Social Work Practice Teenage pregnancy is a social issue and is significant to the practice of social work. One of the main goals of social work is to help individuals‚ groups‚ or communities enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning and creating societal conditions favorable to this goal (Benson‚ 2004). It is important for social workers that those of them in practice understand the complexity of teenage pregnancy and the effects it has on the family as a whole. Social workers should
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Overall‚ I am very pleased with how our group communicated with one another throughout the duration of the course. Everyone was ambitious with contributing to the website assuring we had all the bases covered for the final website submission. This was my first experience working together with other people through email/text/phone to communicate back and fourth for the website. My role in our group was taking the provided information and putting it on the website as well as proof reading the documents
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Group working or cooperative learning M.Ramez Behrad Professor Mrs. Baher Research Dec‚ 01/ 12/ 2012 Thesis statement: Group working makes the environment of learning better by providing students more confidence and increases interactions among students. Outline: Introduction: a. Importance of English language b. Problems in English classes c. Suggested solution Background information a. Definition of group working b. feathers of group working Differences of studying
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As I have been progressing in the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program‚ I have been able to reflect upon my strengths and weaknesses. Through reflection‚ I have been able to better understand where I was‚ where I am‚ and where I am going as a clinical social worker. Compared with this time last year‚ I now know that as much as I tried to steer away from policy and research it is impossible to practice on the clinical level without them. While practicing in the agency I was placed at last year‚ evidence-based
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Introduction As part of my studies in the MA social Work and Law module I attended Hull Crown Court. During the visit I witnessed three sentencing sessions. In this paper I aim to project a reflective account of my own thoughts and feelings regarding the Crown Court environment and my initial perceptions of the power dynamics of the Court room officials. The profile and demographics of the defendants will be briefed‚ with the aim of finding links between them. We will then introduce the nature of
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at least a tacit sense of agreed standards‚ values and common identity” (Schein‚ 1965). This has left many academics to analyse the benefits of working within a group‚ and how these compare to the disadvantages. Working in groups has become increasingly popular with academics and organisations due to the excessive advantages which are obtainable. Groups who set their mind on one specific goal can draw on each other’s knowledge‚ perspectives and experiences which increase the quality of innovation
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Housing Association. In 2010 the service contract went through the tender process and Nottingham Community Housing Association was awarded the contract and my employment contract was transferred under the TUPE regulations. I embraced the changes‚ so my work was consistent in my allocated projects‚ which were a shared house accommodating 8 medium- high risk service users and a block of 7 self-contained flats accommodating 7 low risk/ ready for move-on service users. Although the change of management did
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Social work groups must have certain defining characteristics within its structure (). These characteristics must include the purpose‚ how the group was formed‚ structured and group content ().The purpose of the group is to help adolescent cope with grief and loss using supportive guidance. In response to a common need identified among adolescents this group was formed. Adolescents needed a safe place to cope with the grief process. This is a voluntary group for adolescents who have lost a parent
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Conflict and Resolutions Within a Workgroup Effective communications is defined as the successful exchange of information between individuals. An effective communicator is successful in establishing an active two-way link with another individual or group. When people work in groups‚ there are two quite separate issues involved. The first is the task and the problems involved in getting the job done. The second is the process of the group work itself: the mechanisms by which the group acts as a unit and
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Group Process Social work practitioners employ different types of strategies when working with treatment groups. These strategies are designed to meet the individual needs of each member as well as the needs of the group. The purpose of this particular group was to provide psycho-education‚ support and treatment to its members. The goal of this treatment group was to rehabilitate members and restore them to their formal level of functioning (Toseland and Rivas‚ 2011). The group was led by
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