Social Work

The authors Sally Mason and Deborah Vazquez shared their experience with conducting group sessions for parents with HIV/AIDS through the program ‘The Making Positive Changes’. The sessions focus on major topics such as self-care and parenting (with consumer involvement in planning and facilitation). As mentioned by the authors’ women account for the largest increase in…

Most people experience a constant theme or recurring presence in their life. For some, it may be fitness and for others, it may be the love of a grandparent. My constant has always been trauma. I can still hear the sound of screaming and my father’s fist on glass as I recall my first memory….

In the United states, we are currently living in a human rights-oriented generation. With the use of social media and the internet people have become empowered to voice their opinions. Events related to social justice and inequality are quickly available for the public to see and critique. Because the United States elected an African American…

In my current course Social Work 400 working with communities focus on allowing us the students to learn the concepts and skills that we would be utilizing for working with communities and organizations. The tools that we are learning throughout this course would highlight the transaction among individuals, families, and larger systems. When interacting with…

In order to explore the social welfare system and social welfare policy, this paper will focus on progressive social work and its differences from conventional approaches of social work. This paper will give insight into how all social work is political and how different policies and programs such as Medicare and SNAP represent very different…

As I enter my first year of graduate school as an MSW student, I am learning profession is an imperative part of my development as a future practitioner. The exposure to the histories and origins of social work have challenged my former perspective about what it means to be a social worker. My prior impression…

Social work is a profession in which it is important to have a set of guidelines to follow while working with clients. In the social work field, the code of ethics, values and use of supervision are important keys in how licensed social workers should handle their clients’ personal documents and other information in correlation…

She originally hired another law firm but due to lack of professionalism, Young approached Becker & Poliakoff. This case was named Jackson vs BellSouth Telecommunication, Becker & Poliakoff made a settlement in 2002 for $8 million and the firm received $2.9 million. Young asked to file a separate federal lawsuit against BellSouth for alleged continuing…

Ethical dilemma discusion that may arise when balancing individual rights and duty of care. The definition of ethical dilemma is also known as a moral dilemma, which are situations that there has to be a choice made between two options that are the right or wrong. On the other hand, ethical dilemmas assume that the…

Clackmannanshire and Stirling Child Protection Committee is a multi-agency forum accountable for the development, management and review of child protection inter-agency practice and policy across Clackmannanshire and Stirling. The Child Protection Committee comprises representatives from Stirling Council, Clackmannanshire Council, NHS Forth Valley, Police Scotland and Voluntary and Independent sectors. It is responsible for guaranteeing child…