The aim of this study is to use a simulated case to explore safeguarding and protection, social work methods, evidence- based practice, social work authority and accountability, legislative and regulatory frameworks, ethical and moral issues, impact on service users, carers and other professionals and the role of independent advocacy services.
Within this study, I have chosen to explore Damon case. I aim to use the various areas I previously mentioned to explore interventions that can be used to support Damon and Stacey. The first area I will be exploring is social work methods, I aim to explore three interventions that follow different approaches.
Social Work Methods
Florence Hollis (1964) created a six category typology of techniques used in direct treatment. These are sustainment, direct influence, exploration, description and ventilation, person situation reflection, pattern dynamic reflection and developmental reflection.
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Out of this situation came social casework, a psychology approach, marrying these concerns and working on not only the inner world of the thoughts and feelings of the individual but also the external world issues and problems that arise out of the environment, social and material
Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Retrieved from http://class.waldenu.edu.
This class, Social Work Theory & Practice was made to be able to introduce me to social work theories, ideas, and skills needed to work in the social work profession. This class main tool used was a book called A Brief Introduction of Social Work Theory by David Howe which discusses social work theories in a compressive and explainable way. This class is important to my higher learning because it break down the theories that I will need to use during my practice and a...
The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) Code of Ethics (2010) proposes three core values of Social Work, respect for persons, social justice and professional integrity (pp.12). These core values establish “ethical responsibilities” for the social worker (AASW, 2010, pp.12), specifically, the value of respect for persons, which sustains the intrinsic worth of all human beings as well as the right to wellbeing and self determination consistent with others in society (AASW, 2010,p.12). This Code of Ethics stipulates the duty of care a social worker must provide, a...
This paper will entail my reflections on three main areas pertaining to my own personal experiences. I will describe the influence of my own life experiences, give my particular world view, and describe what advantages and disadvantages, power, and privileges I will bring to my interaction as a social worker.
During the court case the judge said that lead social worker Gunn Wahlstrom was “naïve beyond belief”. This report brought over 68 recommendations to make sure cases like this did not happen again. The recommendations included putting the child first and the parent’s second. “Jasmines’ fate illustrates all too clearly the disastrous consequences of the misguides attitude of the social workers having treated Morris Beckford and Beverley Lorrington as the clients first and foremost” (London Borough of Brent, 1985,p295). The social workers in Jasmine’s c...
Thompson, N (2005) Understanding Social Work: Preparing for Practice, Palgrave, MacMillan (Second Edition) Hampshire (Supplementary Course Reader)
How is this link useful for child protection social workers?, Journal of Social Work Practice:Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and the Community, 26(1), 15-30, doi:10.1080/02650533.2011.598228
...ioner can assist with the balancing. In doing so, the social work practitioner needs to be aware of both the historical and cultural aspects the person’s life. Using the social convoy method the social work practitioner and client can assess whether relationships are either a protective or risk factor to the client. After do so, areas of weakness can be addressed and improve the person’s emotional well-being. Suggestions could be ways to include and make friendships pr evaluate the reason why the client does not have any if this adversely affects their overall well-being. Identifying relationships, their roles and community involvement can help the client balance out their life in their life journey through middle adulthood.
A social worker must have the knowledge and skills to apply to intervention strategies that can address key issues through a wide range of tools (Miley, O’Melia & Dubois 2013, p. 7). To devise an intervention plan for the case study, Miley’s (2013, p. 112) four step model is utilised.
Social Work Services Inspectorate, (1996). Helping the court decide: Report of an inspection of social enquiry reports for the criminal courts. London: HMSO.
The Irish Association of Social Care Workers have their own set of ethical guidelines, including: must be honest, trustworthy, reliable and dependable while giving precedence to professional responsibility over personal interest in the discharge of duty and must present themselves for duty in a fit state mentally and physically. However, the guidelines set in the Code of and Professional Conduct and ethics for social workers bye-law has a more in depth approach, and more stable guideli...
Social work has existed in many different variations since the beginning of society. Initially, in the preindustrial society, minus a few exceptions, those who couldn’t cope on their own were the sole responsibility of family members. Upon the development of the industrial revolution in the Nineteenth Century, formal social work services emerged to enable society to cope with the major changes in the social system, due to modernity, urbanization, and industrialization. These services grew significantly and were reformed repeatedly throughout the rest of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries until the United Kingdom became a Welfare State, in which the state took on the responsibility to “protect the health and well-being of its citizens” (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.). Moreover, social work exists to serve the vulnerable people in the community including, the elderly, the youth, the mentally ill, the homeless, and the poor, along with many others. Although all vulnerable peoples are of equal importance in social works
I would to begin this paper with an authentic definition of the Social Work field. Social work practices involves facilitating change—in other words, working with others, not doing something to them or for them(Dubois). Most people and social workers would always use the world ‘help’ in some way or form when defining social workers. Which is true but the confusion come in when asked where they work, who they assist and how they differ from other helping professions. Social workers can be sustain abuse therapists, child welfare specialists, and school social workers. We are not limited to just the department of social services. They can work in nursing homes, hospitals, and even in legislation.
1) To achieve this the National Association of Social Workers has created the NASW Code of Ethics which are a guideline for social workers to follow to help meet the needs of people. This code of ethics has six core values which are services, social justice, dignity and worth of a person, importance of the human relationship, integrity, and competence. (Kirst-Ashman, 2013) A social worker will use these core values and they 're ethical responsibilities to influence the way their client receives assistance. Social workers will inform their clients of the available resources and help them evaluate each option carefully and thoroughly. A group of individuals that social workers tend to spend a lot of time working with are children. “Children are among the highest users of state services in the United States.” (Palattiyil, Sidhva, and Chakrabarti, 2015, p. 3) Children oftentimes fall victim to the inequalities of a low-income home, they are more than often victims of domestic violence and lower level education. A social worker 's job is advocating for the child and to make sure they are creating a safe place and trusting place for the child. In doing that, it helps them figure out what they can do within the system to help this child get the appropriate treatment and
The case study of Kathryn Carlson and Andy Randolph was about a third grade student who was having trouble academically and behaviourally. This case study follows the life of Andy, the third grade student, and Kathryn, a special needs educator, as they decide whether or not Andy should receive his IEP in the fourth grade.