situation‚ no matter its weight or wealth‚ propelling me to see the world from a very positive angle. Embedded in traits of selflessness‚ integrity‚ and diligence‚ I continue to make my services known whenever the need arises. My desire to pursue a career in social psychology was initially ignited by an encounter with a female adolescent during the early days of my adult life‚ in a very remote community‚ south on the Ghanaian map. Then undergraduate students‚ my colleagues and I used to spend part of our
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pursuing a career as an electrical engineer is not a surprise. Prior to my research‚ my knowledge of electrical engineering was limited. I knew that math is a huge part of the career along with power grids and science. My goal for the research was to strengthen my understanding of what it means to be an electrical engineer and decide if I should pursue a career in this field. After hours of analysis‚ I learned what the basic requirements for the occupation are and many more crucial facts about electrical
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To be an effective and competitive social worker‚ you will have to advocate for people with no voice‚ focus on their strengths and abilities instead of problems‚ serve and uphold the population but at the same time take care of well-being. During introduction to social welfare‚ we heard from numerous social workers and the areas of social work they practice. They each gave us feedback of skills we should either have or need to obtain. That includes developing time-management‚ communication and writing
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and Safe Families Act of 1997‚ the three main goals of this legislation involve the children who are in or are going to be in the foster care. These three goals are safety‚ well-being‚ and permanency. These goals are of the upmost importance when it comes to the foster care system because it gives the children an opportunity to settle into their new environment with stability and comfort in the most traumatic times. The first and most important goal is safety. The children who are placed in foster
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“What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would give answers like “A teacher‚ an orthodontist‚ and a babysitter!” It felt like I could be and do anything that I wanted to. Throughout the years I spent more time than the average kid thinking about my career‚ what I wanted to do‚ and who I wanted to be. It was my freshman year of high school that I learned I wanted to create my own cosmetic company and dive into the world of fashion and entertainment while somehow including God in all of it. I knew
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In the interview between Emilia and her social worker‚ many engagement skills were demonstrated throughout the video. Some of the engagement skills that were demonstrated included: Open-ended questions‚ closed- She started off by properly letting her know of how the rules and how the sessions was going to take place. She also let her know when a confidentiality might be broken. Towards the beginning of the interview‚ many closed ended questions were asked‚ questions that did require long answers
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1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress
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The purpose of this essay is to present a case study that was allocated to me on my second placement setting. I will discuss some of the ethical dilemmas which I have encountered and how I have dealt with them in a professional way. Anti-oppression/discrimination and reflective practice will also be analysed in order to demonstrate how they guided me throughout my work. I will also illustrate how the theories and legislation were incorporated within my practice. Working on this case also gave me
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x 1) Motivation and Commitment for the Social Work Profession As I reminisce back upon my life there are many experiences and factors that have affected and shaped who I am today. If you examine Nature vs. Nurture‚ Ive always concluded that human expression is not just black and white‚ there is a definite grey area where both nature (genetics) and nurture (environment) combine. For example‚ childhood experiences or family dynamics can either make or break you as a person depending on whether
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young age I knew I wanted a career that involved working with children. At the time I did not know exactly how or doing what I just knew I wanted to work with them. Throughout high school I changed my career choice quite often. I went from wanting to be a pediatric doctor‚ to just a pediatric dentist‚ then a teacher‚ and finally found myself wanting to be a Social Worker. My last two years of high school were very difficult for my family and I. We had numerous Social Workers walk in and out of our
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