Social Workers Observation

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.

Social workers’ commitment to social justice means they want everyone to have a fair and equal opportunity to an assessment. In line with fairness, social workers should tell carers about their right to refuse an assessment as their permission, and not the person receiving care, is needed before the carer’s assessment can commence. In addition, social workers, bound by legislation regarding confidentiality and information sharing, must reserve the carer’s right to privacy whilst uphold their right to a fair hearing. This is achieved by only disclosing carer’s personal details to 3rd parties with consent, unless a safeguarding concern arises.

As I observed the N.A. group, I compared Hepworth 's, Direct Social Work Practice, five stages of group development. The Preaffiliation stage involves observation and feeling out the environment of the group; members may be hesitant to speak or test out certain behaviors to see reactions from other members of the group or the facilitator (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, & Strom-Gottfried, 2017, 2013). Returning group members greeted each other with hugs, handshakes, pat on the back, while newcomers sat quietly observing others. The facilitator provided an introduction and instructions for participation. Each member was instructed to introduce the first name, state "I am an addict" and take turns reading from the

At around 0953 on June 8, 2017, I contacted Mrs. BV the director of the geriatric social worker who is in charge of older adults home, long-term and nursing facilities visitations in the community. She has few different ways of collecting her data, one of them is by interviewing residents face-to-face in their homes. She stated that this method has been efficient because she gets honest information from the residents by speaking to them directly. She also reviews long-term and nursing facilities including the city health department data to compare with her assessment findings. After evaluating all the data, community-acquired pneumonia was identified as the priority health problem due to the lack of knowledge on signs and symptoms of the disease.

This worker received a phone call from Holly McAdams. Holly and this worker set up a home visit for April 14 1-2pm. Holly spoke about how Gracie was doing well in school. Holly had just left a conference with Gracie's teacher. The teacher could not say anymore wonderful things about Gracie. The teacher and Holly wonder if Gracie really needs the counseling. The teacher was recommending a quite soft teacher for 2nd grade since Gracie was moving schools. Holly registered Gracie that day for the new school. Gracie was getting involved in gymnastics. Gracie wants to get involved in girl scouts. Gracie was having her birthday party in May due to having a summer birthday. Gracie was having a pool party at the wellness center. Gracie was doing good

In my position as a family facilitator working with families through their reunification process, I tried to decrease my power. I do by using power with methods for them to advocate for themselves, promoting their self-esteem, and embracing their self-determination in meetings with their social worker. I held clients prepare for case planning meetings by creating lists of concerns they had, questions they wanted to ask, sharing accomplishments they felt, and their plans for moving forward. Rather than dictating what I thought these were based on their case, and my observations all power was given to the clients in this regard. During the meetings, the client was in charge of the direction it went, and running it. As a facilitator, I did not create the agenda for the meetings, or

The second client that I have decided to observe and write about is Michelle Draeger. Ms. Draeger is a Milpitas High School Facing History And Ourselves and an English teacher. She is easygoing, amiable, humorous and open minded. In addition, Ms. Draeger has short spiky hair, light colored eyes and wears eyeglasses. She gives the impression somewhere in her forties, has siblings such as an older brother, and looks to have an interest in art. For instance, Ms. Draeger has an interest in art due to a bunch of artworks she has around the classroom. In order to, became a teacher; Ms. Draeger graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and San Jose State University. In inferring, why she became a teacher for the reason that she share her

In the area of social work, people who find themselves in an emergency happen to have help from the police. Social work exists in all of the United States, however in certain areas law enforcement is applied and a large number of activities were mostly know for order and peace making. Usually, over 40 percent of most cases, such as, telephone calls requesting assistance to the police involve in social work, unlike crime that is just over 15 percent of time. Areas as giving first aid and looking for missing children in the social work happens a lot. “This very early writing described the hiring of social workers within a police department in Rochester, New York. Social workers intervened in marriage and family problems and in cases involving

This was a boring session; I really was tired and did not have too much to say. We focused on

Furthermore, my sage stated that it made her feel very important that I picked her to be my sage even though I know her siblings as well. My sage stated that she had lost hope in younger generations caring about the lives of older adults, and was glad that the social work program offered a class that requires students to seek out older adults for their knowledge. I was unable to create change in my sage’s way of thinking because she was not open to new ideas such as seeking mental health evaluations and counseling. We were able to discuss my sage taking vitamins and doing some physical exercises and activities that do not require too much strain, and to do so after consulting with her doctor. I learned more from my sage than she learned from me. My sage has been exposed to many social supports, and has accessed the resources that social workers usually seek to help clients acquire.

Social workers empower people every day. We are especially tuned into creating space for fostering strengths and promoting growth. We meet folks where they currently find themselves along their unique journey. We work together to decide on paths of action that generate positive results. We collaborate with fairness, equity and empathy so that we can effective facilitate our client’s desired changes. As a Care Coordinator, working at the Alliance for GLBTQ Youth, it is a privilege for me to be able to assist young people with many of their needs. As an intern, I am vigilant of opportunities for the improvement of my interconnectedness with all the available resources at my disposal. It is my responsibility to reach out to and network

Furthermore, my sage stated that it made her feel very important that I picked her to be my sage even though I know her siblings as well. My sage stated that she had lost hope in younger generations caring about the lives of older adults, and was glad that the social work program offered a class that requires students to seek out older adults for their knowledge. I was unable to create changes in my sage’s way of thinking because she was not open to new ideas such as seeking mental health evaluations and counseling. Nonetheless, my sage and I were to discuss her taking vitamins and partaking in some physical exercises and activities that do not require excessive strain, and to do so after consulting with her doctor. I learned more from my sage than she learned from me. My sage has been exposed to many social supports, and has accessed the resources that social workers usually seek to help clients acquire.

I’ll be reflecting back on my natural observation which took place for 20 minutes with ‘Sophie’. ‘Sophie’ is a 48 month old female and her first language is English. I’ll be using a pseudonym, ‘Sophie’ as her name for confidentiality reasons stated in the and also for the teacher ‘Debbie’ (HCPC, 2012). I’ll start off by explaining the importance of observations and how it’s essential within Social work. Ill then lead on to identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the amateur observational method I demonstrated in my notes (Appendix). Ill then conclude my findings by describing any milestones I identified and linking them too theoretical explanations based on my observation.

This assignment is going to look into observation as a social work tool and skill. Firstly, it is going to briefly describe the observation. Secondly it will analyse the interactions using a reflective approach. And finally, it will look into some relevant social work skills and values that relate to the discussed topic.

Over the course of the past semester, we have covered a myriad of topics involving meditation practice, videos, assigned readings, and class projects in the mindfulness self-compassion social work course. Throughout this process, I have been able to learn about the importance of curiosity and mindfulness in our world, several of the difficulties inherent in mindfulness practice, and the benefits of such a practice. Learning about each of these elements of mindfulness has enabled me to incorporate it into my own life in the form of daily meditation tasks.