During my time at university‚ I found that Greater collaboration between agencies and the need to improve interagency working is a key priority within the public protection sector. The lack of co-ordinated within multi-agency working together effectively has been highlighted in the recent years. Due to a huge budget cut to the public sector that took place in 2010‚ it is vital that each agency started to iron out issues and start to perform as a controlled unit of different agencies all working together
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Health and Social Care Level 3 Unit 5 3.1 Identify national policies and local systems that relate to safeguarding and protection from abuse 3.2 Explain the roles of different agencies in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse 3.4 Identify sources of information and advice about own work role in safeguarding and protecting individuals from abuse 4.1 Explain how the likelihood of abuse may be reduced by: working with person centred values encouraging active participation promoting
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A. Critical analysis of safeguarding children including legislation‚ policy and professional practice (4000 word - 100%): United Nations Convention on the Rights of the child (UNCR 1989)‚ Article 1 defines a ’child’ as a person below the age of 18. Law is used in order to legitimise society; children are deeply and permanently affected by the laws that are made and enforced by adults. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children is based on "_protecting‚ preventing and ensure safety_"
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Communication is a large part of being a social worker whether it is communicating with a client‚ a co-worker‚ or a different agency. The first part of communication is engagement. Finn and Jacobson (2003) explain that engagement "is about being fully present‚ doing the communicative an relationship-building work‚ and becoming more critically aware" (p. 187). You have to engage communication in order for it to start as well as continue. The process of engaging includes listening and reflecting on
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Employee turnover is not always a negative thing. Social workers often leave positions for retirement‚ to further their education or raise families and‚ in these cases it is a positive experience for the social worker and in some cases‚ can also be positive for an organization‚ especially in cases where an employee is a poor fit for an organization. Turnover leads to the hiring of new workers with fresh and innovative ideas‚ however for the most part‚ turnover in social service agencies is a
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“Help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. Also‚ they diagnose and treat mental‚ behavioral‚ and emotional issues.” (U.S. Department of Labor‚ 2014). This tells me that it is very important that you have people skills and know how to handle certain issues that people may face. Also‚ you will need to know how certain issues work and how to treat them properly. Identify people who need help. Assess clients’ needs‚ situations‚ strengths‚ and support networks to decide their
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When working with older adults it is important to consider certain ethical implications. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) outlines best ethical practices to avoid said implications‚ and it is pertinent for social workers to keep the NASW Code of Ethics in mind when working with any client population‚ specifically older adults. The NASW Code of Ethics calls social workers to treat their clients with dignity and respect‚ to give them the right to self-determination‚ and to provide
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In chapter one: Power in the People have introduced me to how much power social workers have in the world. Many of us believe that by working and helping people we are giving building ourselves but it is not only about that social workers are also building the client strength that they see on the human being. Also‚ there is strength perspective that demands s different way of looking at individuals‚ families and community. This happens when we see the opportunities and capacities of what people
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Pursuing a master’s degree is a responsibility I owe to myself as well as a commitment I have to others. I call it a responsibility because I have an enthusiastic outlook on life‚ which makes me relentlessly find and pursue the things I want to achieve. I call it a commitment because I want to be an illustration to others of what hard work and dedication can achieve. My first introduction to Human Recourses Management came as a result of an encounter with Karen Choate‚ Human Resources Manager‚
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information was established as useful and relevant across both market segments: • 15% of the participants are likely to be dependent on drugs and other addictive chemical substances. • 18% of the participants have acquired undergraduate coursework. • 90% of participants are African-American and Hispanics. • 60% of the participants have children who are generally out of their custody. • 5% of the participants are H.I.V. positive. 3% of the participants are Hepatitis C positive‚ a result of their
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