Professional practice requires you to be clear about the ideas that are guiding your thinking and influencing your practice’ (OKO 2008 p.17). in the light of the above statement‚ analyse a piece of work that you have undertaken on placement‚ critically discuss and evaluate a particular aspect of the theoretical base‚ the rationale for applying this knowledge base to your practice‚ and to what extent your practice has benefited from this. Professional practice requires you to be clear about the
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Model of Supervision By: Nashetta Rowell Ethics in Counselor Education and Supervision June 25‚ 2011 School counseling is a complex and demanding component of the counseling profession. With an increase of social and emotional stressors‚ children and youth of today face numerous challenges. These challenges ultimately affect children in school. With an increase of suicides‚ drug abuse‚ gang involvement‚ and violence amongst youth‚ a high demand
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lifestyle preferences when they come to work. Supervisors must remake organizations to accommodate these different lifestyles‚ family needs‚ and work styles. They must be flexible enough in their supervisory style to seek the involvement of all employees and be aware of the fact that all employees are differently motivated in terms of what they want and need from work. Diversity of the employee pool requires a broad range of new policies and practices. Work schedules will need to be more flexible
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LM2c: Develop professional supervision practice in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings. Unit ref M/602/3187 1. Understand the purpose of professional supervision in health and social care or children and young people’s work settings. 1.1 Analyse the principles‚ scope and purpose of professional supervision. Supervisions need to be on-going to be as effective as possible and gives the opportunity to reflect on the development of the staff member. It allows
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Many individuals will enter the profession of social work because they are simply interested in ‘helping people’. This pretext however is not as straightforward as it sounds. Some may be motivated by a mission of working against child problems such as child abuse hence choosing the direct path of social work which involves strategies such as counselling‚ case management or the dispensing of emergency assistance‚ whilst others may still hold ideals of ‘changing the world’ thus choosing a more indirect
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There are many different practice models that influence the way social workers choose to help people meet their goals. Here are some of the major social work practice models used in various roles‚ such as case managers and therapists: Problem solving Problem solving assists people with the problem solving process. Rather than tell clients what to do‚ social workers teach clients how to apply a problem solving method so they can develop their own solutions. The problem solving model focuses on
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Social work theory and practice Over the past 30 years there have been a lot of changes in social work. The demand for social workers has risen and the way we care for these families has been moulded by different theories. Social work started off as a way to make individuals enhance their standard of living through charity work and dealing with poverty. The goal was to advance the quality of life and the growth of every person in the society. In 1985 computers were intro deuced into work‚ this
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learn in class just by looking at the book‚ An Introduction to Group Work Practice. The first major thing I expect to learn in this class is the value of social workers working with groups. Second‚ the different types of groups social workers practice. Third‚ the types of client population social worker will encounter when assisting them with psychosocial needs. Fourth‚ the influence of culture and diversity in social work practice with groups. Fifth‚ learning how to become an effective social worker
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References: Cloud H‚ Townsend S‚J‚ 2003: Making small groups work: what every small group leader needs to know. Orange California published by Yates & Yates. Shuman S 2005‚ I.A.F. handbook of group facilitation:best practices from the leading organization in facilitation. San Francisco California: Jossey-Bass K sapin 2008 essential skills for youth work practice London sage Hunter D‚ et al 1996‚ The facilitation of groups Hampshire Gower publishing limited
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play in social work practice‚ one of the first things to understand is what our values are‚ Thompson (2000) states that One of the significant features of values is that we tend to become so accustomed to our own values and beliefs that we do not recognise that they are there or how they are influencing us. An important step‚ then‚ is to be clear about what our values are. Thompson (2000‚pp33) I will discuss both the personal and professional values that influence social work practice and discuss a
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