This article has a lot going on within it. It first explains how social workers work regularly with sexual assault victims‚ both in the hospital setting and in the community. They are able to connect with the victims of sexual assault. As social workers are trusted‚ they tend to learn about a sexual assault before the victim has spoken with the police or even medical providers. This article also explains how the earlier a victim arrives for evaluation in the emergency room‚ the greater the chance
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The strengths approach to social work practice values empowerment of individuals seeking services and advocates a relationship of collaboration as opposed of one of authority. Recognizing the resilience of individuals and believing in the potential of all humans‚ the focus is changed from one of limits to one of potentials‚ building on strengths‚ interests‚ abilities‚ knowledge‚ and capacities (Grant‚ Cadell‚ 2009‚ p.25). The formula is simple; rally client’s interests‚ capacities‚ motivations‚ resources
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maximum benefit within a few months‚ with relatively slow improvement. Task centred was then presented as an alternative being described in the following way: “Task centred practice‚ also Known as brief therapy‚ short-term or contract work (…) is focused work which is time-limited and offers approaches to problem solving witch take into account the needs of individuals to bring about change in their situations (…).” (Coulshed and Orme‚ 1998:115) Key concepts and method Having defined the
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someone is participating or taking part in something. Not being involved therefore would be having nothing to do or say regarding the matter. However‚ involvement does not just mean to be actively included‚ but to enable influence. In relation to social work the involvement of service users and carers are vital‚ and therefore partnership working is central to their practice. The word meaningful creates the thought that something is of significance‚ value and worth. Therefore‚ if you add meaningful to
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In the 1980’s Insoo Berg and Steve de Shazer developed steps into the practice of solution focused therapy in Milwaukee‚ USA. Solution focused therapy is a practice framework for social workers and other therapists. Solution focused therapy is a framework that primarily focuses on solution development. Other Frameworks lead therapy to focus on the past history of the problem that the client brings to therapy‚ and ending their sessions with a solution to the problem‚ or when the problem in no longer
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to become a social worker/professional with the commitment to serve and advocate for subjugated and vulnerable demographic populations. During my high school career‚ I was given the
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There are different factors that have led me to choose social work as my future career‚ specifically my life experiences‚ which drives my passion for the work that I hope to do. As a first generation Mexican immigrant‚ my perspective on the way I should treat others has shaped my values on being respectful no matter the differences. This is something that I learned not from my parents nor from my teachers‚ but from my own struggles of being an individual raised and educated in rural‚ southern areas
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To whom may concern: I am writing to apply for an opportunity in the Master Social Work program at Fordham University. I will be earning my BSW in May‚ 2016 from Lehman College. I will bring to this opportunity strong management skills and experience in environmental family setting and leadership training. I earned a lot of experience working with children in a variety of settings‚ including foster care and teacher aid. I possess strong observational skills‚ fluency in Spanish and a demonstrated
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Linda Poindexter‚ is one that has great meaning to me in my life. You‚ see the experience that influence my decision to enter the field of Social Work originated from situations that my siblings and I endured in our upbringing. I am from a low-income neighborhood in Chesapeake‚ Virginia growing up my mother was a single parent of three girls‚ she did not work and received benefits from the local human services to support us. Although my mother was unemployed and living off government assistance‚
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I. Societal Responses to Disability 1. How the perceived cause of disability affects societies response. 2. Personal examples of societal response to disability. II. Social Workers and People with Disabilities 1. Service systems designed to address issues specific to disability. 2. Personal thoughts on the service systems design to help the disabled. III. The Ecosystems Model and People with Disability 1. Individual 2. Family 3. Culture 4. Environmental-Structural 5. Historical
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