What does everyone need at some point in one’s life? Answer: Help and support. What is the hardest thing for people struggling with a variety of issues to ask for? Answer: Help and support. As a social worker‚ it is our job to help individuals and one’s families cope with the problems they are facing and provide support and services to improve the client’s life. My client‚ Barbra Anne‚ has not have had an easy journey to recovery from her sexual abuse experience. Victims of sexual assault vary
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Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care Level 2 Unit Ref A/601/8574 Unit Credit Value 3 1. Know how to recognise signs of abuse 1.1 Define the following types of abuse: Physical Sexual Emotional/psychological Financial Institutional Self neglect Neglect by other Physical abuse is an act of another party involving contact intended to cause feelings of physical pain‚ injury‚ or other physical suffering or bodily harm. Sexual abuse is sexual activity
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One thing that I anticipate that will be the most rewarding part of being a professional social worker would be to know that I helped changed somebody’s life for the better or just helped them. That is my whole reasoning of picking social work as a major. I love to help any and everybody that I can. Even if I am just a sounding board for your problems or need advice on a situation. If I cannot help you‚ I will find someone that can help you. I just do not want to see any one struggle of help can
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Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice. 1. Explain what it means to have a duty of care in own work role. It is very important as we are responsible for all the members while they are attending the project and it would not be professional if any of them were to come to any harm. 2. Explain how duty of care contributes to the safeguarding of protection of individuals. Duty of care is a requirement to exercise a reasonable degree of attention and caution to avoid negligence
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I will be discussing about my reflection on the reading assignment‚ power points‚ and thoughts and feelings. The reading assignment topics were diversity and social justice in groups‚ specialty and creativity in groups‚ and different evidence based interventions utilize in groups. I will be discussing the importance of criteria guidelines that the group leader needs to be aware before conducting group. Most importantly‚ the therapist needs to be familiar with their own self-awareness‚ be familiar
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Introduction Social welfare is the societal institution responsible for providing assistance to those in needs. This term was used in a narrow sense to refer to social security and social service like CSSA; elderly assistance etc that provided by the government and it also serves the interests of the society and works for people’s well-being. However‚ in this essay‚ the term ‘social welfare’ has a broader sense that it means the welfare people supposed to have. This essay will comment on the development
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individual in a health and social care setting Compare and contrast the range and purpose of different forms of assessment The assessment process is the back bone to any package of care and it is vital that it is personal and appropriate to the individual concerned. Although studies have found that there is no singular theory or understanding as to what the purpose of assessment is‚ there are different approaches and forms of assessment carried out in health and social care. These different approaches
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could not work. She was disabled from her neck down. Immediately‚ she was hospitalized. A medical social worker carefully explained her disease so that we could better understand it. She was kind and patient with our Spanish only speaking family. Due to my mother’s health we were compelled to move in with my aunt. She raised me as if I was her own. During my childhood money was tight. My uncle would work two jobs just to make ends meet. My aunt would take us to a catholic center where social workers
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PERSON CENTRED SOCIAL CHANGE Introduction The objectives of the role play exercise was to explore ourselves‚ and more so explore myself as a person and as a practitioner (Community development worker) as well as a therapeutic activist. It was to highlight identity work and the different masks that we put on when working with communities and the challenges that this poses to practitioners and clients. It also highlighted power relations and prejudice that are involved when working with people
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addiction remain one of the major groups that the social workers encounter frequently. Social workers play instrumental roles in helping individuals‚ families‚ educational institutions‚ workplaces and communities to address addictions. Addiction affects people from diverse backgrounds‚ and helping professionals in virtually every area of practice encounter people with these problems. This essay discusses addiction in generic terms‚ and the methods that social workers can employ to address addiction-related
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