| Service Learning Experience | | | | I chose Teen Night at Fort Boise for my service learning project this semester. With the idea behind Teen Night being that there is an option for kids to get out, socialize and participate in many different experiences on a Friday night, in order to try to keep them from choosing activities that would be poor choices and possibly getting in trouble. Although this activity is open to any junior high and high school student in the area, I realized
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The recovery model is a holistic, client centered approach commonly used with the mental health population. This model believes that it is possible for an individual to recover from mental health and live a fulfilling satisfying life. The most effective way to do this is for intervention to be client-centered and holistic, meaning recovery should involve the whole person including their mind, body, spirit and community. All aspects that make up the person should be analyzed. Collaborative relationship
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A Nonprofit for Divorce Women My dream job would be to start a Nonprofit Organization in the Dallas and Ft. Worth area that would offer a ministry to assist women who are going through a divorce. After going through this experience, I have discovered that there is a huge need to for this type of ministry in the community. With my determination, passion and skills, I believe that I could implement a business plan that will lead to a successful infrastructure that will encourage and assist women
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“See Poverty… Be The Difference!” by Dr. Donna M. Beegle is an inspiring and information filled book. The book consists of Dr. Donna M. Beegle’s life story, facts about poverty, her theories on poverty, and how people should treat people poverty. She writes based off her experiences growing up in poverty and how it affected her and her family. She later got out of poverty by getting an education and went to school and got her doctorate. She had many obstacles getting out of poverty and getting acclimated
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student social worker shares their personal experience as a shelter staff working with a colleague that lack integrity of themselves and the entire staff member by smoking marijuana on the clock. After several attempts, other staff became aware and upset about the colleague work ethics, that the director was informed which resulted a mandatory drug screening for all employees, and installation of surveillance cameras around the campus. According to NASW Code of Ethics (2008), “social workers who have direct
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learned from the Access to Records code was that social workers should be able to provide clients with fair access to their own records. This code was a surprise to me because originally, I thought a client didn’t have any access to their records whatsoever. Social workers who worry that the information may harm or cause misunderstanding, should be able to assist the client in interpreting the information if necessary. Overall, social workers should limit access to their client’s records. The client’s
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OBJECTIVE Service-focused social worker and program coordinator with a strong commitment to serving the needs of disadvantaged youth and adults, including homeless, emancipated youth and special-needs populations. Excel in program and organizational planning, with documented success overcoming challenges of limited resources and financial constraints to design high-quality, cost-effective and comprehensive service offerings. Skilled in building community support, key coalitions and strategic
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------------------------------------------------- Integrated & Collaborative Working Val McKay 20th November 2012 ------------------------------------------------- Integrated & Collaborative Working Val McKay 20th November 2012 Within Childhood practice Within Childhood practice Integrated and Collaborative Working within Childhood Practice Introduction In this Essay I will discuss how integrated and collaborative working is a better approach in Childhood Practice than
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Human Services Human service workers and human service assistants play a variety of roles in the medical field to include social workers, social service assistants, case managers, case manager assistants, alcohol drug abuse counselors, mental health aides, community outreach workers, life skill counselors and gerontology aides. All of these positions require a unique person who is dedicated to helping others with flexibility and high ethical standards. The human service area that I plan to concentrate
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behavior. There are many factors a social worker must take into consideration when making a report of child abuse such as; circumstances of the suspected abuse, professional and ethical standards, and legal requirements. However, there are guidelines and a Code of Ethics to help social workers ensure this process is handled in a professional and safe manner. Mandated reporting is one of the main tools in the fight against child abuse prevention. As a social worker, I have a legal and moral responsibility
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