Category: Free Essays

Social Work with Children and families Response to a letter from the GP of Amita Kaur, the mother of Gurnam. As a student social worker in a local authority Children with Disability team you will undertake an assessment in relation to Gurnam and his family. This report lays out the proposed method of assessment for…

In the article he discussed that children are a very vulnerable sector of our society. Child abuse can occur in every sector of our society, but some children are at a higher risk for abuse. The reason behind the research is to find out what is child abuse and to know the different forms of…

When people are in need of welfare, they do not have to confer with the government directly sometimes to obtain it. A social agency, defined “formally structured unit, sanctioned by society, whose goals and activities focus on meeting human needs.” (Turner, Pg 209) is simply known as one of the contacts between the government and…

Table of Contents Background Objectives Proposed Actions Anticipated Outcomes Key roles and responsibilities Timelines and resources required Key risks Evaluation Method References Background Drugs and alcohol is a major social issue (J. David Hawkins, Richard F. Catalano, and Janet Y. Miller, 1992). It is not something that can be solved by the law (Lee P.…

“A significant learning experience is one in which the student has acquired knowledge and/or skills or where the experience has informed or shaped the student’s social care values and beliefs”. Throughout the course of my placement there have been many cases upon which I have experienced significant learning. These include conversations with both staff and…

Although there is no widely accepted definition of persons with disabilities, twodefinitions can be found in the National Policy for Special Education in Pakistan: “Disability” means the lack of ability to perform an activity in a manner that is considered to be normal. A person with disabilities means a person who, on account of injury,…

Depression in single, married and widowed/divorced employed mothers Mental health is gradually becoming a focus in today’s society. Women are diagnosed with mental illness two-to-one compared to men. Some hypothesis to the reason for these unequal statistics include hormone differences, cultural stifling of women’s creative expression leading to maladjusted coping mechanisms, or misdiagnoses by sexist…

Prostitution is a contentious issue in India. Although, prostitution (exchanging sex for money) is not illegal, but the surrounding activities (operating brothels, pimping, soliciting sex etc.) are illegal. In fact the worst part is that the people in India forget that in series of insulting this profession, they put a question mark on the life…

The sexually abused child in the foster setting Current researchers believe the majority of children entering the foster system have been traumatized physically and emotionally and now require care the foster system was not originally created address[1]. Additionally, foster children are reported to have “three to seven times as many acute and chronic health conditions,…

The main concern as a counselor is creating and managing professional limits, which must always center on the best interests of the client. However, except for behaviors of an illegal nature, ethical concerns can negatively interfere with one’s work because there are no straightforward answers. The detrimental effect of sexual intimacies within a professional counseling…