An Evaluation Of A Social Worker

The social worker in this story had many different responsibilities and roles while working in the ER at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. His responsibilities include having to put the puzzle pieces together of who the victim is as they are being treated. This is often a taunting task because the staff is in a rush. The Social worker has to find clues like driver listens or anything else that will allow them to better understand who they are working with. Her responsibilities don't stop there. He was also responsible for working with the victims family to ensure that they were informed and comfortable.

A social worker is obligated to report suspected abuse or neglect of a vulnerable adult as under section 42 of Care Act 2014 safeguarding regulations this is a reasonable cause for a Local Authority to conduct an enquiry (Care Act, 2014c.23:P1:s42). Hence, even when working with family carers, social workers remain vigilant as according to Age UK (2016) 50 vulnerable people per hour are abused or neglected within their own home by people known to them. Accountability could explain social workers’ preference to undertake the assessments of both carer and who they care for at the same time as discrepancies, like those which may cause alarm, can be clarified easier by working simultaneously with the carer and ‘patient’ (Knapp and Hewison, 1999). Likewise, Campbell Reay and Browne (2001) state that in-depth knowledge of the carers’

The care act 2014 sets out rules and responsibility for the care and support that happens between health and local authorities. Safeguarding adults means protecting someone’s rights to live in safety, free from abuse, neglect and harm. The care act requires that an enquiry must be establish if there is any risk of abuse and neglect and harm and if any action should need to be taken to stop any abuse or harm, and set up a safeguarding adult board in every local area. The care act 2014 sets clear legal rules for how local authorities and the health and care system should be protecting adult who are at risk of abuse and neglect. There have never been clear set rules laid out for safeguarding till now but authorities always tried to take care of

Outstanding post! I am in full agreement with you! I found your interpretation of all three evaluations to be enlightening and well defined. Moreover, you have offered clear evidence of fully grasping the three types evaluations presented by Grinnell, Gabor, and Unrau (2016). Thank you for sharing your insightfulness! Calvin

One of the most important skill to have as a social worker is to identify your client’s strengths. All social workers should have knowledge of an effective leader that are identified by their strengths or limitations in order to improve the one’s they identify. There are several evidence-based assessments that help identify the strengths and limitations of any individual. Thus, it is also necessary to obtain other perspective based on your leadership strengths or limitations in order to improve or strengthen those qualities. The self-assessments used through this paper will help me develop a plan that points out my challenges, help expand and improve on my strengths (Human Services Guide, 2015).

Alot of people do not notice the mammoth problem drug abuse is in the United States, and how fast it is increasing in our society. Billions of dollars are spent each year to combat drug treatment but more are spent on buying and selling narcotics. Many people think they

Ms. Morter was licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, and was also certified as an Advanced Practice Social Worker. The Respondent worked as a psychotherapist at Sheboygan County Health and Human Services. On May 15, 2008 to July 29, 2009 Ms. Morter provided individual psychotherapy and case management services to Client T.R. On July 18, 2009 Ms. Morter was out of town, and the Sheboygan Police Department was notified of a burglary attempt at Ms. Morter’s home. The officers found Client T.R. in Ms. Morter’s driveway, attempting to operate her vehicle. Ms. Morter was contacted by the police, and she claimed she did not give Client T.R. permission to be there. Client T.R. was arrested by Sheboygan Police (Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing, 2012).

Anderson, L. E., Weston, E. A., Doueck, H. J., Krause, D. J. (2002). The child-centered social worker and the sexually abused child: Pathway to healing. Social Work Journal, 47, (4), 368-378. This article focuses on providing treatment and assistance through the judicial process from child-centered social workers to minimize the potential opportunity for system induced trauma.

A piece of legislation and policy framework relating to care is The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007. This Act ensures there’s a strong framework in dealing with adults who are being harmed or at risk of harm. It ensures the adult being harmed will be dealt with properly. It allows councils to investigate where before

Social workers should always evaluate their work, as this helps them to assess the areas that are working in their practice and what areas could be improved upon. Social workers can evaluate their own practice, the efficacy of a program, or how their agency is doing. However, there are a multitude of different ways that social works can evaluate their practice and work. During my internship at Wright County Health and Human Services, I chose to evaluate the children’s mental health outreach program.

Social workers should have an understanding of how to conduct an assessment using fundamental interventions and strategies specific to children and adolescents. As a social worker you should be familiarized with risk and protective factors that contribute to specific life problems experienced in childhood. Therefore, one must be able to conduct a psychosocial evaluation that includes youth behaviors and environmental influences.

During these times these subjects may take different forms in either mandating that woman stay at home while doing carework or even questioning the different roles and responsibilities of women in public life. Kittay puts it best when she says “When we acknowledge not only our global interdependence, but the inevitable dependencies of our species being, we bring to light our human commonalities” (464) and “Exploring the role of care and dependency in a politics of difference reveals that we ought not to speak of the crisis of care or the crisis of longterm care but of the crisis of care” (464). Care needs to work both ways. Care needs to ensure that those giving the care is taken care of but also the carer is taken care of. Without the carer then there would be no one to give the

For decades, British governments pledged to combat and reduce the alleged cost of addressing the associated harms of substance misuse. Critics argue ploughing money into substance misuse diverts billions of pounds from more productive expenditure (Fordham et al, 2007). Yet investment in this area is essential for improving the prospects of future generations, especially as unknown numbers of children are subjected to ‘hidden harm’ amid their home environment (ACMD, 2003). Having unsuccessfully trialled different initiatives, the latest drug policy resorted to ‘recovery’. This approach tackles addiction by addressing wider contributory issues to encourage respectful and socially-accepted behaviour, and individuals to eventually contribute as fully fledged members of the community (HM Gov, 2010).

I agree with you one-hundred percent without taking the problem assessments social workers can fail at connecting all of the dots and could miss a serious issues going on in the individual (micro), families (mezzo), or community (macro). The social worker could also miss something through pre-judgment, whereas the problem assessment takes out all emotional or beliefes and just focuses on certain problems. According to Beck et al. (1979), “external,” “situational,” or “practical” problems or “precipitants” related to depression usually involve perceived losses at home, work, or school such as divorce or a business failure. The resolution of even simple and circumscribed problems—through consultation with either the therapist or an appropriate “medical, legal, financial, or vocational” expert—can in itself alleviate depressive symptoms (Beck

Law has come to play a very important part in social work practice. It can be said that the understanding of law underpins and provides duties and power, whilst understanding the statutory legal requirements is essential for effective, fair, anti-discriminatory practice (Brammer 2007). Due to the shear amount of laws and legislation that have been passed or updated over the last decade, the role of the social worker, metaphorically speaking could be said to have become somewhat of a chameleon, forever adapting to their legal environment, whilst trying hard to remain true to the traditional values of the role of a social worker. It is this conflict between law and social work values that will be analyzed in this paper. From looking at the values that underpin the modern day social worker and then looking at some of the main legislation relating to adult services such as the Mental Health Act 2007, the Community Care Act 1996, Mental Capacity Act 2005 the relationship between these Acts’ and how they sit with social work values will then be discussed.