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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she returned to NY in 1989 where she finished her degree at Queens College‚ graduating in 1991‚ with a degree in psychology. Ms. LePape reported that continued her education at NYU‚ graduating with a Masters in Social Work in 1994. Ms. LePape reported that she has worked as a clinical social worker‚ she is currently working at as a psychotherapist in private psychology practice. Ms. LePape stated that she is working about thirteen hours a week. Ms. LePape stated that she has one sibling with whom
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Social Work Personal Statement I am a people’s person. I am passionately interesting in listening to people’s problem and finding strategies to help solve them. In everyday life people go through difficulties that make life impossible to them to live. There is a saying that says a service is only as good as the person who delivered the service. I want to be that person who delivered a good service to people who needs it. Through studding subject like psychology‚ sociology and abnormal psychology
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Personal Goals There are many reasons why I chose a profession in the social work field. Some of the reasons why I chose to work in this area stem from my childhood experiences. As a child‚ I was pretty much on my own‚ my parents were pretty much absent and I had to take care of myself and sometimes them‚ I also took care of my siblings. The only teacher I had to encourage me was my 7th grade Social Studies teacher‚ Mr. Schaal‚ (he was killed in a car wreck after I started high school) with no guidance
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“Social Work Value &Ethics” PDA was designed for social worker majors and pre social worker majors. Values and Ethics are what social workers live by it entails our code of ethics. The Code of Ethics tells us as social workers how we should act and behave. As social workers it is very important that we practice by these values and ethics. I like this PDA for the reason that many social workers today act as if they do not know anything about values or ethics. I think all social workers should attend
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Association of Social Workers focuses on 6 core values that are greatly embedded in the profession of social work. As a young student who is determined to be a social worker I have become very invested in the core values since first learning about them in my Introduction to Social Work class with Professor Thigpen. As we discussed each of these core values in class I became extremely interested in the value of social justice. This core value encourages social workers to fight against social injustice
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In the second case example‚ a theoretical perspective that may work for the family‚ is the Strengths Perspective. In this perspective‚ a social worker would acknowledge the client’s strengths and help the clients build upon those strengths‚ as well as realizing that they have the ability to learn and change. In this example‚ Romelio has numerous strengths that he can build upon in order to change his ways. One of his strengths includes the fact that he was able to maintain sobriety for two years
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decisions such as career choice because it could have a great impact on an individual. In the article “Spirituality and Religiosity: Their Effects on Undergraduate Social Work Career Choice” a study is done to analyze this influence between different groups of people and if R/S is a main motivator in career choice (specifically social work) or if there are other factors that have a greater influence than R/S. The two samples in
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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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