Social Work Case Study

I. Key Themes Social workers can engage in micro, mezzo, and macro level of work to promote change and development in the society. The non-profit sector is one of the areas where social workers engage in mezzo level of work as program manager, capacity builder, researcher, case worker, manager among other. The Non-profit sector plays a key role in the protection of minority, experimentation and embracing the diversity of thought. There are many challenges that cause organizational problems in Non-profit sectors. The main cause of these challenges is resource based, structural and environmental which include political, policy and relation with the community. The organizational decision making shifted from community organization to organizational
Additionally identifying barriers and seeking a collaborative solution to community problem is an area that community practice engage. The planned change process also plays an important role in the community practice. Comprehensive Community Initiative approach helps to consider a comprehensive response to address a community presenting problem. Chris Krehmeyer CEO of Beyond Housing underscored how it is complex addressing social problems with a narrow scope of a solution. He mentioned that addressing housing problem can not be complete without equally addressing problems in education, health care, job, and poverty. Therefore an effective community problem-solving work can be achieved through a comprehensive mechanism that considers several contributing factors to the presenting
I believe that the initial stage of this journey is to acquire the knowledge, skills, and values which are the tool to practice professional social work practice. The courses I am taking are providing me the knowledge and skills required to be a professional social worker. I have a strong desire to work in children/youth counseling and behavioral health. I chose this track because of my country practice and believe towards behavioral health. The traditional believe and responses to the behavioral health disorders in my country setting appears to me has things to improve. Considering this I would like to build my skill and knowledge, particularly in human behavior, mental health, social work practice with children and youth and therapy. Additionally, cultural competence is one of the important skill I have to develop to meet the needs of clients. Therefore, I need to deepen this competency to enhance my career goal. My country Ethiopia, for instance, has 80 different ethnic groups which all have different cultural background. This can give a glimpse of an idea how the needs are diverse according to the cultural background of the people. Hence building culturally competent practice skills is the area that I am determined to develop further. Every culture has the strength that can be used to steer changes during the intervention process. As a social worker, my goal