situation is that I am having issues living in my home and have been staying at my sister’s home for the last 8 months. Her home is not big, it is a small three bedroom that is housing my sister, her husband, her daughter, my father, and I. Everyone works, except my father, who has been having medical issues, and has impeded him from working. Having to deal with my father’s medical appointments, and dealing with my medical issues I am also having is causing conflict between my sister, brother-in-law
1. How did the social workers apply their skills—such as engagement, questioning, redirecting, etc.—in order to expand the problem exploration beyond the presenting problem to more complex, underlying problems and solutions? The domestic violence session, the social worker, Sarah, remains calm with the same tone of voice when communicating with her client. She states who she is, her role, and the role of the other social work the client had seen before Sarah. The client was a bit defensive in not
Terri is a nine year old multi-racial (Black, Irish, and Native American) female that was referred to services by the homeless shelter, Families First, that she previously lived at. The client has experienced homelessness several times, often moving from home to home with her relatives and living in crowded residences. Although Terri’s parents are not together, her father agreed to take Terri and her siblings and mother into his single family apartment. Terri’s parents argue frequently. When I
Gitterman, A. (2014, January). Group Work with Bereaved Individuals: The Power of Mutual Aid. National Association of Social Workers, 59(1), 5-12 Article Summary Introduction: Across the course of a normal life-span, it seems inevitable that an individual will endure loss through the death of a loved one. This experience is fraught with an array of difficult emotions, questions and anxieties that are challenging to resolve. This study looked at group work as an intervention with adult clients
focus, the current thesis appeals to case-studies in the single case-study analysis. Case study method enables a researcher to closely examine the data within a specific context. In most cases, a case study method selects a small geographical area or a very limited number of individuals as the subjects of study. Case study method is widely recognised especially when in-depth explanations of a social behaviour is the purpose, as in the case of the current study. Large-n analysis shows that it is difficult
Examination (PSLE) this year. His school made a referral and would like me to see Zhang Jie. I am a social worker in a community-based agency providing school-based social work. Zhang Jie’s teachers observed that for the past three months, Zhang Jie’s enthusiasm and concentration in class has declined. His grades too were affected. Zhang Jie expressed that he was feeling stress. He is stress with his studies as he is taking his PSLE this year; which is a major milestone examination. He feels the pressure
McKinley Case Study Wilber’s integral theory of consciousness is appropriate for the McKinley case study whereby the learner is exposed to the situation on the ground at the McKinley family. The hospice social servant is mandated to offer hospice services to the ailing 79 year old Ruth McKinley who is suffering from a recurrence of breast cancer that has now propagated to the lungs. At the same time, the social worker meets the second and third generations of Ruth McKinley who are all concerned
special reference in the study of world environmental movement. Rachel Carson’s (1965) Silent Spring seems to be the most popular text on ecology ever published in human history. It presented the negative impact of pesticides and insecticides on environment. Gorz, Andre (1980) presents the view that ecology constitutes an integral part of politics. Shiva Vandana (1988) has tried to look at the issues related to development and ecology from a feminist perspective. Her work (1991) on conflicts over
classify three distinct forms of sciences: the Natural Sciences, the Humanities and the Social Sciences, shaped by their unique origin, development, aim and outlook on the world. Consequently, these disciplines are often considered disjoined and unrelated, studied in separated departments or, in most cases, specialised universities. However, there is the case of multidisciplinary courses, such as International Studies, which draw upon all three forms of science and show a possible connection between each
TMA b324 Internal social marketing {encouraging pro environment behavior in workplace} Q1- In social marketing we have to study theory because theory is essentially a method for gaining from other individuals' work. Theory empowers us to go with the same pattern and systematize past attempts so that we also can expand on strong establishments. Theory is simply a way of learning from other people's work. We have some factors which influence consumer behavior like Psychological (motivation, , learning