Skills and Characteristics of Mental Health Human Services Workers BSHS/471 Name Date Instructor Name Having a successful human service career depends on the skills and characteristics the social worker brings to the field every day. It is the job of a human service worker to provide both direct and indirect services to clients. He or she provides services and also works towards preserving the client’s wellbeing by assisting the client in various ways from setting appointments
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The role of an adult social worker is extremely broad‚ undertaking many roles to ensure that an individual and their families are able to access and make best of the resources available to them. Social Workers often deal with situations that are high in complexity‚ stress and uncertainty‚ often with conflicts of interest and risk. Most day-to-day work involves supporting service users‚ preventing family breakdowns‚ reduce risk of abuse and neglect and help people maintain or recover their independence
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THE OLDER POPULATION Gray is the new color of the world population. Today the globe is home to two billion people over the age of sixty‚ a group that is growing five times as quickly as the population as a whole. Of those‚ one hundred and eleven million are in the United States alone. With our elderly population increasing; we will have to find ways to care for them. According to the Census Bureau‚ more people were 65 and over in 2010‚ and increased at a faster rate than the
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What does everyone need at some point in one’s life? Answer: Help and support. What is the hardest thing for people struggling with a variety of issues to ask for? Answer: Help and support. As a social worker‚ it is our job to help individuals and one’s families cope with the problems they are facing and provide support and services to improve the client’s life. My client‚ Barbra Anne‚ has not have had an easy journey to recovery from her sexual abuse experience. Victims of sexual assault vary
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One thing that I anticipate that will be the most rewarding part of being a professional social worker would be to know that I helped changed somebody’s life for the better or just helped them. That is my whole reasoning of picking social work as a major. I love to help any and everybody that I can. Even if I am just a sounding board for your problems or need advice on a situation. If I cannot help you‚ I will find someone that can help you. I just do not want to see any one struggle of help can
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Getting older - Almost all people say that getting older is bad in some terms‚ but at the same time awesome because of the wisdom older people have. But at any rate there are some advantages and disadvantages to discuss. Well‚ I’m young yet so it’s difficult to me write about this topic. But I think one of the advantages is old people are always giving you advises‚ and they have a lot of stories to tell you because of their experiences of life and it’s even better when they have grandchild. Other
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Older Siblings: A Second Father Figure Older siblings! Role models‚ influences‚ they carry much more responsibility than it appears. Older siblings‚ whether they know it or not‚ shape their younger one’s character and personality. Parents are important‚ but the older sibling may reinforce or disprove some of the lessons that the parents teach. Younger siblings may not admit to it but they look up to their older sibling and they emulate them. Older siblings particularly serve as agents of socialization
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Analyzing Two Adventurers‚ Gary and Karana Gary Paulsen‚ the narrator and author of “Older Run” and Karana‚ in an excerpt from Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell‚ are both some type of adventurer. Their adventures and reactions are similar in various ways and are diverse in others. Gary Paulsen experiences a real-life survival adventure with his sled dogs. He is a dogsledder with a team of ten dogs. The dogs have been through vigorous preparation so he is sure that they will
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development district. I chose this agency because I couldn’t pick my agency I am at currently at since I am interning at Lafayette High School. I couldn’t do a proper analysis over my internship at the high school because there is only one social worker for the school. There are over 10 employees that work there but it doesn’t give me a chance to really talk about her leadership role and how she performs since she works independently. I used to work for BRADD so I know a lot about the agency so I
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William Gibson’s play‚ The Miracle Worker‚ illustrates how people who triumph over hardships can succeed in achieving their goals. The play follows Annie Sullivan‚ a half-blind northern young woman‚ as she travels to Post-Civil War Tuscumbia‚ Alabama in order to teach Helen Keller‚ a blind and deaf little girl. When she arrives in Alabama‚ Annie meets Helen’s family members; her father‚ Captain Keller‚ is a stubborn‚ commanding former Civil War captain and her mother‚ Kate Keller‚ is a young‚ overly
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