Social Work Services

Human services organizations assist people in the community to find resources and social services that will meet their needs. Our society experiences suffering from different avenues such as healthcare, housing, education, etc., that causes us to go and ask for help at the offices of human services. Many people do not have the resources available so they need someone to turn to for the basic needs of life. Quite frequently a question is raised as to what has gone wrong with our society today, what has caused the problems people experience in their day to day lives, and what can be done to correct the problems or where can citizens go and look for services in the community to help them with their problems? The goals of human services are to cope and solve various issues in people’s lives.

Social justice and social services have always played a vital role in my life. From leading canned food and toy drives in middle school to volunteering in school settings and soup kitchens, I am dedicated in assisting others to meet their goals and removing obstacles that may present as a disability or create discrimination. Through the experiences of engaging with individuals from different populations, I have realized the importance of working on a macro-level of social services. An individual’s presenting problem often develops from a systemic issue. From a social work perspective, disabilities are a result from society’s understanding of a person’s impairment or level of functioning. Adults with developmental delays have atypical experiences due to their interaction or lack thereof with their environment. Institutionalized discrimination or negative myths can prevent not only the person or consumer from achieving their goals, but large groups that are similarly labeled may face the same issue.

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Some social factors that contribute to the failure to provide culturally competent mental health care comes from: changing

Many people are driven to pursue a career in social work due to personal experiences that have led them to a desire to help others. Ben Carniol, author of Case Critical: Social Services and Social Justice in Canada, is no exception to this. He brings years of experience to a new perspective on where social work is headed for this country. He discusses why anti-oppressive and progressive social work practice is effective, and vital for future success, what systemic and societal barriers stand in the way of said practice, and what steps can and are being taken to overcome these obstacles. Carniol’s book brings readers on the journey that many social workers take throughout their careers, and is inspiring to those headed into this career

With that in mind, the text began to discuss race and ethnicity, and how they each signifies cultural. Because this is in fact true, it is important to set aside our personal beliefs, and biases towards cultures other than our own. When interacting with other cultures, we must be open minded, creative, and ready to learn new things. Understanding groups norms open the doors for effective practice. In fact, the text noted that, “…as part of the code of social work ethics, social workers must be sensitive to cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination (Marsiglia & Kulis, 2015)”. Being that we live in a world that is influenced by various cultures, it is important to be culturally grounded.

As I begin working with people cross culturally, there are a few ideas in this article that I want to remember. The article points out that it is important for us to build connections to our client’s racial and ethnic origins; however, it is equally important that we connect these individuals with other multiracial individuals and family systems. When working with multiracial clients, it is important that we let the client construct his or her own label. As I begin working with people cross-culturally, I can do this skill by asking open-ended questions and allowing the client to construct his or her own identity. This article had some excellent ideas about what skills social workers can use, when working with people cross culturally.

Social service agencies are different types of public services offered by government, private, and non-profit organizations that provide help to those in need. A social service in the community that will research is The Mental Health Association of Westchester; their clinics are located throughout Westchester, such as Tarrytown, Mt. Kisco, White Plains, Yonkers, Valhalla, Haverstraw, and North Nyack. Mental Health Association of Westchester is a non-profit organization, which is focused on mental health services.

It is imperative that social workers become knowledgeable about their clients’ cultures and are culturally sensitive. In learning about their clients’ cultures, social workers need to be aware of how powerful and significant culture is in relating to clients’ behavior, values, and beliefs. Becoming culturally competent requires the ability to integrate awareness, knowledge, and skills while maintaining a positive working relationship with the client (Sue and Zane, 1987). Today, the concerns regarding cultural competency continue to accentuate the importance of preparing social workers for a diversified society.

According to researcher Eunjung Lee, she studied a ‘need for an increase in racial, ethnic and culturally diversity in our society, and cultural responsive social workers and mental health professional’ (p. 63). Increasing in racial, ethnic and cultural diversity justifies attention to our society since social workers demonstrate services to clients by their culturally diverse ways that reflect how they themselves have been taught about diversity. By doing this, opportunities for a social worker to become a role model to the clients for their own growth. When learning, diversity can be difficult by demonstrating anxiety and resistance in multicultural education.

When people are seeking assistance in social work services often they would feel exposed and vulnerable; thus, clients would either be reluctant or even hesitant to allow the social worker to engage and provide an assessment. It’s important for social workers to not only assist the clients by navigating the macro-systems, but also to develop empathy and to be mindful of their circumstances that led them to seek for help. In this paper, I will discuss a period when I was seeking for help because this emotional experience is relevant to when clients seek for help in social work services. But more importantly, this paper will examine the social and emotional challenges when a person voluntarily seeks for assistance and how one’s power, positionality,

Social Work is currently concerned with the responsibility of accompanying processes of social transformation theoretically and methodologically, which implies contributing to the mediation of conflicts based on the recognition of human rights. In this logic, it is necessary to strengthen in Social Work the paradigm of change and emancipation, so that the generation of knowledge contributes effectively to the processes of institutional and community intervention, and with that, it extended and transcends public policy. social is currently measuring its political responsibility, something that was not given at the beginning of the profession and precisely dates from the integration of political science in our field of action to make a more comprehensive

After reading the module 10H, I have a full understanding of what I need to do as a social worker. The breakdown of the ethnically competent practice was characterized by a number of things. One must be self-aware concerning one’s own ethno cultural background and values is important. Having an understanding of who I am and where I came from could benefit my client and the service I provide. Being an African American woman is not something that I overlook. My culture makes me who I am. Without my culture I would not be able to the individual I am today. With that being said I have educated myself about my culture and the culture of others. Educating myself have shown me have many cultures have many of the same issues, but all face them differently. As a social work knowledge is something that is important because the world is always

With a social work concentration, dignity of the individual is a key component. Social Workers have to be able to listen to each person and their individual situation and be able to comprehend what is going on and what is needed in order to correctly assess the situation. “Social workers treat each

The Older population is growing and there for more services will need to be utilized because people are living longer