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Within this essay the areas in which discrimination and oppression occur will be highlighted and then evaluated to show how ‘good’ anti oppressive/ discriminative practice within social work can ‘aid’ and empower service users who are in groups that experience oppression and discrimination to overcome their problems. Gil (1994) states that “the conditions that cause people to seek help from social services are usually direct or indirect consequences of social, economic, and political institutions, and... the profession of social work is ethically committed to promote social justice. Insights into oppression and social

Finally, nurse should rehearse the whole set of question before conducting a real interview so that she could be more relaxed when dealing with client’s responses.

“… there are no easy remedies in social work, especially when we are confronted daily with oppression and deprivation…” (Trevithick, 1)

Within the social work that we encounter on a daily basis, anti-oppressive (AOP) practice is generally referred to as the wider term that covers various practices and approaches as structural, radical, feminist, critical, anti-racist and liberating actions. AOP is viewed as a social work practice that attempts to address the structural inequalities and social divisions that is usually experienced in the social work. The ultimate aim of AOP is to provide more appropriate and sensitive services that ensure the social status is not an impediment to them enjoying the social service. AOP is egalitarian in approach and caters for personal philosophy while suppressing the negative effects of the structural weaknesses and inequalities (McGraw, n.d). It is deemed to cater for both the process and the outcome and aimed at reduction of the negative effects of hierarchy that may be experienced in the social work.

*Enlisting cooperation, many times the client will resist or become reluctance, using basic interviewing skills will decrease the client discomfort and increase cooperation throughout each stage.

This can lead to: lack of concentration, interview lasting longer or be terminated, which can result in unreliable answers. To possibly avoid these I could: go in a quiet room, allow extra time and avoid sensitive questions. I will be doing interviews with teachers that teach visually impaired children rather than the child because the child may feel uncomfortable talking one-to-one with an unknown adult and yet I can still get the answers needed through the

Beginning the interview and skills/techniques used (empathy, rapport building, listening skills, closed-ended questions and open-ended questions, signs of client engagement)

Intersectionality is made up of three faucets: social identities; systems of oppression; and the interaction and intersection between the two.

A medium built, older, woman with brown hair and glasses stood up, bowing slightly at the applause, and walked to the podium. “Good afternoon, I’m Marilyn Frye, I have a PhD in Philosophy from Cornell University. I’m here today to talk to you about the problems of oppression and privilege in our nation today. Now some of you might be sitting here thinking ‘Oppression? Why would we be talking about that? Didn’t that disappear along with the end of racial segregation in the mid-1900s?’” Justene nodded her head slightly in agreement. That’s exactly what she was thinking. “Well you wouldn’t be alone with that thought. Many people in our nation live under that impression. People live with privilege without recognizing that

In session three, this week I was able to notice the importance of this approach as we were put in groups of three, me being the interviewer and the other two being the interviewee and a consultant. This did

Part of this education was introducing her to the Power and Control Wheel (Duluth Model, n.d.). She began to realize that her boyfriend was maintaining an environment of oppression, so that he could remain powerful in the relationship. She identified several forms of oppression and began to challenge his perceived power.

Furthermore, since anti-oppressive research is committed to the eradication of unequal power structures, the relationship between the researcher and the research participant is also grounded in principles of anti-oppressive practice. Within anti-oppressive research, there is the commitment to a transparent and open relationship with research participants, and the hierarchal relationship of researcher and participant is restructured within anti-oppressive practice. I find this particularly interesting, as social issues and unequal power structures cannot be resolved, if they are being replicated within the very research study that is meant to address it. Therefore, employing an anti-oppressive approach to research is the best way to ensure that research studies are comprehensive and fair towards research participants, and also ensures that the results of the research are used to create real social

By the end of my senior year of high school, I knew I would love to make a career out of bettering the environment and taking care of plants. With that being said, I chose to interview my former mentor Eileen Boyle. Eileen has worked for years as head horticulturist at Hagley Museum and Library, while also leading 4-H Youth Development Programs that teach students the importance of growing and managing crops. I met Eileen while volunteering at Hagley and was immensely inspired to continue towards a career in plant science. I know from working alongside Eileen in the past that communication is a very important aspect of her job. During the interview, I asked about her experiences with maintaining contact with her coworkers, her ideals on how communication in the workplace can be improved and her thoughts about case studies our class has reviewed in the past.

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.

Communication is the most important tool to being a good health provider. This assignment analyses an interview between a student from Perth Institute of Business and Technology, who acts as a health care professional and another student who takes up the role of a patient. The areas of communication focused in this analysis are interviewing skills, listening skills and questioning skills. There are examples provided for each aspect followed by suggestions and recommendations for future practices. However, the information in this assignment is fictitious.