...opportunities for social workers. A lot of job opportunities are available for social workers, because there are various occupations for social workers. These opportunities include military social workers, medical social workers, child family and school social workers, and substance abuse social workers. A military social worker helps many families cope with “challenges faced due to military deployment or helping them with injuries that happened while in service.”(Social Work License Map). Military social workers provide the assistance to those who have returned from service and have been hurt physically and psychologically. They also offer them financial support depending on their status when they return. Military social workers also help those who have lost a member while on duty by offering them financial support as well as emotional support. They offer them a variety of therapies to help them with that. According to the article “Medical Social Work” on the MSWGuide website medical social workers play a major role in the public...
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...psychologist is to promote obliging workspaces to promote healthier communication between management and employees. The selection and training process of the industrial/organizational psychology varies, depending on the occupation, though the core values remain the same. The industrial/organizational psychologist is looking for competent individuals who bring value to an organization. The method of selection is a meticulous progress of scrutiny that ranges from the military, to the medical field, into social services, and also the public school system. In this paper, social service work will be examined. Though selection is important, the steps of training employees are equally imperative. Altogether, this comes with concerns that could include legal and ethical obligations as organizations attempt to hire the right individual for the job. Industrial/Organizational Psychology to Select & Train Employees Some large corporate companies and government agencies, such as social services devote millions of dollars a year on employee selection. Psychological testing by employers is growing every year to gain dependable employees and revenue. It is important for employers to adequately assess a potential employee’s work ethic, mindset, and motivation, when applying for the job to avoid high rates of employee turnover. Individual...
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...Social Responsibility A consciousness of social responsibilities have become an important part for companies and owners to consider in order to prosper and have workers that want to strive to become the best for the company. Many years companies were worried about making money but not worried about how society benefits. In recent years, it has become important for companies to demonstrate how the company will help individuals and the economy to flourish. This has become a big concept for companies to adopt guidelines in ethics that puts individuals first before the company operations. There have been some individuals that have presented their views of what social responsibilities are, such as Peter Drucker, William Cohen, Milton Friedman, and Gayle Beebe. They have explained the methods of ethics in business and how social responsibilities become a part of the ethics picture (Jennings, 2012). Social responsibility is a business concern for social welfare and how it prospers with the company growth. Social responsibilities are also obligations of companies to have and develop and implement courses of action that aids in impacting the issues that affects society. Corporations must look at their legal responsibilities, legitimacy, and what charitable contributions that it has made to society in areas where the company operates. This means that companies have to focus on the long-term goals of how society will grow. The company helps society through their business as a...
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...experiences, Education, and Volunteer Experiences: My interest in obtaining a Master’s degree in Social Work stems from my experience working at South Mississippi Regional Center. South Mississippi Regional Center is an agency dedicated to the enhancement and support of individuals diagnosed with developmental disabilities. I earned a Bachelors in Psychology and was hired at South Mississippi Regional Center in the Home and Community Based Services department in the capacity of a Support Coordinator. As a Support Coordinator, I get the opportunity to work with individuals with developmental, physical and mental disabilities and their families. My job is to ensure that the clients can live a life free from abuse and neglect in...
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...Social work 200 Mid-term paper Professor Donnell Phillips 10/12/2015 This paper discusses the different fields of social work zoning in on Clinical/medical social work, the educational requirement, the different functions of a Clinical/medical social workers and a couple of challenges they face in their field. Many may ask why social work is important or why it is in existence, however with the alarming rate of dependency in todays’ society we have come to see that social work is an important piece needed for the society to function. With purposes such as being able to remediate social problems such as provide counseling, job training for a displaced worker, enhance social functioning such as creating programs for the youths in the community providing parent training programs and prevent social problems from developing we can see that social workers are able to keep our society together. Social workers are able to identify problems, provides resources and suggestions on how those problems can be solved; furthermore their versatility covers areas such as foster care, mental health, drug abuse, counseling, clinical/medical social workers and its likes. Amongst its many disciplines the discipline which intrigues me is the clinical/medical social worker, they help with the emotional, social and financial needs that come with health care issues. They often serve as advocates helping patients and families adjust with their illness and treatments. Most medical social workers...
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...she is also a social worker of a middle-aged man who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer who became unstable due to the shocking news. While on duty Ms. Kazin’s receives a call from her child’s caretaker, requesting Anna to return home immediately because her child is really sick. This causes Anna to become worried and is now facing a dilemma since her client became extremely upset and is crying. Not only is her child ill but she is the only social worker on staff. Anna decided to tell her client that she must return home to look after her infant. Anna’s client told her to stay with him for a little while until he became more stable. The people who should be involved in the decision-making process to solve this problem are Anna and Anna’s supervisor. There are various options Anna could take, but...
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...Journal of Social Work (2005) 35, 435–452 doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch190 Advance Access publication March 21, 2005 Use of Critical Consciousness in Anti-Oppressive Social Work Practice: Disentangling Power Dynamics at Personal and Structural Levels Izumi Sakamoto and Ronald O. Pitner Izumi Sakamoto, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of social work at the University of Toronto, Canada. She received her MA in social welfare from Sophia University, Japan, and her MSW, MS (psychology) and Ph.D. (social work and social psychology) from the University of Michigan, USA. Her research interests include anti-oppressive social work, gender and immigration, cultural influences on the self and identities, and cultural negotiation processes of newcomers. Ronald O. Pitner, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of social work at Washington University in Saint Louis, USA. He received his MA in psychology from the University of Tennessee, USA, a MSW and Ph.D. (social work and social psychology) from the University of Michigan, USA. His research interests are broadly defined in terms of social cognition, stereotyping, prejudice, race and ethnicity, multicultural social work. Correspondence to Izumi Sakamoto, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, 246 Bloor St West, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1, Canada. E-mail: Izumi.Sakamoto@utoronto.ca Summary One of the limitations of anti-oppressive perspectives (AOPs) in social work is its lack of focus at a micro and individual level. AOPs should entail the social worker’s...
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...Social science is described by Sills as a house with each room containing their own social science disciplinary. Social science involves social structures and public issues amongst their disciplines, with each discipline using their own concepts to achieve a common understanding. It is has multiple disciplines which covers subjects like Economics, history, and geography. Sills explains that the significance of social science allows for the better understanding of oneself in the world. He states thatsocial sciences is not concrete and differs depending on the generation. The social sciences needs to bemore heavily considered especially in our current society because there are many youths have no idea how their actions are affected by social structures.Sociological imagination is the interaction between the individuals and other individuals as well as the social structures in place. The term was coined by Mills in the 19th century during the industrial revolution. To have a sociological imagination, a person must be able to pull away from the situation and think from an alternative point of view. The movie lottery at birth helps us understand the concept of socio imaginti. Mills believed in the power of the sociological imagination to connect personal troubles to public issues. Soci imaginat is more applicable today than in Mill’s time because society is going through very fast transformations. Socio imaginati explains the nature of sociology and its relevance in daily life.Mythistory...
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...Social worker duties involve dealing with individual and social problems as well as situation that are, by definition, problematic and complex. A lot of situations in which social workers interfere become ethically complicated. These complications increase when we consider the general societal context and that of agency, and social workers’ professional and personal values. Though social workers’ professional values may be partly compatible with societal values, nonetheless there are some differences in emphasis, priorities and or understanding (Osmo and Landau, 2006). As a social worker making decisions about what to do in cases that feature ethical problems as well as dilemmas integrates our ethical judgements or evaluation of what is right...
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...9 chapter current controversies and issues Introduction The Clash of Values in Social Policies Welfare Euthanasia Government: How Much Support for the Needy? Target Populations: The Struggle for Support The AIDS Epidemic The Homeless Welfare Recipients Professionalism in the Human Services The Role of Human Services Workers Whom Do Human Services Workers Serve? A Basic Reading and Thinking Skill Ranking American Values References 324 Human Services in Contemporary America - © Cengage Learning c u r r e n t c o n t r ov e r s i e s a n d i s s u e s 325 INTRODUCTION You may have gathered by now that the human services field is quite complex. Complete agreement regarding philosophies, methods, goals, services, funding, or anything else just does not exist nor, from our point of view, should it. There are times when controversies and differences are stimulating, healthy, and valid and lead to creative solutions. At other times, they are repetitious, meaningless, and destructive. Too frequently they consume time, energy, and resources that might better be used providing needed services. To this end, we highly recommend that students become familiar with the books in the Opposing Viewpoints series, published by the Greenhaven Press, that deal with issues of concern to human services workers. The purpose of this chapter is to present a sampling of basic controversies and issues in the field of human services that have not yet been resolved and may never be resolved...
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...Statement of Intent Joscelyn D. Gonzalez 08/2016 Statement of Intent Trace the development of your interest in the field of social work. I began my educational career wanting to understand the connection between the mind and the behavior; that is why I chose psychology. Starting my current job at a foster care agency I became more interested in the way the children adapt to and are affected by their environments, it was my employment that fully triggered my interest in social work. Working with children and having a positive impact in their lives has led me to wanting to do more them. Being able to do something small for others and seeing that it can be a major impact in their lives is one of the greatest feelings I had ever felt....
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...different professions, for example the Canadian Association of Social Workers guidelines for ethical practices, states that social workers are not to engage in sexual activities or sexual contact with former clients. (Canadian Association of Social Workers, 2005) The College of Physicians and Surgeons Standard of Practice lists many examples of sexualizing an interaction such as sexualizing comments, sexualizing body contact and making physician-patient sexual contact. (College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2011) The issue of having a sexual relationship with a former client is continuously being publicized in the news and has seemingly become quite common in today’s society. This past year a twenty-seven year old Edmonton teacher admitted to having a sexual relationship with a fifteen-year-old student that attended...
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...My goal is to be a social worker for children and or individual with developmental or mental disabilities. Therefore I plan to major in social work in Rutgers University, which will help me become a better and more competent social worker. I have always loved helping people so I thought it would be best to make a career out of it. Rutgers is one of the best educational programs in New Jersey and I know attending this university will assist me with become the social worker I dream to become. There are a few goals I expect to complete after receiving an education from Rutgers University. First, I want to earn my degree in social work. Secondly, I want to further the information I learned from my two year college and my job. Finally I would like to get a job working in schools or group homes. Helping people has always been a part of my life. I remember in high school when I use to visit my older sister with Down syndrome at her group home. I use to assist her by going to the store with her and visited her every day when our grandmother past. She would remain upset even though I did those things with her. I know gaining education from Rutgers would help me learn how to help my sister better know as well as other. Once I earn my degree in social work I could help individual like my sister to...
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...Ethical Dilemmas On Social Work Practice Social Work Essay For this assignment I will explain personal values, prejudices, ethical dilemmas and the impact they have had on social work practice by reflecting on one of my beliefs and how I had to challenge myself to overcome it. Using Marxists and Feminists views of oppression I aim to identify, recognise, respect and value diverse individuals for which I will give an example of which happened to me and how I had to challenge discrimination towards others. I will also discuss theoretical frameworks to tackling oppression and discrimination by using the PCS model and how people can become empowered through groups, advocacy or legislation. Personal values, Prejudices, Ethical Dilemmas, Conflict of Interest and their impact on Social Work Practice A value is something that concerns someone or a belief they hold, this determines how a person behaves, values do not determine if something is said whether it is right or wrong in today’s society. However, a person’s belief’s can affect how they behave towards others. “Prejudice is a term which has rather negative connotations and is normally taken to mean a hostile attitude towards a person or group” (Billingham et al. 2008. Pg. 196) One of my values and a prejudice of mine is that any job I am employed in will eventually go to people working in a foreign country, especially India. This all stems from when I worked for a third party credit card processor, after giving them nine...
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...Task 1 1.1 Compare your personal values and principles of support for working in health and social care In the health and social care field, the performance of an individual at work is very much influenced by the Personal values of the individual and principles. As this health and social care profession involves a lot of communication and interaction with individuals from different background, it is highly essential for the care workers to have a greater awareness of self values. Inadequate and uneven care rendered results for the uprising issues in this field are mainly because of not realising the importance of personal values by the health care workers. Awareness of one’s own self makes a major contribution in improving personal qualities and the individual’s social skills. 1.2 Discuss and Identify the advantages and disadvantages of how personal culture and experience influences on your own role in supporting users in health and social care I strongly believe quality is of more priority than quantity. From my personal experience as a student nurse, while providing care to the clients, I will make sure that the relationship between the nurse and client should always be client centred and for the well being of the client, rather spending hours to ensure the basic needs were being provided. In our whole life we develop personal beliefs, and each belief can be altered/modified and new beliefs arise every now and then. I regard to this there is something which is very...
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