1) Zhang Jie is a mature and responsible Primary Six student who will be taking his Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months‚ Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress
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To be an effective and competitive social worker‚ you will have to advocate for people with no voice‚ focus on their strengths and abilities instead of problems‚ serve and uphold the population but at the same time take care of well-being. During introduction to social welfare‚ we heard from numerous social workers and the areas of social work they practice. They each gave us feedback of skills we should either have or need to obtain. That includes developing time-management‚ communication and writing
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The clients social workers provide services for are faced with various issues that may cause challenges for both the client and social worker. These issues includes social injustice‚ economic hardship‚ inadequate health coverage‚ lack of transportation and limited family support. Although social workers are held accountable for adhering to the code of ethics‚ depending on the client’s lifestyle or personal choice the social worker personal and professional beliefs may be challenged. Levenson states
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The field of Social work is broad in terms of service delivery. Social workers can work in several institutions like Hospitals‚ Schools‚ Communities‚ Day care centers‚ with families‚ in government established re-habilitation centers etc. My focus in this write-up is to highlight the theoretical perspectives of social work practice in the hospital. A social worker who specializes in this aspect of social work can work in other health care settings. In the hospitals‚ social workers can work in several
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there is a lot of competition in order to progress at work. I love competition‚ but I really don’t want to be in competition with about twenty-five other social workers. You have a lot of experience. I have barley even been alive for twenty years. I think that your experience will be very useful in social work. At my practicum‚ I work in a cubical and make dozens of phone calls a day. I rally don’t like to work in a cubical‚ I love doing field work‚ its when we visit peoples homes and actually talk
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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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always had the urge to support someone during a vulnerable stage in their life‚ I believe I possess the necessary skills and qualities to pursue a profession where the main focus is centered on other people. My commitment and motivation to study Social Work is a direct result from the experiences I have encountered in my life. I come from a
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Older people and Social Care My presentation topic is social policy and older people and the key act I’m going to mainly focus on is the NHS & Community Care Act 1990. Going with the assumption that an older person is one whose age is 65 or over – the one distinguishing feature that they possess is that they appear not to work for a living. Older people have always been a major focus for social policy and because the UK is an ageing society‚ their importance to the subject is increasing further
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In social work profession‚ the most common problems seen in clients are anxiety and mood disorders. There are different types of mood disorders such as unipolar depressive disorder‚ bipolar and related disorder that are related to the terms depression and mania. Depression normally involves loss of interest in activities causing an interruption in daily life. Depression can be described as feelings of extraordinary sadness and dejection. Mania is characterized by periods of great excitement‚ delusions
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personal refute Trump’s implied agreement that all Muslims are criminals and terrorists. Even though‚ I do not believe any of my family members would oppose me advocating for human rights‚ social/economic justice or equality issues if they did I would handle the issues with care by sharing facts about the effects of social oppression among marginalized
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