of Feelings – allows individuals to freely voice their thoughts and express their feelings; 3. Controlled Emotional Involvement – showing empathy and professional interest; 4. Unconditional Acceptance of Individuals – promotes equal citizenship, the individual is accepted for who they are not by their personal circumstance; 5. Non–judgemental Attitude – respecting individual's choice of lifestyle and decision–making; 6. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Social workers have regular supervisions where individuals are discussed and information about them can be used for or against them, e.g. in court. Biestek's principles can promote false sense of hope and security to the vulnerable individuals who believe in the meaning of confidentiality. Biestek saw the need for the principles to be developed. He offered his grounded religious beliefs to guide social workers' professional behaviour in their daily practice. Thompson (Thompson, 2012) introduced modern emancipatory principles and they are as follows: de–individualisation, equality, social justice, partnership, citizenship, empowerment and authenticity. Thompson believes that there is a uniqueness about human beings. Human beings are not just individuals as they belong to and can fit in various groups. One person can be belong to different groups and categories. An example of one person belonging to different groups can be a female who is a daughter, a wife and a mother. She may be of Christian faith and she may have a mental health illness. Thompson believes that human needs, problems and solutions are shaped by different circumstances. He recognises inequalities in society and believes that social workers should not treat every individual the same but treat individuals based on their personal ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. The Impact Of Social Worker On Contemporary Society The role of a Social Worker in contemporary society has become a hot potato in today 's social and political world. The speech presented by Michael Gove at the launch of the fast–track Social Work training programme 'Frontline ', proposes the age old debate surrounding the purpose of Social Workers. Gove (2013) addresses Social Workers to stop viewing individuals they work with as 'victims of social injustice ', suggesting this 'robs individuals of their power of agency ' (Gove, 2013). All causation of behaviour is reduced to simply personal factors such as 'substance abuse, domestic violence and personal irresponsibility '; renouncing any possibility of economic and structural influences (Gove, 2013). This approach to Social Work has been evident throughout the 19th Century, demonstrated through the work of Octavia Hill (Price and Simpson, 2007) and Mary Richmond (Kam, 2012). This individualistic approach presupposes that change should come from within the individual, encouraging Social Work to target these 'individual issues ' to strive for a overall 'better individual ' (Leighninger, 2008). Social Worker 's adopt the role of a 'technician '; predominantly focusing on the best solution from the options they are given (Simpson and Connor, 2011). Although a 'technician ' can be invaluable within practice, this theory has been largely criticised as it can focus too heavily on the reductionist deficit model (Kam, 2012). The second extract taken from Simpson and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. I Am A Master Of Social Work Degree I regularly reminisce about my grandmother singing, row your boat gently down the stream, merrily, life is but a dream. This nursery rhyme is a significant part of one of my earliest memories and as an adult has developed a new meaning for me. My decision to apply for graduate school to pursue a Master of Social Work degree is one more destination in the stream of my life. Following the culmination of my undergraduate studies, I was recruited into the Children's Corps and received training for graduates interested in working in the child welfare system. After my training, I immediately began employment as a case planner at JCCA. My main goal as a case planner is to help children find permanency through reunification with parents, adoption or legal guardianship. My experience at JCCA has allowed me to develop my interpersonal skills and increased my ability to work with a diverse group of people. I was likewise able to acquire skills around assessing individual needs and connecting them with the resources to meet those needs. In the first few months of employment, I worked specifically with younger children then my caseload shifted to older teens. One youth, in particular, was 18 years old expressed that he was ready to sign himself out of foster care. My youth had experience with the criminal justice system, lacked permanent adult resource and was failing school. He expressed that he felt unwanted and that his life did not matter. He was also never offered or engaged in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Theoretical Orientation Graphic And Position Paper Theoretical Orientation Graphic and Position Paper Shanell Bathersfield Our Lady of the Lake University Theoretical Orientation Graphic and Position Paper Shanell Bathersfield conducted a self–assessment. She initially determined that the systems theory was one that she was not comfortable with. Through the last few course weeks, she was able to gain an in–depth perspective on several theories that are impactful in the social work field. The coursework and utilizing Juana and Adelina as case studies, truly gave an exclusive insight on how theories are used to understand the client's circumstances and improve their well–being. While practicing social work it is important to understand how an individual's system and environment can ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Attachment theory "posits that the real relationships of the earliest stages of life indelibly shape our survival functions in basic ways and that for the rest of the lifespan attachment processes lie at the center of the human experience" (Schore & Schore, 2008 ). The empowerment theory seeks to help individuals obtain the power of decision and action over their lives (Payne, 2014). This is achieved by increasing their self–confidence and reducing their access to social factors that may be a barrier (Payne, 2014). The feminist theory proposes "a high value to diversity and women's individual choice" (Payne, 2014). The attachment theory, empowerment theory, and feminist theory are relevant when working with Hispanic Families. When referring to Juana and the Garcia family, it is critical to pay close attention to the family roles. Juana's family dynamic consisted of Lupe taking care of the home and family and Miguel being the breadwinner (Grande, 2007). The empowerment theory and feminist theory would really have some positive outcomes with the Garcia family. The feminist theory can really help Juana and Lupe to become more dominant and realize the power and strength in themselves as women. Empowerment Theory The NASW (2008) states that primary mission of the social work profession incorporates, empowering people who are vulnerable, oppressed and living in poverty. East & Roll (2015) indicates the empowerment theory is efficient in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. The Nature And Value Of Social Work Essay The nature and value of social work practise A social worker is a professional individual concerned for the wellbeing of others, from helping families to helping ex prisoners get reestablished in the everyday environment from being outside of prison. There are many different client groups that require social workers such as prisoners but the care that social workers provide does not stop at being in prison it is concluded through when the individual leaves prison and is back into everyday life this is called probation. An additional client group to this would be individuals suffering from mental health issues, social workers would be expected to arrange support for the client as they may be living with a variety of different conditions such as: depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia. Each of these client groups need to carefully assessed as they both have specific needs but they should be assessed independently and using Maslow's Hierarchy of needs but ultimately both parties need to feel they are self actualized to meet their needs. "Simply Psychology. (2007). Maslow 's Hierarchy of Needs." In the prison system the diversity of offenders vary but all needs remain the same with if the client is expected to feel self actualized. " Key demographics were released from a study of reentry programs under the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI) a Federal effort to help States use their correctional resources to reduce relapsing inmates.1 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Professional Standards For Health And Social Care In this essay I will be discussing the development of professional standards for health and social care. I will be concentrating on one profession which is social work. I will discuss the historical development of professional standards in health and social care and then explain how professional standards promote anti–discriminatory practice and anti–oppressive practice. I will describe how professionals develop awareness of their professional self by using professional standards. The Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care inspects the work of health and social care regulators. The HCPC has to check the character of every professional that wants to join their register. This is to ensure that professional will be able to carry out safe practise. The HCPC has this standard in place to protect the public. Any professional that wants to join the register will have to discuss any criminal convictions or cautions they have gotten. A character reference needs to be sent to the HPCP and be signed by another professional, the professional must have known the individual that wants to register for three years and confirm that they do not know of any reasons why the individual should not practice their profession. The HCPC checks the health of every individual that applies to be on their register. They have set out standards of conduct, performance and ethics which declare that a professional must limit or stop working if their performance or judgement is effected ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children, Power Relationships... Introduction This essay explores how unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) are oppressed in the UK. An unaccompanied asylum seeking child is a person under the age of eighteen who has left their country of origin in order to seek refuge and is 'separated from both parents and are not being cared for by an adult who, by law or custom has responsibility to do so' (UNHCR, 1994:121). They are therefore applying for asylum in their own right. Discrimination is the process of identifying that someone is different and, due to this difference, treating them unfairly (Thompson, 2006). Xenoracism is discrimination that is aimed at people specifically because they are from a different country, and are therefore 'strangers' (Sivanandan, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Power is 'the capacity to act in such a way as to control others' (Harris, 1997:28). He argues that everyone has at least some power, and that this power, for the relatively powerless, can be used to influence the decisions of the dominant group. Unaccompanied asylum seeking children not disclosing information can be seen as them exercising the little power they have. This can however have a negative impact on their lives in the UK, for example, being placed under section 17 of the Children Act instead of under section 20, which would offer the child more support. Foucault (1977) uses discourse to relate to how language can be used to construct ideas and thoughts about groups. Discourses and language can therefore help construct or reduce oppression (Thompson, 2006). If a group has power, they have the 'ability and opportunity to fulfil or obstruct personal, relational, or collective needs' (Prilleltensky, 2008). If the dominant discourse of a less powerful group is positive, the group with power may help that group fulfil their needs. If the dominant discourse of a less powerful group is negative, such as with UASC, the powerful group may obstruct them in fulfilling their needs, and therefore will cause oppression. Innes (2010) argues that the negative discourse of asylum seekers as a threat to British society is portrayed in government literature ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Social Work, Critical Theory And Practice References: Fook, J.. (2003). Social work, Critical theory and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (pp. 45– 55). This article focus on the definition of power what is power, examining the phenomenon of powerful and the powerless. This will help my essay in explaining that power is not owned, one can't simply own power but it is rather given. Parada, H., Barnoff, L., Moffatt, K. & M. Homan. (2011). Promoting Community Change: Making it happen in the real world. Toronto, ON: Nelson Education. (pp. 87–109). This small reading explains in more detail what is power and how it can be used to promote change. Explaining how people, can exercise power and how the state can then interpret that power. Freeman, Samuel. Justice and the Social ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Bruner, J. P. (2015). Diversity, tolerance, and the social contract. Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 14(4), 429–448. doi:10.1177/1470594X14560763 http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/doi/pdf/10.1177/1470594X14560763 This journal provides insight into diversity and tolerance in regards to the social contract. Providing evidence to support one's claim that people don't define the social contact because not all voices, ethnicity, religion, or culture maybe represented. Cook, L. J., & Dimitrov, M. K. (2017). The social contract revisited: Evidence from communist and state capitalist economies. Europe–Asia Studies, 69(1), 8–26. doi:10.1080/09668136.2016.1267714 https://journals–scholarsportal– info.ezproxy.lib.ryerson.ca/pdf/09668136/v69i0001/8_tscrefcasce.xml This article provides information about the communist state, it is obvious that these states are not democratic therefore the state define the social contract. However, evidence in this article suggest even country like China that will appease protestors; the state still determine the Social Contract. Everson, K. (2014, March 18). Veterans don 't have social contract, Ottawa says in lawsuit response. CBCnews. Retrieved September 22, 2017, from http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/veterans–don–t– have–social–contract–ottawa–says–in–lawsuit–response–1.2577053 This article highlights a lawsuit by Veterans suing the Former government for changing their social contract; Instead of monthly deposit it would be ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Social Work Practices And Critical Reflection Social work practice works with many people in different situations, needing concise help from professionals. This assistance includes a range of skills such as; identifying the problem or problems, apply and use evidence based practice and theories and critical reflection. All these skills are integral parts of best practice in social work, and are needed by all service users. The Summary Statement Cheryl, a single mother of two daughters; Kylie 11, and Jasmin 13, and has been reported to child protection. Jasmin for a year has been difficult for Cheryl. Cheryl is worried about Jasmin's behaviours, depression diagnosis and their impact on Kylie, as well as Cheryl feeling like she has no–one to support her with being a parent. I have met with Cheryl twice so far and will continue to work with Cheryl and her family for the next 6 months as well as with the in home support, in my role as a family welfare worker in Family services, within child protection. The Assessment/Summary Formulation The Presenting Problem Cheryl has stated that she is a good parent and that the issue is with Jasmin, as Jasmin needs to "be a better kid". Cheryl has also expressed that she has no supports and finds it frustrating that she is the one being blamed for Jasmin's behaviour, see Appendix A. Cheryl believes Jasmin's behaviours are all to do with getting attention and Cheryl in trouble, which she has done by getting child protection involved. As a child protection worker my first concern ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Critical Aspects Of Social Work Essay One of the key things that stood out for me while doing this course and before has made me realize that social work is harder than I thought it would be. There are many critical aspects of social work that help us work with clients. One of the biggest things that have stood out for me was that helping people is more complicated than I thought there are so many critical things in the process that work to help others. Therefore it is not as easy as I expected it would be. The main reasons that I wanted to do this course was because I ultimately wanted to do to help people. I have learned that many factors come into play in the field of social work, including levels of practice, ethics and critical reflection and self–care. While I have been at university and doing the social work course I come to realize that the levels of social work are broken down into three different categories they are micro, mezzo and macro social work, therefore, going from the little picture to the bigger picture stuff which relates to the system theory. Systems theory allows the client and the social worker can create an interconnected relationship with all forms (Moore, 2009. P86). From what I have learned is that there are many roles and responsibilities and power that a social worker has on the person they are helping. Therefore, I have discovered that a practice framework comes from many different aspects of learning through university and all throughout our lives. I have learned that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Critical Theory In Social Work Critical theory in social work validates people's experiences of oppression in a capitalist society (Payne, 1997). It understands that social problems that arise from capitalism, such as high suicide rate in South Korea are not due to individuals' failings. In contrast to social work practice theories which are oriented around the individual, critical theory's focus is on the social circumstances (Payne, 1997). It criticise theories such as psychodynamic and CBT for diverting attention from inequality and social injustices. Social work response to depression based on critical theory would be to transform or change the society and alleviate conditions of social structures that cause depression, rather than deal with the effects and help people ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Contemporary Human Behavior Theory : A Critical... According to "Contemporary human behavior theory: A critical perspective for social work", in social work there are several terms associated with the discussion of theories. The terms are theory, perspective, models and practice models. The term theory is used to explain and predict. Theories exist to help practitioners understand why something happens and to help predict future occurrences. To understand theory construction, explanation, and prediction, it is imperative to understand the differences between empirical structures and theoretical structures (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2006, p. 5.) In order to understand empirical structures the use of our senses is needed. Empirical structures are experienced through our senses, and our environment; theoretical structures are used to model the empirical systems (Robbins, Chatterjee, & Canda, 2006, p. 5). Theoretical structures are based on experiences. Without theoretical structures, it is difficult to understand and order information about the world around us; and without empirical structures we have no basis for theories (Robbins et al., 2006, p.5).There are numerous theories that exist with the purpose to explain human behavior. Three types of theories are developmental, personality, and practice. The developmental theories are used as guidelines to determine why an individual is behaving a certain way in a particular stage of their life. Another type of theory is personality; this gives practitioners insight into ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Critical Reflection On Social Work Critical Reflection Paper 1 The class SW 6030 Human Development and the Social Environment has brought new insights and makes me see some topics in a different perspective. The critical reflection paper number one will integrate different concepts that I learned so far in this class. What do you think about what you're reading? The readings assigned to this class are interesting and the author of the book Human Behavior for Social work Practice a Developmental–Ecological Framework does a good job on different topics. For example in the book Haight and Taylor discuss the Historical context of social work in the United States stating that "Social work originated in volunteer efforts to address issues resulting from the paradox increasing poverty in the increasingly productive and prosperous economies of Europe and North America" (Height, 2016, p. 4) I think that the book does acknowledge that the prosperity of these countries are based on the industrialized economies that took place in that time, but at the same time I think that if the social work profession was created with an economic system that impoverished people and we still have the same economic system and we still see people falling through the cracks as I see it on my practicum site where there are several patients that ended up in the ER because they were trying to take on their lives because life is too much for them. These clients do not have a place to live, they do not have jobs, they are mentally ill, and they lost their families. So if we still see people going under a great deal of stress and facing life in a different way that the elite people do, how can we say that the system works if we see that the system only works for some millionaires but for the majority of the population do not work. On Chapter 2, The Developmental, Ecological–Systems Frameworks Haight and Taylor presented "the five levels of social context critical to human development: the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and macrochronological system" (Haight and Taylor, 2016, p. 32). I think that as future social workers we have to consider people in the environment and the presentation of these five levels of social context play an important ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Importance Of Social Work And How You Developed It And... Karen Healy goes to great lengths in chapter one to ensure readers are aware of why she is discussing the importance of social work and how you approach it. The author emphasizes the importance of knowing your skill set, how you developed it and what led you to be there in the first place. Healy explains throughout chapter one that our sense of purpose can be shaped from a variety of sources from taking in stuff from those around us, using critical reflections, seeing how others see us and how we see ourselves. The author explains the very valuable side of the service from the users perspective. As Maiter and Trotter discovered in their research referenced by Healy, "The research indicates that service users often have many fears about, and negative perceptions of, social work services. These fears include that they will be humiliated, judged, their wishes ignored and that they will be disrespected" (Healy,p.8) It 's important to realize how much a social worker can alter that perception by providing a genuine, engaging and empathetic experience. Healy talks a lot about our professional base and how it is the knowledge and skills that we have as social workers. According to Healy this book has been based on 3 perspectives and theories, the critical social work theory, the systems theory and the strengths perspective (Healy, p.12) The author stresses critical social work theory is the basis of the book, it 's simply that it 's important to treat people well, Systems theory ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. The Function Of Critical Reflection In Social Work Critical reflection is both a theory and a process that involves engaging and understanding the interconnections between assumptions, emotions, thoughts, reactions, meanings and values (Fook & Garnder, 2007). Critical reflection in social work can challenge assumptions, values and beliefs either from our own upbringing or stemmed from societal attitudes and perceptions (Agglias et al., 2010). From my placement experiences, I had related a lot to adolescents because we were so close in age. One of my strengths that I had identified early on in placement was that I could be naturally empathetic and adapt my communication style with this target group with ease. By working closely with adolescents in my supervisor's caseload and building rapport with them, I could see firsthand the impacts of what placement breakdowns had on them, and how this affected their self–esteem and confidence. For this reason, I am very passionate about working with adolescents and working towards change which ultimately impacts my practice. However, I found that from professional experiences, within the CP agency context, advocating for adolescents was a challenging task. There was an incident on placement where I did not agree with how a high school wellbeing coordinator responded to a disclosure about sexual harassment and assault occurring on school grounds on behalf of a young person. In summary, this wellbeing coordinator questioned the validity of the experience stating that 'sometimes girls make malicious comments against other students', as well as saying that it was 'child protection's responsibility' despite it occurring on school grounds. When fed this back this to my team, I was told to write the conversation in a case note, and to carry on to another task. This did not stop there as I took this to the team manager who sat down with me and wrote a complaint to the department of education. In terms of this paper, and relevance, I believe there needs to be collaboration across the sector. This experience alone allowed me to reflect on the importance of advocacy is in social work, and how one difference of one person can make an impact. Drawing from Gardner's model, what I have learnt from this which impacts on this ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. The Laws Of Child Protection Level 1 "The laws relating to child protection is complex, polices are specific and the guidelines are numerous. (Shulman, 2012, p. 328). Being a student social worker I will need to be aware of the legalisation that will guide my practice. As always the NISCC Code of Conduct is the base for the way I conduct my practice. The Children's Order (NI) 1995 Article 3 tells us that the welfare of the child is paramount. This piece of legalisation sets out the powers and duties the agency has in relation to Children in Need. A child must be seen within 24 hours of a referral being made, as a social worker I have a duty to investigate, this is set out in Article 66 of The Children's Order (NI) 1995. It may be beneficial to look at the four parts of the helping cycle which are Assessment, Care Planning, Implementation and Review. (Taylor and Devine 2004) this cycle may provide a firm foundation for the social work process. "Each assessment covers three key areas relating to the development of the child, the capacities of parents and caregivers to respond to needs and the impact of wider family and environmental factors" (Parker & Bradley, 2010) This can be linked to Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of how a child's environment affects their upbringing. UNOCINI is an assessment tool used to assess children's needs. The Department of Health hopes that the UNOCINI framework will be used as a tool to help identify the needs of children at an early stage, so they can intervene before ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. My Day Practice As A Social Service Worker Essay I will be discussing the theories I will incorporate into my day–to–day practice as a Social Service Worker. I will be incorporating the following; Anti–oppressive practice, Anti–racist framework and a Feminist approach. I think these all resonate well with me because it makes they make the most sense to me. For Anti–Oppressive practice it "attempts to integrate the search and struggle for social change directly into the social work experience," (Baines). In my practice I'd like for clients to realize that in their position they've been set up for failure, and we would work towards finding ways to slide through the system and help them reach their personal goals. Also "anti–oppressive social workers try to provide service to people seeking it, but also they help clients, communities, and themselves to understand that their problems are linked to social inequality" (Baines). I would like to support services users/communities and letting them have self–actualization; by seeing that these issues at hand stem from a higher power. The person is not the problem, but the problem is the problem. Anti–racist practice "combines theory and practice to produce knowledge, interpret and change the world" (George). A little self–disclosure here, I used to be racist growing up. I grew up in a Croatian household and Croats are racist. So, growing up I just copied my dad, so if he didn't like someone, neither did I. When I got to high school, my views changed and I was accepting of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. What Is A Critical Social Work Approach n social work practice, the strengths perspective has emerged as an alternative to the more common pathology–oriented approach to helping clients. Instead of focusing on clients' problems and deficits, the strengths perspective centers on clients' abilities, talents, and resources. The social worker practicing from this approach concentrates wholly on identifying and eliciting the client's strengths and assets in assisting them with their problems and goals (Saleebey, 2006). Nonetheless, Critical social work seeks to address social injustices, as opposed to focusing on individual people's problems. Critical perspective and prevention propose autonomous and democratic organization which allows people previously silent to express their need and expectations. Prevention is based on the principle of empowerment. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Scholarship Essay Growing as a girl with a passion to impart my community positively and the world at large, I sought for a profession that is aimed towards my inner desire to best assist individuals in living comfortably, help individuals who are at risk and less capable of assisting themselves, to best reach this self actualization and fulfillment. In support my father got me my fist professional book "where there is no doctor". With the high ranking of medicine and the value life showed to be, I believed medicine was that one profession that could save as well as impart individuals in their various societies and areas of priority 'health'. Therefore I aspired to study medicine, become the life changing doctor, and assist as many as I can. Then came the tertiary institution where I obtained the opportunity to study public health, that satisfaction was not gained, I tried to place my mind in it to be able to divert my goals towards the area of study which didn't prove effective. I had it in mind to change college due to a deficiency until a course mate mentioned Social work, I was totally ignorant of the course and all it entailed but felt this drive to try it, without the understanding of the course my first semester seemed weak, but as soon as orientation was properly delivered by practicing professionals and senior colleagues, I got the grasp of what social is and felt complete as every plan I had down for now and the future correlated with this profession. With proper study, involvement ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Critical Reflection In Social Work According to Duffy (2016), there are two different types of social work practice when it comes to working alongside a disadvantaged population. The first kind, is used more often and is called conventional social work approach, which focuses its attention on undertaking assessment and ensuring that individuals are families are received the correct support through organised services and support. On the other hand, critical social work, the less utilized approach aims to challenge the inequalities and oppression in society, by targeting the societal structure via activism and research, in order to bring forth criticism and questions on discourses attached to particular marginalised groups. The author proposes that both social work practices are important, however, critical social work should be emphasized on more frequently, especially with groups such as the ageing population as it targets the stubborn discourses (Duffy, 2016). Mattsson broadens critical social work, by relating it to critical reflection. Critical theorists have proposed critical reflection as a method to understand how social work practices can uphold oppression due to seemingly everyday actions, words and attitudes. Therefore, this can have an implication on how social workers execute their practice, as ordinary and structural features of bureaucratic hierarchies may senselessly abide social workers to uphold and reproduce social oppression, even though they might be well– intentioned. Critical reflection ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Self Determination, Inherent Worth Of The Client And... Introduction From the University of the Fraser Valley Social Service Diploma program I have become more aware of my values and ethics, and learned which theories that support these values are core parts of my helping framework. Self–determination, inherent worth of the client and intersectionality are three of my core values. These values have influenced me to form a helping philosophy primarily based off of person–centred approach, strengths–based practice, and anti– oppressive practice. Person–centred Approach I first learned about person–centred approach in my Introduction to Social Work course, but it was not until my practicum placement at the Warm Zone, a drop–in centre for marginalized women, that I realized how central this social service theory is to my helping philosophy. It began with my practicum placement interview in which one of the interviewers emphasized the person–centred principle that the clients "are their own best authority" (Women's Resource Society of the Fraser Valley, 2011). She explained to me that "pro–choice" means much more than believing people with uteruses have the right to abortion; it means respecting a person's autonomy and freedom of choice for all of their life decisions, such as a person's choice to not seek treatment for an addiction or to use drugs during her pregnancy. The person–centred approach is the foundation of the Warm Zone's practice. This theory holds that our clients are the experts of their own lives; therefore our ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. A Social Work Simulation Interview The concept of doing a social work simulation interview is easy to digest and imagine. It is in the practical application of said simulation that feelings of nervousness, embarrassment, and tentativeness emerge. Coupled with the addition of an audience, the stress of performing 'correctly' is compounded. Thinking theoretically about social work gives time for insight, reflection, and the creation of various forms of practice application, dependent upon the environment, client(s), and issues involved. I was surprised how quickly my training was mostly forgotten when confronted with a live scenario; falling back on my gut reactions and intuition to guide my session. In this essay I will attempt to describe the client and practitioner demographics, exchange, and contexts, with a focus on my social location and reflexivity. Client Demographics I met with seventeen–year–old Derek Simpson in his school, at the request of one or more of his teachers. Their concerns revolved around his slipping grades, and staff witnessed, name–calling. This harassment took the form of slurs ("Queer") associated with his perceived sexuality. Derek presents as a typical grade eleven student, both in terms of his physical appearance and his defensive body language. He is a white, middle class, only child, living at home with his parents, and seems to also spend some positive time with his grandparents. His best friend Ashley, provides a positive and supportive relationship, and seems to be his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Social Work Reflection Introduction This report contains the information collected from a client meeting. This meeting consisted of myself as a social worker employed by SANITI at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) and four year 2 social work students. These students express concerns around the cost of their Noho Marae trip. They stated that half the students in their class were apprehensive that the costs were doubling. I applied multiple social work theories to inform my practice when working with groups. I used aspects of solution–focused therapy in which we looked at the solutions to solve the problem (Institute of Solution Focused Therapy, n.d.). Although we initially looked at the problem, we did not focus on it, instead chose to focus primarily on what the group could possibly to change the outcome of their problem (O'Connell, 2005). This is because although talking about the problem may be of help, this is not going to produce a solution (Institute of Solution Focused Therapy, n.d.). The use of scaling questions also stem from this approach (NSPCC, 2014). Scaling questions allow the client to place a numbered rating on a question which helps to understand the level of importance (PACWRC, n.d.). Other tools of this therapy include the 'miracle question', I also used strengths–based practice to help base the meeting around the future and solutions (Hammond, 2010). This meant that the meeting would be client–led instead of myself. This was evident by the fact that I let ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. The Importance Of Critical Thinking In Social Work Critical thinking is defined as the ability to effectively, conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and/or evaluating information gathered from, or generated by, observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belief and action in their execution of their duties to better understand the client. Social work may not be the most respected profession but it's a recognizable one. Social workers help people or groups identify their problems, determine their skills and capacities, what they are doing well, and how that was accomplished, and then analyze ways that those strengths might be applied to the identified problems. Social workers are helping professionals. However, they learn the different theories, principles and skills in which is better to follow when dealing with specific cases but sometimes a case may come their way that critical thinking may need to be applied with theories we have learnt. The skills social worker has is the ability to take excellent notes is extremely important as you listen to your clients and colleagues and develop interventions and strategies. Being organized is very important as you will often be asked to multi– task and the ability to prioritize which work is required to be done in which order is extremely important. Understanding ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Be Knowledgeable of interventions applicable to one's specialty, depending on your specialty there might be a variety of different interventions that are extremely important to not only understand in theoretical terms, but also in practical application. Developing a sense of empathy is extremely important as a Social Worker for without it you will have an unending series of difficulties as you attempt help others work through their problems without fully being able to understand their point of view on a given ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Social Workers: Influence of the Ecological Approach on... Introduction 'Social workers have a professional and ethical responsibility to (...) interact and intervene with clients and their environments' (Teater, 2010, p.4). According to this premise, the ecological approach in social work interventions offers an effective method of relating children, young people and their families to their environment. It is an approach that allows social workers to intervene in cases where a child is abused or neglected, while providing a good theoretical framework for social workers' direct work. This essay is going to assess the ecological model within a social work practice directed at children. It will stress the importance of this model, and explain its application in today's child protection work. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Assessing cases within the ecological approach Social worker in charge of particular cases of a suspected child maltreatment must initially complete a core assessment of the child and his family's situation. This process is crucial for planning of an intervention with a positive outcome (Parker and Bradley, 2003). In the assessment, under the ecological model, the practitioner must recognise different systems, such as the child, family or neighbours, and surrounding environments. If the assessment asserts that a child fits a category of a child in need within these systems, defined in the Children Act 1989 as a child 'unlikely to achieve or maintain (...) a reasonable standard of health or development without the provision for him of services by a local authority' (Children Act, 1989, section 17), the social worker must organise a form of an intervention. He or she must assess which part of the environment requires a change, and where are stress factors negatively affecting the child and the family. At the same time, the child should be given resources, and a certain level of autonomy, and to be treated as the centre of the assessment (Teater, 2010). In the ecological perspective, it might be easier for the social worker to relate to the adults' needs (Davies and Davies, 2011). However, the focus of the assessment should be child–centred, protecting the child's health and wellbeing (Every Child Matters, 2004) (Department of Education, 2011). ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. What Makes Critical Social Work? "What Makes Critical Social Work Critical?" Sara A. Lee #214483622 York University Dr. Chris Chapman SOWK 1011: Section A Tutorial 6: Sasan Issari November 9th, 2015 "What makes critical social work, critical?" In order to define critical social work, one must define the concept of social work – and in defining social work, one must also define critical thinking, and critical consciousness. This paper will attempt to define such concepts and ideologies and it will address and include themes of the intersectionality of social work and the Sociological Imagination, social structure and institutions. So what is social work? The York University – School of Social Work (2015), mission statement suggests that social work practice affirms personal experiences influenced by social structure and addresses social injustices, oppression and other problems current to our society and that critical social work practitioners are the agents of change. Socially working can be broken down into the elements of social structure, the five main social institutions and the newer sub–institutions. According to Mooney, Holmes, Knox, and Schacht (2013, p. 5), the elements of social structure include: roles, statuses, social groups and institutions. These institutions include: family, politics/government, education, and economy. The five sub–institutions include: science and technology, media, sports, military and medicine. Social structure is continually changing as society ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Analysis Of Arnstein 's Model As A Way Of Establishing... However, as people are different so their interpretation of participation may differ. It is argued that Arnstein's model as a way of establishing service users' level of involvement may not always have the same meaning. Tritter and McCullum (2006, p156) points out that as Arnstein's model relates to levels of power, 'engagement of user participation is complex and individuals will formulate their own meanings and action that reflect in their own views of what participation is and how they want to involve themselves'. Looking at Kwame in the case study, he may not be at a position of power on the ladder. However, that may not necessarily hinder him from expressing what he wishes for. The hierarchy of participation may, therefore, be subjective. While participation may have a positive impact to both individuals and service providers, there are barriers that hinder full participation and progression. Barriers can range from physical, social, organisational and structural, just to mention a few. A general overview shows that people with physical and mental disabilities or progressive chronic illnesses are the most targeted and isolated in the community due to stigma. This is supported in Adams, et al (2002, p290) stating in part that: 'Discrimination against disabled people is institutionalised throughout society and welfare provision has compounded rather than alleviated that discrimination'. Adams, et al (2002, p290) In the case study, it may appear that Kwame's diagnosis of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Master Degree In Social Work Working toward a Master degree in Social Work often includes translating academic learning and theories into practice. Hence, there is a marriage between classroom content and field placement which offers a platform to learn and practice skills simultaneously. Also, this experience can help to build confidence while linking the importance of classroom discussion to practice. As a result of class discussions and reading assignments I am more cognizant when conducting bio– psychosocial that the client cannot be considered in isolation from his or her physical and social environment. I assess these areas more keenly with the intent that this information will shed light on how the community supports or hinders the client's survival and development. Also, this knowledge provides me with information about barriers that might hinder the intervention plan. Although my agency doesn't focus on the family, I assess this area as well to determine family dynamics in relation to supporting the intervention plan. Family members and other persons involved in the clients' lives often provide emotional support and resources which can assist the client in reaching their goals. Another concept I use to inform my work with clients is self–determination which is a critical social work value. Nevertheless, I am aware that clients often make life ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Nonetheless, this application can be utilized more frequent at my agency. I noticed staff takes a lot of shortcuts and there is a disconnection between social work values and ethics. Also, staff is more focused on directives, policies, and procedures required by the funders. This could be attributed to employees having different degrees and or credentials. Also, administrators not being familiar with social work values and ethical standards. Also, staff could be experiencing burnout and has become desensitized to the clients' issues and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. 11 – Safeguarding Adults & Promoting Independence |Course Title | Health & Social Care | |Unit Title |11 – Safeguarding Adults & Promoting Independence | |Level |3 | |Part Unit |P4, M2, M3, D2 |Whole Unit | | |Assessor | ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The Protection of Vulnerable Adults scheme in England and Wales for adult placement | |schemes, Domiciliary Care Agencies and Care Homes 2006 (updated publication 2009), No Secrets | |Department of Health Guidance; Safeguarding Adults, A National Framework of Standards for good | |practice and outcomes in adult protection work 2005; Dignity in Care Initiative; Human Rights in | |Healthcare – A Framework for Local Action 2007; organisational policies, local and regional guidelines for | |staff and volunteers working with vulnerable adults; Codes of Practice for Nursing and Social Work | | | | | | | ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Social Services And Social Work Many people are driven to pursue a career in social work due to personal experiences that have led them to a desire to help others. Ben Carniol, author of Case Critical: Social Services and Social Justice in Canada, is no exception to this. He brings years of experience to a new perspective on where social work is headed for this country. He discusses why anti–oppressive and progressive social work practice is effective, and vital for future success, what systemic and societal barriers stand in the way of said practice, and what steps can and are being taken to overcome these obstacles. Carniol's book brings readers on the journey that many social workers take throughout their careers, and is inspiring to those headed into this career ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Many of these barriers stem from the fact that there are still systemic inequalities that benefit some and harm others (Carniol, 2010, p. 10). So even if one is working with a progressive mindset or agency, there may be times when the the systemic inequalities will still prove to be a problem. In some of these cases, it may be possible to work within the system, and have the social worker use their power to help their client, however this is unfortunately not doable all of the time. Some agencies may reflect these inequalities themselves, and social workers often feel fear to speak up on these issues, at risk that they may lose their employment (Carniol, 2010, p. 107). We have discussed this scenario multiple times in our Basic Interventions class, particularly when talking about ethics. While most of us students agree that we would like to believe we would stand up for such injustices, we also agreed that the risk of losing your job is a large and valid fear. Ultimately, the biggest barrier to progressive social work can be described in one simple word: money. Carniol (2010) discussed how the systemic inequalities, who in this case favour the wealthy over the lower classes, has allowed acts such as tax evasion, which in turn leads to less funding for social programs (p. 11). There were many parts in the book that, truth be told, made me weary about my choice to go into this field. In addition to the aforementioned systemic inequalities, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...