As the number of dementia patients with end-stage illness is increasing; a higher number of social workers will be required to treat them in the future. It is important to evaluate the behavioral patterns of social workers dealing with such patients. The main purpose of such research is to identify the possible causes for such behavior so that necessary measures can be taken to reverse the situation.
ole of Hospice Social Workers

As shown by the statistics presented by NHPCO, 2005, although more than 81% of end-stage dementia patients are adults over 65 years, only 8% are found to be treated in hospice settings. Since dementia lists under the top five illnesses causing death in elderly patients above 65 years, this equates to only a fraction of the thousands of patients who die annually of dementia receiving specialized end of life care provided by hospice programs (Simons et al. 2011).

When end-stage…...

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Acker, G.M. (2011). Burnout among mental health care providers. Journal of Social Work

Advance online publication: doi: 10.1177/1468017310392114

Alzheimer's Association. (2005). Just the fact sheets and statistics. Chicago: Author

Corr, C.A., Corr, K.M., & Ramsey, S.M. (2004). Alzheimer's disease and the challenge for hospice. In K. Doka (Ed.), Living with grief: Alzheimer's disease (pp. 227-243).Washington, DC: Hospice Foundation of America.

Social Worker Ethics
Ethical dilemma:

Privacy and Confidentiality

One of the most difficult situations for a social worker is when he or she must deal with confidentiality issues regarding a minor. For example, if a social worker is counseling an adolescent girl with an eating disorder in the context of a family intervention, the girl's understandably concerned parents may wish that the social worker disclose what the girl says during private therapy sessions. However, the adolescent must feel as if he or she can speak freely, to fully benefit from the sessions.

At the beginning of the session, the nature of the private counseling sessions should be defined, according to the social worker's code of ethics: "(f) When social workers provide counseling services to families, couples, or groups, social workers should seek agreement among the parties involved concerning each individual's right to confidentiality and obligation to preserve the confidentiality of information shared by others.…...

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References

Guarda, Angela S., Angela Marinilli Pinto, Janelle W. Coughlin, Shahana Hussain, Nancy A.

Haug, & Leslie J. Heinberg. (2007). Perceived coercion and change in perceived need for admission in patients hospitalized for eating disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry

She stated that she frequently refers to Social Work Codes of Ethics and Values. When HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) came into effect, protections regarding the privacy of individuals became more stringent under law regarding information stored electronically. The social worker must ask for consent from the client when disclosing information and ensure that all information is kept secure. The social worker must at all times be legally and ethically compliant with current law and the tenants of her profession.
On an emotional level, keeping a professional sense of distance while maximizing the efficacy of the profession can be challenging. A social worker must often strike a delicate balance between acceptance of the client, and honoring the client's innate dignity and worth, while still striving to push him or her forward. The social worker said that empathy was a core component of her practice. Listening and acknowledging the…...

Social workers are not in great demand in the United States because of rapidly emerging job opportunities that require the services of someone with educational degrees and experience in social work. It is widely believed that professional social workers are now the most highly paid individuals in the field of public service.
This paper presents an in-depth study of the emerging field of professional social workers and focuses on every important aspect of this career choice.

SOCIAL WOK

DUTIES AND ESPONSBILITIES

Social work has recently been gaining tremendous attention as a career option because there apparently is a serious dearth of qualified social work practitioners in our country. Apart from this reason, another important factor, which has contributed towards the evolvement of social work as a profession, is connected with emerging branches of various fields, which require services of social workers. We need to understand that social work as a profession is not very…...

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Leslie Margolin (1997) The Invention of Social Work. (Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia

Social work: (2001) Look past the image for a challenging career., Independent, pp 11.

Social and Recreation Workers (1998) Social Workers, Occupational Outlook Handbook

Catford, John (1998) "Social entrepreneurs are vital for health promotion - but they need supportive environments too" in Health Promotion International, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 95-97

Social Worker Practices -- Family Support
There are many issues to take into consideration for the social worker when in the process of offering the best possible services to families. For a student who plans to enter the field of social work, there are important matters that must be understood and planned for. ecause of the diversity that social workers encounter in terms of clients' ethnicities, and the need for sensitivity, thoroughness, and full professionalism for all clients, it behooves a student entering into this field to learn all he or she can about the emerging realities that are out there. The need for competence and awareness has never been greater than today in this field. Hence, this paper focuses on those high quality practices that help support families.

The Literature -- Family Support and High Quality Practices

Through his referencing of a quote from The New York Times author Evan Imber-lack explains…...

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Associated Press, 2011, 'Immigration Law Blamed for Reported Bullying of Hispanic Students in Alabama. Fox News. Retrieved October 23, 2011, from  http://www.foxnews.com .

Beaulier, Scott, 2011, 'Viewpoints: Alabama's Immigration Law is Economically Absurd', The Birmingham News, retrieved October 23, 2011, from  http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-commentary//print.html .

Collins, Donald, Jordan, Catheleen, and Coleman, Heather, 2009, An Introduction to Family Social Work, Cengage Learning: Florence, KY.

Furman, Rich, Negi, Nalini, and Cisneros-Howard, Ana Liza M., 2008, The Immigration Debate: Lessons for Social Workers, Social Work, 53(3), 283-285.

Being bilingual, I would like to focus on social work in multicultural settings. Facilitating meaningful dialogue between various cultures within a society is something I would find especially rewarding; it is my belief that a little compassion and understanding can go a long way, and sometimes it takes little more than a calm voice to provide a solution. I have excellent communication skills, and would love to employ them to a truly good end.
I am strongly committed to the principles of the NASW Code of Ethics: service, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, and competence. Taken as a whole, these principles require dedication to something higher than oneself. I believe that humanity possesses a greatness that is sometimes hard to see in individual human, and I believe it is the job of the social worker to find that greatness in any circumstance,…...

That said, if the U.S. House of Representatives cooperates with the U.S. Senate and passes reform legislation to offer those 11 million immigrants an opportunity toward citizenship, that will change for many of those people. Hence, acculturation will become -- and is now -- an important issue in how the majority population should relate to those immigrants.
For social workers (and other professionals in healthcare and welfare-related agencies) acculturation should mean a kind of "moving and mixing" within the larger U.S. culture rather than simply expecting immigrants to go from culture a to culture B, and basically become like Americans of European extraction, according to an article in the peer-reviewed journal Human Development (Bhatia, et al., 2001).

hy is the history of American immigration policies relevant to social workers today? That question can be answered by using Bhatia's research, which reflects that due to the "diasporas" in "First orld" communities like…...

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Alfred, T., and Corntassel, J. (2005). Being Indigenous: Resources against Contemporary

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Bhatia, S., and Ram, a. (2001). Rethinking 'acculturation' in relation to diasporic cultures and Postcolonial Identities. Human Development, 44(1), 1-12.

National Association of Social Workers. (2010). Human Rights and International Affairs

Social Worker
Social work is significant aspect of the society as it helps in caring for those in need. Those in this profession need to develop awareness of the underlying knowledge associated with the key principles of social work. Social workers need to illustrate their ability to apply knowledge and skills, values via case studies. It is important for social workers to demonstrate awareness of the skills needed to establish relationships with other service users as well as colleagues by communicating effectively.

Empathy is a critical characteristic required for those who are pursuing career in social worker. Empathy comes in handy as this work involves interacting with people in crisis predicaments seldom meeting their clients once the issues are resolved. A social worker is expected to rise above sympathy and must have true empathy for those they engage with. Gerdes and Segal (2011) in a journal article explain that epathy is…...

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Gerdes, K.E., & Segal, E. (2011). Importance of empathy for social work practice: integrating new science. Soc Work, 141-8.

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Social Worker Skills
What Makes a Good Social Worker?

The qualities that make a good social worker include many of the qualities that indeed make a good person, such as: being a good listener, having compassion and empathy for those less fortunate, giving of one's time and talent unselfishly, and avoiding any semblance of prejudice or lack of understanding of those persons who are in ethnic minority communities or are challenged emotionally, socially or physically.

But beyond simply being a good person, a professional social worker must be up-to-date with all laws and regulations regarding those receiving benefits and assistance; a social worker must be willing to get the training and develop the skills that will assist him or her in truly providing help to those in need, whether they be physically handicapped, victims of domestic violence, mentally handicapped, or in other ways "out of the mainstream" of society.

Good Social Workers Understand…...

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Banks, Sarah. Ethics and Values in Social Work. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001.

Banks, Sarah. Ethical Issues in Youth Work. London: Routledge, 1999.

Boswell, Gwyneth. "Ethics and Values in Social Work." Criminal Behaviour & Mental

Health, 2001.

social worker has been continually evolving. This is because they are being called upon to perform a variety of tasks. The result is that a shift has occurred in how they deal with challenges and the strategies they are utilizing to meet the needs of stakeholders. To achieve these objectives Lawrence Shulman discusses select ideas utilizing a new approach. This offers insights about the value and limitations of using his strategies in the real world. Together, these elements will highlight specific steps that must be taken to ensure they are reaching out to various segments and the best tactics for incorporating them as a part of their practices.
Describe the interactional approach to helping, the value or limitations to such an approach. Include a list of key concepts and definitions.

The interactional approach is designed to offer social workers with a new way of looking at the situation and analyzing what…...

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References

Shulman, L. (2009). The Skills of Helping, Individuals, Families, Groups and Communities. Belmont, CA: Brooks and Cole.

Social Worker's Dilemma
A Social Worker's Moral Dilemma:

The Kantian & Utilitarian Approach

A Social Worker's Dilemma:

A Kantian & Utilitarian Approach

While Philosophy is the investigation of the ultimate questions of life, e.g., Is there a God?, or How do we know what we know?, Ethics (also called Moral Philosophy) is the philosophical investigation of questions about morality (Gensler & Spurgin, 2008). In our everyday lives we are faced with moral dilemmas and sometimes we must quickly judge what decision is the best based on our contemporary principals of knowledge and methodology regarding the circumstances. Occasionally, we are faced with an issue where no amount of sound reasoning completely justifies an action and leaves us asking ourselves, "Did I make the right decision?" While both Kantian and Utilitarian modes of thought have developed criteria for making such decisions concerning morality, they vary in that each model has a different methodology and desired end.

This…...

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Gensler, H., & Spurgin, E. (2008). Historical dictionary of ethics. Lanham: Scarecrow.

Harris, J., & Turkington, C. (2003). Understanding learning disabilities: The source book for causes, disorders, & treatments. New York: Checkmark Books

social workers being trained with sufficient coursework and field-level research assignments as regards the alcohol-related issues some of their future clients will be challenged with? Are college and university faculty -- those instructors that train and prepare social workers -- including pertinent coursework in the curricula that adequately prepares social workers vis-a-vis the alcohol-related problems they will invariably encounter in the future? Is there a gap between what social workers are learning in masters-level classes (MS) and what they will actually need to know in terms of their ability to achieve success with problem drinkers? The answer to the first two questions -- based on the literature -- is a solid "no"; and the answer to the third question in this introduction is "yes" (Richardson, 2008).
The Literature and Relevance to Social ork Practice

In the Journal of Social ork the author reports on a 2005 study of 89 masters-level social…...

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The reason why is because, Michael has not engaged in any kind of behavior that is considered to be a crisis. If there were other underlying issues that he was wrestling with (such as: drug abuse, alcoholism or uncontrolled rages), then this kind of technique would need to be utilized. as, this will help the social worker to: intervene in those situations where the behavior of the individual is declining. (Michael a Gay Son 1980)
Systems Theory Approach

The system theory approach states that society and the workplace are similar to a large family. What is happening in these situations is that, the same kind of: rules, regulations and social norms will apply to these different sub-groups within society. This can have an impact upon the behavior of an individual, as they are often influenced by: the various social perceptions inside these groups. This can be problematic, as this will have…...

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human Services clients and the specific helping skill that can be used with clients.
The range of problems facing human services clients and the specific helping skills that can be used with clients

"Human services tend to be as broad as the needs and problems of the client base" (Helping those in need, 2011, BLS: 23). Problems faced by the clients of social service workers are often called 'problems in living' or problems with families and commitments; seeking an education, adapting to a new culture; caring for others and other life cycle-related issues (Woodside & McClam 2011: 6). Problems may have psychological, social, or environmental dimensions. The world is in a continual state of change, disrupting traditional relationships and ways of life and additional support is often necessary for a wide range of clients.

Social service workers may offer assistance in the form of social control (such as for children who cannot…...

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References

Helping those in need. (2011). BLS. Retrieved from:

 http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2011/fall/art03.pdf 

Woodside, M & McClam, T. (2011). An introduction to human services. 7th ed. Cengage

Learning.

Family Members
Main Issues the family Members face and the sorts of strengths

The construct of social work is directed towards correcting existential social abnormalities to engender better living environments. Social-work functions both at the individual and societal levels to infuse better living conditions, especially in communities where turbulence marks the order of the day. Social work, in as much works on the principles of human rights and social justice (McEntyre, 2010). A social worker gains insights from theologies, practiced norms and individual experiences to correlate the socio-cultural and ethnic fundamentals towards normalization of individual and societal well-being (Connolly & Harms, 2009).

The primary aim of social work is to ensure sustained human well-being. In this pursuit, social workers aim to address the disconcert in social groups and communities. The main areas of attention they then seek to address are those of recognizing the human potential for development through the following focuses:…...

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Crawford, K., & Walker, J. (2010).Social Work and Human Development (3rd ed., pp. 1-17). Exeter: Learning Matters.

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Kenny, S. (2006). Developing Communities for the Future (3rd ed., pp. 3-37). South Melbourne: Thomson.

1. The role of power dynamics in sexual violence: How do issues of power and control contribute to acts of sexual violence?

2. The intersectionality of sexual violence: How do factors such as race, gender, sexuality, and socioeconomic status intersect to shape experiences of sexual violence?

3. The impact of rape culture on attitudes towards sexual violence: How does the normalization of sexual violence in society contribute to victim blaming and perpetuate rape culture?

4. Addressing the stigma and shame surrounding sexual violence: How can we work to destigmatize survivors' experiences and create a supportive and understanding environment for them to come forward?

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Exploring the Complexities of Trauma: Essay Topic Ideas

1. The Impact of Trauma on the Developing Brain

How does trauma alter neurobiological development, particularly in childhood?
Examine the long-term effects of early life trauma on brain structure and function.
Discuss intervention strategies that can mitigate the negative impacts of trauma on brain development.

2. The Role of Resilience in Trauma Recovery

Define resilience and explore its role in overcoming traumatic experiences.
Analyze the factors that contribute to resilience in trauma survivors.
Discuss strategies for fostering resilience in individuals and communities affected by trauma.

3. Trauma and Cultural Context: Intersectionality and Disparities

Examine the....

1. The Role of Nature and Nurture in Speech and Language Development

Discuss the genetic and environmental factors that contribute to speech and language skills.
Explore the interplay between innate abilities, parental input, and sociocultural influences.
Examine how early experiences can shape language development and academic success.

2. The Importance of Parent-Child Interactions for Speech and Language

Describe how parental speech, singing, and reading foster language development.
Analyze the role of scaffolding, imitation, and feedback in language acquisition.
Discuss the challenges and strategies for supporting language development in homes with limited English proficiency.

3. The Use of Technology to Promote Speech and....

Art Therapy for Children and Adolescents

Art therapy is a form of psychotherapy that uses art materials as a means of expression and communication. It is based on the belief that art can provide a safe and non-verbal way for children and adolescents to explore their thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Art therapy can be used to help children and adolescents with a variety of issues, including:

Emotional regulation
Trauma
Grief and loss
Anxiety and depression
Behavioral problems
Relationship difficulties
Self-esteem issues
Learning disabilities
Physical disabilities

How Art Therapy Works

Art therapy is a collaborative process between the child or adolescent and the art....