...to my observation. First, I begin a brief description of the child I have observed and the setting in which the observation took place. Next I attempt to show my understanding of normal child development, and aspects that can disrupt ‘normal’ child development. Throughout the essay, I will critically examine and reflect on the process of undertaking my observation. And finally, issues of ethics and anti- oppressive practises will be discussed. The child I have observed was three and half year’s old girl called Sara (not her real name), of African Caribbean background and English is the only language spoken at home. All three observations took place at the day-centre she attends. The day-care centre gave me permission to observe her, but not to interact and interfere with her educational activities. As this was my first observation, I was a bit anxious about how Sara might react about me watching her, and while her parents consented about the observations, Sara did not know that I am here to observe her; it is this scenario that made me uncomfortable. I was particularly more concerned about the ethical issues of not informing Sara about the observation. One element of anti-oppressive practice is to make sure that people’s rights are not violated. Social workers must put children’s needs first, and to respect their human rights, including rights to liberty, privacy and family life (Dalrymple and Burke, 1995: 57). In common with anyone who is undertaking child observations, I was...
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...The key skill and knowledge statement (KSS) encourages practitioners to understand psychological and sociological development theory throughout the life course. Practitioner are required to take into consideration ‘typical age-related physical, cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural development over time, accepting that normative developmental tasks are different for each individual depending on the interaction for: health, environmental and genetic factors. Assess the influence of cultural and social factors on child development, the effect of different parenting styles, and the effect of loss, change and uncertainty in the development of resilience’ (Department of Education, 2014 p4). The family observation has been an opportunity to identify the theories that I could like to each observation. Munro’s review of child protection also supported the notion that practitioners should understand child development (Department of Education, 2011). Observation skill allow social work practitioners to understand the non-verbal communication. Providing an opportunity to develop hypotheses what is happening, why, and to establish if our perception against what others believe (Trevithick, 2012). In accordance with the Key Skills and Knowledge this statement encourages practitioners to have multiple hypothesis and differentiating...
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...Interdisciplinary Practice Paper Population I am in my advanced year of internship at River Community residential treatment facility in Azusa Canyon. River Community is part of the Social Model Recovery Systems. River community is a coed facility, that houses up to 38 residents. Social Model Recovery Systems is a non-profit 501(c) 3 that provides direct treatment services (at 12 locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties) for those whose lives have become unmanageable due to alcohol and other drug use and/or whose mental health issues are interfering with leading productive lives. River Community itself is a unique residential treatment program providing recovery services to individuals with concurrent mental health and chemical dependency problems. The current director of River Community is a LCSW and ACSW. Social Model Recovery Systems ascribes to the principles and practices of social rehabilitation. The social rehabilitation approach is one in which addiction is viewed as being centered in the reciprocal relationship between...
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...THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Department of Social Work and Social Administration COURSE OUTLINE template Academic Year: 2014 /2015 1. Basic Course Information: Course Code: SOWK 1009 Course Title: Existing New Course: to be implemented in Semester 1 / 2 / S Reflective Practitioner 2. Course Instructor / Course Co-ordinator: Name Office Debbie Lam C0549 Kurtee Chu C0550 Grace Leung Chan Ki CO553 C0553 phone 3917-2082 3917-1153 3917-2090 3917-7145 email debbie@hku.hk kurteec@hku.hk gsmleung@hku.hk kichan@socwork.hku.hk 3. Required Pre-requisites (if any): __________NIL________________________ 4. Course Description (should be the same as the syllabus; so please just copy from the syllabus of your program that is available at the Department Website) Social work practice is carried out through interactions between social workers and individuals, families, organizations and society. Social workers are inevitably shaped by their own experiences, beliefs, upbringing and culture, which might affect their interactions with these systems. This course encourages the students to start the reflective journey in visiting issues of self in relation to the perceived identity, intimacy, loss, family, and society. Through reflective exercises, discussions, and assigned readings, the students will develop a deeper understanding of their values, philosophy of life and behaviors, and how these in turn impact social work practice. The course adopts an active-learning and experiential approach...
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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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...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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...planned 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...
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... The whole of this paper is to be in your words. Ideas and information used from other authors are to be cited. Introduction (2-3 pages) First address the problem! State the overall area of concern (populations-at-risk for injustice or discrimination; need for more functional affiliations for individuals and groups; unethical policies/practices; lack of knowledge in the field, etc.). Arouse the reader’s interest; tell the reader what to expect in the rest of your paper. Provide brief statistics to indicate the incidence of the problem. Next, answer the questions, “ How does this problem effect social work practice and/or policy?”(Ethical research requires us to focus our efforts where need is the greatest). The potential utility of your study can be: 1) an addition to current knowledge of a problem or a vulnerable population; 2) to put social work theory to an empirical test; 3) to better understand...
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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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...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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...Model. This model identifies four frames of an organization: symbolic, human resources, political, and structural. Sample: A purposive sample of nine nurses and one social worker was selected to participate in comprehensive interviews. Results: Data analysis identified two main themes. The first theme was the presence of organizational structural barriers to providing case management. The second theme was the lack of political influence by the nurses to change the structure of the organization; hence, their skills could be more completely utilized. Conclusions: Public health nurses who work in child welfare will need to systematically analyze their role within the organization and understand how to work in Òhost settings.Ó Nursing educators need to prepare public health nurses to work in non-health care settings by teaching organizational analysis. Key words: child protective services, organization, public health nursing. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative descriptive study was to investigate how public health nurses working in the child welfare system in a large metropolitan county in California view the organization. The study utilized the Bolman—Deal Organizational ModelÕs (1997) four frames for organizational analysis: symbolic, political, human resource, and structural. Public health nurses have joined social workers in providing care...
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...Freedom and rights are the measurements of social worker to determine if social justice exists in a community. The outcome of injustice increasingly widens the disparity between poverty and richness, and it reflects the flaws of institution have been rooted into the community. When the lowest levels of hierarchy are doubted their contribution to the society, who is willing to listen, understand their situations and stand up for them? Social Justice / Against Child Abuse: I never thought about that until I was admitted to an internship program at Against Child Abuse, a non-profit organization in Hong Kong where it plays a role of handling child abuse cases. In this internship program I was placed to work in three different areas: case investigation,...
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...when he or she may have difficulty coping with day-to-day activities. Some get through these activities and the end results turn into them being stressed. One coping mechanism that a person may resort to when stressed, angry, or just want to relax after a hard days work is drinking alcohol. This may become quiet dangerous to someone’s health because drinking can turn into a habit. People who are notorious for drinking everyday become alcoholics. A human body can become immune to the alcohol, which results into overconsumption of alcohol. In other words, the more a person drinks, the more drinks it takes for them to actually get drunk and satisfied; this person experiences alcoholism. There are specific meetings for people who know they are alcoholics and want to seek help to quit, as well as people who are mandated and ordered by the law to veer away from alcohol. On Tuesday, March 26th at 8:00pm I went to my first alcoholic anonymous meeting. The meeting name is called Wayward Open, which means the meeting type was open to anyone that cared to join. The location of the meeting is at Our Saviour Church (1234 N Arlington Hts Rd, Arlington Heights) on every Tuesday evening for an hour or less. Before the observation I felt intimidated and scared to enter the church. The reason why I was scared to enter the group was because I thought I would be looked at differently since I was not an alcoholic. I also felt like the members would gain up on me and tell me that I would never understand...
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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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