...Social Work and Chemical Dependency Purpose: Social Workers intervention can be cost effective and reduce relapses. This proposed research paper it to reflect that by having Social Worker case manage people with chemical dependency may limit relapse of addition. First is understand why a Social Worker would come into contact with a person who has chemical dependency issues. Social worker and a person chemical dependency will come together under various circumstances. Person life has fallen apart and family life is at stake. There was a call to an agency asking for help with the person and family members. What would the Social Worker triage the situation and come up with an assessment to get help for the person? One has to ask...
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...In identifying the complex factors concerning generational poverty, many factors are of concern. Approximately 61 percent of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers (MSFW) “live in poverty, with half earning less than $7,500 per year”. (Anthony, 2011,p.123) According to (Son’s &Bauer, 2010) Single or divorced mother’s find themselves in low paying jobs, with little flexibility, impacting their own ability to provide adequate structure for their children, along with the significant stress to just survive. Generational poverty affects many of us on several different levels. Women out number men in majority of circumstances. And due to this a woman’s long term outcome is determined by two different factors. Being married or ending up single, could perhaps be the deciding factor as to how the single or widowed woman ends up in life. Being married the woman does have the expectation of out living longer than the male spouse. Thus making life a lot less affordable for the older woman. In terms of financial support and healthcare coverage. Medicare is geared primarily toward healthcare for acute illness and covers realtively fewer expanses incurred by chronic illnesses. Whereas older women are more likely than men to suffer debilitating chronic illnesses; older men contract fewer long-term chronic illnesses but are more pronenet to acute illnesses. Hence, Medicare meets the healthcare needs of older men fully than those of older women are more prone to acute illnesses. Hence, Medicare...
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...Within the social work profession, stress is an element that can be experienced by the client and the social worker. Stress is considered the physical, mental, and emotional strain that results in negative consequences to those that experience it (American Institute of Stress, 2017). For instance, stress for a social worker and their client can begin influencing their behaviors based on those stressful experiences or by observing others in a stressful situation. In social psychology, these changes in social behavior are based on the learning theory (Lewis, 1936). For this paper, the direct experiences of stressful situations will be discussed and applied to the learning theory of social behavior. The impact of stress through the learning theory...
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...biopsychosocial intake sessions with my clients. I was a social worker in a short-term and long-term care nursing facility where I met with my short-term clients sometimes only once or twice; my long-term clients I met with once a month. Over time, I found that the biopsychosocial interviews I conducted often focused upon the problems in the clients’ lives and I wanted to engage my clients in a way which was positive and strengths-based instead of problems-focused. Approximately halfway through the internship year, I began to explore Solutions Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) as a therapeutic intervention which could be effectively employed with both my short-term and long-term clients. Although I had learned about SFBT through a course which indicated that it could be used with aging adults, I wanted to ensure that it would be an evidence-based practice for both the short-term and long-term clients in my facility. I turned to the University of Denver (DU) library to help me locate books and peer-reviewed articles which could help me ascertain the...
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...The intake form is a very important part of providing services to clients no matter the kind of services, whether it is counseling, medical, or mental health. The intake form will not only help gain better knowledge about the client, but also help set the standards and build the foundation for the services being provided. A. Does it ask all of the necessary questions to determine what the client’s presenting problem is? Please support your answer. Yes! The intake form chosen, was equip all the necessary questions to determine what the clients presenting problem is. The intake form started off by asking for the basic information such as name, DOB, primary care physician, current therapist/counselor information. And then went on to ask, what...
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...A Social Worker Case Study Phoenix A Social Worker Case Study The social worker in the case study displays characteristics of an effective helper. An effective helper has accurate empathy for her clients (O'Hagan, 2007). The helping relationship begins with the development of trust and empathy. The worker seems to understand the clients’ pain. Compassion and understanding assist the helper to identify with a problem. The employee acknowledges how heartbreaking it is to watch the family submit the care of their loved ones to the institution. The worker has absolute desire to help the clients recover. She reveals warmth as she interacts daily with residents, families, and staff in the institution. Values are important in influencing the use of her skills. Professional ethics guides her actions. The social worker treats the residents with respect, dignity, and integrity. As a human service professional, she is expected to maintain confidentiality about clients’ condition except in cases where there is suspected danger or harm to themselves or others (Doel, 2012). Her prior work experience motivated the use of her skills. She is thorough in what she does. She obtains a comprehensive psychological report on each client and draws decisions from the history obtained from the assessments. At community level, the social worker plays the role of advocacy. She is persuasive, assertive, and patient in her day-to-day...
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...counselling the service worker felt guilty for promised absolute confidentiality to the clients, because she was told about severe physical and mental abuse from the father. She was in dilemma, as she promised absolute confidentiality to the clients, whether to keep the promise or to breach the confidentiality and report this to the management. Here the service worker faced dilemmas because of Lack of training and knowledge in a new situation. If she was an experienced worker she would never promise absolute confidentiality to any clients. QUESTIONS TO ASK THAT HELP RESOLVE ETHICAL DILEMMAS. ●Who is your...
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...specialized long-term acute care, including intensive care, for patients who require team to heal from catastrophic injury or illness. LSH believes that any recovery is an emotional experience. Therefore, they strive to provide patients with a healing and nurturing environment through their caring and supportive team to maximize recovery and regain independence. The population served at LSH includes patients who have a medically complex condition and require more intensive services than found in other post-acute settings, such as skilled nursing facilities. The physicians that comprise the clinical team are knowledgeable of the acute care setting of a traditional hospital and, therefore, possess the clinical expertise to treat a variety of medical conditions. The mission of Laredo Specialty Hospital is dedicated to improving the patient’s quality of life for those suffering from injury or chronic illness whereas the vision is to provide state of the art care, thus, being recognized as a center of excellence for acute long term care services. LSH values the following...
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... * Gender * Lifestyle * Health Status * Financial Resources * Housing Age The older you are, the more likely it is that you will need long-term care. You might also consider your family history. Did your parents or grandparents have a disability? Also consider that: * between ages 40 and 50, on average, eight percent of people have a disability that could require long-term care services; * while 69 percent of people age 90 or more have a disability. Although being older means you are more likely to need long-term care, having an accident that causes a disability when you are younger cannot be predicted. Some private financing options, for example long-term care insurance, cost much less when you are younger and reverse mortgages are only available at or after age 62. This website’s section on Private Financing provides more information on financing options including long-term care insurance. Back to top Gender Women outlive men by about five years on average, so are more likely to live at home alone and without assistance when they are older. Women who take time out of the workforce to have and raise children or care for other family members end up with lower pension and social security benefits than retired men. As a result, women in particular should actively plan for their future long-term care needs. Back to top Lifestyle If you exercise regularly and eat healthy foods, you are less likely to develop many types of chronic conditions and...
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...are shaped by new experience and knowledge" (Roberts and Nee 1970: 35) This statement while written some seventy years ago remains true today. How is Casework different from Case Management? This is not a simple question to answer. The lines between case management and casework are very blurred. Perhaps a better analogy is that of overlapping circles. However for our purposes here, we have defined them in the following way: • Both Case Management and Casework are similar in that they are both viewed as approaches from the human services/community services areas to working with complex individual or family cases. • Where they differ is that Case Management provides a managed approach to linking services with the needs of the client; operating like a coordinating system in order to achieve outcomes for the...
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...Forensic Social Work? This paper explores the many facets social work provides in collaboration with the criminal justice system escaping widespread notice as well as the roles played in the judicial court systems. This paper takes a look at the point and the many purposes of forensic social work. Covering their role in multidisciplinary mitigation teams and collaboration between social workers and lawyers in criminal defense also the type service social work practitioners provide to inmate populations; the active involvement in an inmate’s daily life both during their sentence as well as the service and assistance a forensic social worker will be providing following an inmate’s release and reintegration back into society Forensic social work is the application of social work to questions and issues relating to law and legal systems. This specialty of our profession goes far beyond clinics and psychiatric hospitals for criminal defendants being evaluated and treated on issues of competency and responsibility. A broader definition includes social work practice which in any way is related to legal issues and litigation, both criminal and civil. Child custody issues, involving separation, divorce, neglect, termination of parental rights, the implications of child and spouse abuse, juvenile and adult justice services, corrections, and mandated treatment all fall under this definition. Forensic social workers are specialized professionals who are able to apply their social work knowledge...
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...16, 2014 Human Services Professional Case Study In this paper, the role of a social worker will be addressed. A Human Service professional has, in its hands, the responsibilities in the life of the clients and families they meet. The tremendous and arduous responsibilities they take on include, but are not limited to, the well-being and care of people and their communities. Such roles can be helping others manage the care of a family member, assisting individuals experiencing problems with family relations and conflicts, dealing with changes that come with growing old, aiding those suffering mental illness and or those individuals struggling with addictions. Briefly put, the field of Human Services requires that professionals become part of the safety net in society and empower individuals to make a positive impact in their personal life. In the case study of “Real Life Human Services Work”, Francine Licate, C.S.W. explains, in detail, her responsibility as a licensed clinical social worker and director of Social Services in a skilled nursing facility. The social worker in the case study displays characteristics of an effective helper. An effective helper has accurate empathy for her clients (O'Hagan, 2007). The helping relationship begins with the development of trust and empathy and the understanding of the clients’ pain. Compassion and understanding assist the social worker to identify with a problem. She acknowledges how heartbreaking it is to watch the family...
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...affecting a person’s motor ability, causing tremors, rigidity, akinesia or slow movement, and postural instability. According to the National Institutes of Health, about 500, 000 individuals in the United States suffer from Parkinson’s Disease, and it is estimated that males are more often affected than females. Parkinson’s disease has a large economic impact and directly affects medical costs, as well as the affecting the person financially, such as lost wages and decreased productivity. According to a recent interview with a client suffering from PD over the course of ten years, the disability directly impacted his personal life, financial status, and family members. The next discussion talks about how the patient learned about his disease and the personal impact it created at the beginning of the disease process until the peak onset later in his life. How the patient learned about his disease During the interview with the 65 year old male client, who was recently hospitalized for shortness of breath and worsening peripheral edema, the wife also gave a brief history on how the disease was discovered. The patient currently lives at home with his wife as the caretaker and the mother of two young adults. According to the recent studies, signs and symptoms typically begin between 40 and 70 years of...
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...Grant Proposal For Independent Living Transitional House for the Disabled In The City of Fresno; 2002 [pic] Researched, Compiled, & Composed by: Nikki Garner Terri Haworth John Lee Veronica Orozco Kimberly Semper Christina Tate Table of Contents I. Title Page 1 II. Table of Contents 2 III. Summary of Proposal 3 IV. Potential Funding 4 V. Needs/Problem Statement 6 VI. Goals and Objectives 8 VII. Project Activities 10 VIII. Evaluation 11 IX. Budget Summary 12 X. Program Budget 15 XI. The Group Process 17 [pic] Summary of Proposal In the summer of 1999, the United States Supreme Court issued the Olmstead v. L. C. decision. Because of this decision, institutionalized disabled individuals now have a choice in whether they are to remain in their present facility or to move out into the community. The Court’s landmark decision in that case undoubtedly challenges our Federal, state, and local governments to develop more opportunities for individuals with disabilities through additional accessible systems of cost-effective community-based services. After the Olmstead decision, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommended that each state develop a written “Olmstead Plan” to ensure compliance with the Supreme Court’s decision. At the date of this proposal, the State of California has been...
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...patient stated that she would like to go home once she is well, but didn’t have a home to return to because of personal reasoning’s and asked if it was possible to be a resident at Martin Healthcare long term. Due to the change of requirements to stay in skilled nursing facility; the patient did not score high enough to stay long term. Therefore our focus changed to not only making sure the patient was well enough to return home, but to find a home for the patient reside. II. Presenting problems of highest priority Throughout the period of time, the resident began to get better and better, which showed that therapy was really working. Therefore we knew that the PAE would be denied. We started focusing on the highest priority which was finding a place for the patient to live. This was a difficult issue, because the patient didn’t have much income to help and she didn’t have a support group such as family and close friends. III. Statement of immediate/short-term goals The immediate/short-term goals that were given to us to provide for the patient, were finding a place for the patient to live if she was discharge instantaneously. The patient goal was to work on strengthen muscles by working with therapy daily twice a day to become stronger physically. Therapy would notify the social service department about progress of the patient to keep us current with what is expected from the patient; therefore we...
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