my education‚ experiences‚ and professional practice to make a difference in the lives of others. This class marks the beginning of my path to a hopefully long and influential career in the field of social work. This course has presented opportunities and challenges to raise a level of awareness of self that I did not realize I possessed. I have and will continue to use this discernment to relate and understand others. Prior to this semester‚ I did not fully grasp how each of these exercises‚ experiences
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position as a Social Worker it needs the ability to identify and balance values of benefits and harms‚ taking into consideration where one’s own value base impacts on the decision making and where we can support people to achieve the best outcomes‚ using professional rather than personal values. However we are guided by the purpose of the organisation we are employed in‚ as well as the legal and policy parameters of our society. Additionally‚ it would appear that the focus of social
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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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course‚ my impression on the field of Social Work embraces that this fields rests far more diverse and incriminated into society than I previously thought; “Not only do they help the individuals cope with the situation at hand‚ they advocate for them and seek out valuable resources and other means of support for the affected person(s)” (XXX). Prior to this course‚ I detained a misconception that social workers predominantly counseled individuals‚ when in reality‚ social workers integrate collaboration
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The ethics of social work are values that we as a nation should live‚ sleep‚ eat‚ and breathe by. An important value in my life is self-determination. This value is present in my life because I always strive to make my own decisions and choices. Along with my own self-determination‚ even though family and friends continuingly ask for my advice‚ I encourage them to ultimately make their own decisions. This value will help me in my professional work because as a social worker‚ they encourage their
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Nakisa Pirooz SLWK-200 September 26‚ 2013 Reflection Paper 1 “I am not truly free if I am taking away someone else’s freedom‚ just as surely as I am not free when my freedom is taken from me. The oppressed and the oppressor alike are robbed of their humanity‚” is a famous quote in “Long Walk to Freedom‚” by Nelson Mandela. Young African Americans arrested for drug possession are forty-eight times more likely to end up in prison than Caucasians are. Racism applies to other races as well from all
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well-being. At this stage of my life Social Work is what I am most interested in practicing because it provides opportunities for me to work in many different settings with people whose problems‚ issues and needs are diverse. My second choice would then be guidance counseling which is the process of helping individuals discover and develop their educational‚ vocational‚ and psychological potentialities and thereby achieve an optimal level of personal happiness and social usefulness. I am interested in
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i1. Introduction Group work is an integral part of life‚ and in particular‚ an essential component of social work practice. Group work provides a myriad of benefits that individual work cannot provide‚ such as the synergy among members that group work provides over case work (Corey & Corey‚ 2006)‚ and it is precisely why group work is applied in the social work setting. Various theories affect how group work is practiced‚ affecting both group dynamics and the different stages of the group
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Self-reflection in Reflective Practice: A Note of Caution Kam-shing Yip: British Journal of Social Work (2006) 36‚777-788‚ doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch323‚ Advance Access publication October 31‚ 2005: My reflection on this article (attached). Ruch identified four types of reflective learning: 1. technical rationality and level of knowledge 2. practical personal assumptions and beliefs 3. process focus on conscious and unconscious (psychodynamic) development of reflective self 4. Critical challenges
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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 goals. Develop plans to improve their clients’ well-being. Help clients adjust to changes and challenges in their lives‚ such as illness‚ divorce‚ or unemployment. Research and refer clients to community resources‚ such as food stamps‚ child care‚ and health care. Help clients work with government agencies to apply
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