and future devoted social worker. Enrolling in graduate school has been my plan since obtaining my BA (Bachelor of Arts) in 2009; however‚ finding the program that would best meet the needs of my busy life and career goals was not easy. Recently‚ I decided to go on the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) website‚ where I learned about Boston University (BU). After reading about the BU program‚ I knew it would be the perfect program for me. BU online Master of Social Work (MSW) program offers
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Running Head: CASE STUDY 1. Identify the client: The definition of client as defined in our textbook is‚ “One who has either sought help from a social worker or is served by an agency employing a social worker.” Therefore‚ in this case study I would consider both Frank and Angela Bertollini to be the clients. 2. Eco-map: 3. Field of Practice Knowledge: * Depression: One thing that I learned from this article is the phases that amputees experience for up to ten years
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1950s social workers were not focused on helping alcoholic or drug-dependent people. Instead back then they worked with the spouse of the chemically dependent person. Juvenile drug use was not investigated until 1952. In 1957 social workers were urged to help change public attitudes towards alcoholism. In 1970 legislation was passed that was to affect the delivery of services including social work services to alcoholic clients. Soon courses were offered at school about alcoholism. Now social workers
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I am determined to work in a Career field that will offer me the opportunity to do something that I enjoy doing as a job. My objective career goal is to work as a medical officer in the United States Army‚ specifically a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). I have thoroughly considered the skills that I presently have and the abilities that I need to either change or perfect. I been embarking on more educational avenues since I have being in the army to get close to this career goal. The ultimate
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Personal Goals There are many reasons why I chose a profession in the social work field. Some of the reasons why I chose to work in this area stem from my childhood experiences. As a child‚ I was pretty much on my own‚ my parents were pretty much absent and I had to take care of myself and sometimes them‚ I also took care of my siblings. The only teacher I had to encourage me was my 7th grade Social Studies teacher‚ Mr. Schaal‚ (he was killed in a car wreck after I started high school) with no guidance
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“Social Work Value &Ethics” PDA was designed for social worker majors and pre social worker majors. Values and Ethics are what social workers live by it entails our code of ethics. The Code of Ethics tells us as social workers how we should act and behave. As social workers it is very important that we practice by these values and ethics. I like this PDA for the reason that many social workers today act as if they do not know anything about values or ethics. I think all social workers should attend
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This evaluation of social work journals will aid in my ability to think critically and apply communication and professional judgment. Also‚ to integrating research based knowledge. Reading and evaluating these journals helps in formulating modules for assessment‚ intervention‚ and evaluation. Moreover‚ the paper will demonstrate my ability to communicate effectively verbally and grammatically with clients‚ colleagues‚ and within organizations. I will also research areas of prevention as it relates
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Association of Social Workers focuses on 6 core values that are greatly embedded in the profession of social work. As a young student who is determined to be a social worker I have become very invested in the core values since first learning about them in my Introduction to Social Work class with Professor Thigpen. As we discussed each of these core values in class I became extremely interested in the value of social justice. This core value encourages social workers to fight against social injustice
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In the second case example‚ a theoretical perspective that may work for the family‚ is the Strengths Perspective. In this perspective‚ a social worker would acknowledge the client’s strengths and help the clients build upon those strengths‚ as well as realizing that they have the ability to learn and change. In this example‚ Romelio has numerous strengths that he can build upon in order to change his ways. One of his strengths includes the fact that he was able to maintain sobriety for two years
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decisions such as career choice because it could have a great impact on an individual. In the article “Spirituality and Religiosity: Their Effects on Undergraduate Social Work Career Choice” a study is done to analyze this influence between different groups of people and if R/S is a main motivator in career choice (specifically social work) or if there are other factors that have a greater influence than R/S. The two samples in
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