Paige Wendler Intro to Social Work Course Paper: Reflections on Social Work Social work is a profession that requires commitment to improving the lives of others as well as the community around you. As a social worker‚ the NASW Code of Ethics which states the mission you have as a social a social work professional. The mission “is to enhance human well-being and help meet the basic human needs of all people‚ with particular attention to the needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable‚ oppressed
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Religion‚ Social Policy‚ and Social Work Practice Faith-based Services in Public Welfare It is generally accepted that the church has been a locus of social service and social change throughout America’s history‚ and “that the concept of human services emerged‚ at least partially‚ from a religious base” (Ellor‚ Netting‚ & Thibault‚ 1999‚ p. 13). Furthermore‚ it is recognized that the social work profession in the United States was influenced by a long history of religious traditions (Ellor
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NOTES for “The Four Cardinal Virtues” Prudence: The virtue of prudence is the mold and mother of all the other cardinal virtues‚ of justice‚ fortitude‚ and temperance. For Pieper the fact that people feel strange when they hear the discussion of prudence occur indicates that they are genuinely lost in terms of the relationship to Western culture. “…there is a larger significance in the fact that people today can respond to this assertion of the pre-eminence of prudence only with incomprehension
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Law is heavily imbedded in social work practice. Social workers work within the framework of the law in three major capacities. Firstly; as regulators‚ secondly; as advocates or agents for legal rights‚ and thirdly; by developing and commenting on social policy. Social workers are intrinsically linked with the law‚ by working with people for whom the law is designed to protect. Social workers work in different fields of social work practice‚ both directly and indirectly. In all fields of practice
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Challenging Oppression – A Critical Approach to Social Work (Bob Mullaly) Oppression is a state of being kept down by force or authority. Personally Constructed Theory Social Work is practiced based and pursues the following to lead to well-articulated practice (functions of theory) - description‚ explanation‚ prediction‚ control and management of events and changes. There is much discussion regarding the nature of‚ dynamics‚ forms‚ functions and causes of oppression however there is
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Topic: School Based Social Work Story: During my freshman year at College‚ I was mad aware of a job opening at a local public school on Staten Island. Some of the college’s students spent their first semester volunteering there for their freshman learning community. By the second semester‚ all the volunteers left because the atmosphere of the school was challenging. With all of the free help gone‚ the school put out a flyer for paid after school help positions. I jumped at the opportunity for
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Professionalism in social work is an important factor in the social work field. Social work professionalism means applying the code of ethics to each individual to make sure he or she receives the necessities the individual needs; which is to understand the individual’s socioeconomic background and cultural awareness. Supervision is the key factor in learning how to be professional in the social work field. According to Comartin (2011)‚ supervision is an essential part of being a professional social worker
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2010 The field of social work is constantly being influenced by new theories and ideology that affects how social worker’s engage and interact with their clients. The new ideology of the theories can impact the values of social worker’s. The purpose of this paper is to explore and inform how the concepts of relationship or alliance with clients from the work of the RCT theorist‚ Judith Herman‚ and Paulo Freire has influenced my values and developing sense of social work practice. As a student
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The ‘International federation of Social Work’ defines Social work as ‘a profession that promotes change in society‚ solves problems in human relations and empowering and liberating people to improve their well being’. (BASW 2001). This composition aims to discuss some of the skill base of a social worker‚ a brief historical overview of social work and law and ethics that govern them. Social Work emerged from three sources namely ‘the poor law‚ aid organisations and the settlement movement. Aid
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Poverty is often used as an indicator of social and economic development. Statistics seem to suggest that the number of people living in poverty in the UK is rising (Mantle and Backwith‚ 2010; Parekh‚ MacInnes and Kenway‚ 2010). In the general public or media poverty tends to be advertised as hunger‚ homelessness and gruesome living environments‚ where basic needs are in severe deficit. The concept of poverty is generally presented as an issue of underdeveloped countries. Consequently the picture
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