...Elementary and Middle School Social Workers Kristen Zanghi The University of North Carolina at Pembroke Interview with the Social Worker: The Social Worker that I interviewed is Flossie Hunt, who works at Pembroke Elementary and Middle School. Her specific job title is the School Social Worker, whose qualifications that are required include a Bachelor in Social Work and having completed the School Social Work class (Hunt). A School Social Worker has many responsibilities when it comes to a days work. One is to empower the students, families, and school personnel to access available opportunities and resources that develop each student’s potential. They make assessments of student, family, and school needs and direct the service/services delivery. They are the advocacy of a student when needed and handle consultations and collaborations. They deal with situations like program planning, implementation, and evaluation and they deal with the accountability of the students. (Hunt) The roles played by a School Social Worker vary in the severity of the situation with a student. They must meet the social service needs of children and must try to improve the communication between the home and the school. Their job is to serve homes, schools, and the community. As stated before, a School Social Worker is required to have a Bachelor in Social Work. It would be an even better advantage to have a Master in Social Work (Hunt). Social Workers working in a specific field...
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...Writing Assignment #1 Perception of Social Work Assignment According to the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), social work as profession originated over one hundred years ago. I perceive social work as a job that helps children and adults to be safe within their environment. Helping children and adults improve the quality of life. Therefore, making social work is an important job. When I think of social work I think about problem solving because, I perceive social workers as solving problems. I also perceive a social worker as an individual who prevents problem from developing. Bureau of Labor Statistics defines social work, as an individual that assists people by helping them cope with and solve issues in their everyday lives, such as family and personal problems and dealing with relationships. Furthermore, social workers also help people with disabilities and children facing abuse, unemployment, and social problems. In addition there are various types of social workers. These various types of social workers includes: child, family, medical, public and school social workers. These social workers provide services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their family (Bureau of Labor Statistics). Child, family, and school social workers help to improve the situation. For example, they may assist single parents, abused children, and arrange adoptions. Specializing in working with a particular problem, population or settings...
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...Child and Family Social Worker Kaplan University Professor Pruett CM107-98 April 17, 2014 The first source listed below was found on the KU Online Library. This was a very interesting article to read for my final project. I choose to read The Survival Guide for Newly Qualified Child and Family Social Workers: Hitting the Ground Running. After reading this eBook, I found that each chapter has a range of tasks, exercises and checklists, which provide hints and tips to help professionals manage a range of different issues. Issues that is likely to arise during the first year as a newly qualified social worker. This book contains great advice and guidance for new social workers. This is a good book that triggers your thinking. It can be used to set us up on the right direction or to help us avoid difficulty when dealing with clients. (Donnellan, 2010) This was a perfect book for me to read because I am planning on becoming a Child and Family Social worker, once I obtain my Bachelor’s degree. This book is great because it is intended for new entrants into the field of human services. So, it perfectly fits with the topic I will be writing about in my Unit 9 Final Project. It contains a lot of information on what to expect when in this field. This is source is reliable, because I found it on Kaplan Universities Library. Everything found in this library is suitable. The second source I choose was from O*NET OnLine. This website contains occupational information. By searching...
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...schoolsecurity). Traumatic stress and psychological distress play a major role in counseling children. School counseling has become even more valuable in the U.S. due to traumatic events such as school shootings. School shootings have had a major impact on students, families and communities. There is a more security and law enforcement present at schools across the US and metal detectors in schools also. School children are being taught how to prepare if there is a shooter or shooters in schools. Due to the increased acts of violence in schools and the need for intensive intervention in student issues, school personnel, school boards, and communities are recognizing the need to provide effective prevention and intervention programs to address social, emotional, and academic needs of students. (Davis, T., 2015, Exploring School Counseling). In the next ten years even more attention will be needed to counseling of young children. There are students who have undiagnosed mental health issues, counselors have to be diligent and observant when working with students. In today’s society students are stressed, some are highly medicated. Counselors have to be aware of each student needs, behaviors, and work with all staff to meet the needs of these...
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...interaction * How to respond if maltreatment is suspected * What action to take following disclosure * Maintaining confidentiality Responding to direct or indirect disclosure: * Listening skills * Communicating with the child at their own pace and taking them seriously with unconditional acceptance * Reassuring and supporting * Dealing with your own feelings Procedures where maltreatment is considered, suspected, confirmed or excluded Procedures where maltreatment is considered, suspected, confirmed or excluded Whistle Blowing This happens within an organisation, such as social services, when a co-worker suspects/ sees another co-worker not complying with the proper procedures and rules set in place by the organisation its self to support and protect children and young people. The co-worker seeing this will report them to their manger, boss or HR. An example of this is if a social worker choses to...
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...Veterans In Late Adulthood Brittany Albano NYU Part I I observed homeless veteran men within the late adulthood population at the Borden Avenue Veterans Shelter in Long Island City, NY. I watched the veterans first in a recreation room interacting socially with other clients, next, in a meeting with social workers, and lastly, outside of the shelter on the streets of New York. These observations were all made at the same time, at approximately 12 pm. I watched the veterans both interact with others and behave on their own for an hour in each setting. During this time, I saw and noted many different aspects of what it means to be a homeless veteran in late adulthood through a social work lens. In an entirely social setting, the recreation room, most clients interacted closely and comfortably. It was mealtime in the recreation room and they were gathered to eat lunch. Most of the clients were loud and spoke to each other often. They seemed ‘free’. Some were even making inappropriate jokes and it seemed as if their guards were down. I heard them making fun of other people, both staff members and clients. The clients sat in dyads or small groups; practically no one was alone in the room. However, the younger clients who were not part of the late adulthood population that engulfs most of the clients at the shelter seemed to be excluded and stuck together. The older clients did not interact with them at all. During this time, the clients were dressed casually, most in sweatpants...
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...change process which involves “acquiring and understanding of a problem, what causes it and what can be changed to minimize or resolve it” (Barker, 2003. p. 30). Assessment is a continuous activity and has to be done throughout the process of assisting clients in resolving their problems. After a problem as been identified, the social worker evaluates the problem situation within the environment because the problem does not only involve the individuals and their families but also the larger communities and systems in which the people live in. When all the necessary data has been collected, the social worker and the client system have to participate in specificactivities that leads to solving the identified problem and these activities has to be clearly stated by the social worker. In this report, I will critically discuss and outline the process of assessment, how I, the social worker, together with the client system will minimize or resolve the problem and also the measures taken in resolving the problem. How to approach assessment Information about the identified problem or situation needs to be gathered, analysed and interpreted by the social worker (). Such situations may involve children faced with personality issues; struggling to focus at school therefore not being able to learn effectively or to express their capabilities, and also not receiving the public assistance they need. Careful thought is necessary in order to make an effective decision about the problem on how...
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...Processes Involved In Planning Support for Individuals There are many different processes and assessments that can be used in health and social care but here are the most important ones that can be used. There is the cycle of support planning, which is: This is the small cycle Assessment Check of care services Care planning Implementation of care services In this cycle, there is an assessment taken place to help the individual and the care plan is made or in the process of making then sent for it to be implemented to the care services, then sent off to the cared services for it to be checked. Referral The support planning and delivery process can be seen as a cycle: Holistic assessment Reviewing Evaluating Identifying current provision Monitoring Care planning Implementation Recording Communicating Since the NHS Care and Community Act 1990, all the local authorities have decided that everyone should start using the support planning cycle. The stages of this support planning cycle are: Referral- This enables people to become known to the services. For example, Martha is 89 years old, and she has been a very independent career minded woman and she has dementia. Because she is very old and has dementia which means she needs to be used to or become known to services, so that professionals known that she is also an important patient, who needs to be looked after carefully. This...
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...services and get assistance from the part of the agency’s employees. At the same time, I expected to encounter people, who have lost all hopes in life and attend the human service agency as the last place, where they expect to find some help and assistance of social workers and health care professionals. However, when I went to the human service agency, my expectations turned out to be quite inaccurate. When I went to the human service agency I attempted to make some observations. I just observed and tried to understand what was going on and what sort of people I observed there. To my surprise, I saw just a few people, who looked to be truly desperate. As for the majority of people, I saw that they were doing some routine things, which they have already accustomed to. In fact, they looked for services they needed and they were certain that they would receive services that would help solved their case. At the same time, people I saw there apparently had a relatively low level of income. Judging from their appearance, I could understand that they could not afford the high standards of living. However, I could hardly estimate that they live from hand to mouth. Instead, they had quite stable income and counted for a stable social standing they had. Some people were quite self-assured and seemed to be certain in their future. In such a way, people I saw in the human service agency belonged to the lower or low-middle class at the most....
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...P2: In p2 I am going to be identifying the processes and the assessment tools in which could be involved when planning support. The Cycle of Assessment (The Processes): The process is for example; a support plan for an elderly or a teenager to have for when they feel it is important to them and for what they would like to change in their life. During this kind of assessment process, a social worker for example, will discuss with the individual what is working and also what is not working and this is to ensure that they are having a good quality of life and this will make it easier to identify what kind of support or maybe even resources they may need to make their life easier. The support plan does not have to be complicated as it can as detailed or as simple as they would like it to be but this is as long as both the carer and the individual discuss, understand and also agree the desired outcomes of the assessment. When someone produces a support plan, it is very important that they consider how to meet all of the individuals needs and this is also whilst considering the role of the informal carer. When the first assessment is to take place, the extent of all the individuals support needs might not be apparent straight away and this would make it very difficult to identify all of the relevant support services that could be useful and in which are needed. Therefore it is very important that the dates are set for reviewing the plan with the person who is requiring the care...
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...Social Work Examination Supervision in Social Work Table of Contents SUPERVISION IN SOCIAL WORK Table of Contents Table of Contents I. Introduction and Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 II. Individual Supervision and Group Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 III. Supervision Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 IV. Administrative Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 V. Educational Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 VI. Supportive Supervision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 VII. Evaluation/Performance Appraisal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VIII. Miscellaneous Supervision Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Answers and Rationale for Chapter Review Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...Principles of Care Principles of care are the standards and qualities that are considered desirable by the care profession. They are important as they help to meet the client’s physical, intellectual, emotional, social and spiritual needs. It helps to provide a framework for care workers to help underpin the service they provide for their clients and are incorporated into codes of practice of different care professions. If these values are not adhered to, a care worker may be struck off the professional register and would not be allowed to work in the health profession again. The principles of care are: * Promoting and supporting individuals’ rights to dignity, independence, choice and safety. * Promoting effective communication and relationships. * Maintaining confidentiality of information. * Promoting anti-discriminatory practice. * Acknowledging individuals’ personal beliefs and identity and respecting diversity. * Protecting individuals’ from abuse. * Promoting individualised care. All care workers also have codes of practice which include the rules within which they should work. They include a set of guidelines, on delivery of quality care and can also be used to measure the quality of care provided, and strengthen and support care values. Codes of practice are linked to principles of care in order to support a client’s well-being. Each professional body has a policy in relation to their specific job role. When a member of staff is employed...
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... To protect the children from such people or events, such as abduction, social workers (sometimes known as child protection officers) have been employed. Their primary goal is to focus on the safeguarding of children and for many years these workers have also provided additional support to families and family members that feel they are vulnerable. CAFCAS along with social work is another agency that is employed in the welfare of children dealing with courts to find solutions to families’ differences when parents separate. Their goal is to reunite parents with their children and also to provide the children with a better way of life. This is either by shielding them from an abusive parent or, by helping the single parent gain access to finances to help support the child. Another feature of this legislation is to enable the courts to decide on what is best for the child, if that choice is more beneficial for the child in their current situation. This could in extreme cases involve the removal of the child from their parents and be placed into the care/foster care system; this is always the last resort. CAFCAS along with the clerks of the court help support the magistrates or judges in this matter as it is also their responsibility to help provide courts with relevant information as to the best suitable course of action to take. This would normally take place after a number of consultations, observations or a combination of both with the child’s parents. This responsibility could...
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...March 2015 Living the Dream There have been many life experiences which have led me to have a desire to be a social worker. For example, all of my life my parents have taught me the value of helping others. I grew up in atmosphere where the needs of others were put before our own. My family’s example has truly helped me to understand the importance of helping others. As a direct result of this example, for as long as I can remember I have had the desire to work in the social work field helping those truly in need. I first realized this desire when I was 9 years old. At the time my mother would take me to local homeless shelters in Houston to help the poor and unfortunate. During the time there I heard many stories from people on how they ended up in this position. These stories involved issues with drugs, alcohol, and domestic violence as well as victims who suffered from sexual and physical abuse as a child. As I was listing my mind would automatically start conjuring thoughts of solutions that can fix their problem. I could easily empathize with them on a personal level. My passion to help others grew more and more after each story told. Hearing these stories is what inspired me and filled my desire to become a social worker. That’s why I have dedicated myself to doing whatever it takes to make this lifelong dream of mine a reality. I believe that being a social worker requires many special skills that I feel I possess. One of these skills that I feel is important is that I...
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...more lean body that society promotes. As a result, many teenagers are victims to eating disorders and with this disease comes sadness, frustration, fear, depression and loneliness (Bardnick) This highlights the need for action to be taken in addressing eating disorders and preventing them from occurring. The relationship of social work with anorexia on the rise is very significant. Schools are the number one place where teens feel the need to fit in and with a social worker being able to communicate with students about anything is extremely beneficial to most. The main approach of social workers in schools has been to counsel the child with their problems and to inform the family of the situation taking place (Morales, Sheafor, Scott 109). In order for the previous step to happen and to enable social workers to do their job, teachers need to make referrals when evident problems are occurring with a student. However, school social workers are also in the position to detect students’ changing attitudes around food, weight, body shape, social functioning, and academic studies too since they are surrounded by them on a daily basis. School social workers are in a position to identify at-risk individuals, enforce effective school-based prevention programs, make appropriate...
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