Category: Free Essays

Abuse is a violation of an individual’s human and civil rights by any other person or persons, consisting in single or repeated acts, may occur in any relationship and any context, some instances of abuse will constitute a criminal offence. A definition of abuse in vulnerable adults was given in 1997 Consultation Paper “Who Decide”…

In order to practice effectively it is necessary to have a critical understanding of the law and to recognise limitations as well as strengths. The law can lack clarity which may be open to interpretation. This essay aims to discuss Social Work roles and responsibilities in Criminal Justice settings. ‘There are many competing pressures to…

A given scenario on Recognising Children at Risk (Child Protection). The essay should be based on a given scenario, which has been divided into three sections with question prompts at the end of each section which should assist the essay’s focus. Section One Stephen and Eileen have been together for seven years and have two…

There are a number of recent developments in policies relating to care, however, I am going to focus on just one of these policies which is the National Health Service And Community Care Act 1990. Community care has no single meaning, broadly, it means helping people who need care and support to live with dignity…

“White Social Workers’ pejorative assessment of black families and the reinforcement of racist stereotypes through their intervention are central to the ‘social working’, i.e. social control, of black families and form the major avenues through which they ‘clientise’ black people.” (Dominelli, 1988) Introduction While keeping the above statement in mind this paper will discuss how…

Koster (2003) stated that “supervision leads to a mental and emotional education that can guide practical work, frees fixed patterns of experience and behaviour and promotes the willingness as well as the ability to act suitably, carefully and courageously”(p1). This essay will explore Koster’s quotation about best practice in supervision, in relation to supervision in…

Loneliness is a geriatric giant leading to impaired quality of life, greater need for institutional care and increased mortality. Routasalo, Pitkala, 2003 The phenomenon of loneliness occurs in people of all ages it may be a particular problem in the elderly according to a study carried out at Edinburg University in the nursing science department.…

The purpose of this meeting was to carry out an update SAP assessment, under Section 47, NHS and Community Care Act 1990, because Diane’s needs have changed. Diane is a 69-year-old White British Female who has been living in Critchill Court since her discharge from hospital in Jan 2010. Diane had a Sub Arachnoids’ Haemorrhage,…

Dementia is a chronic, heterogeneous neurodegenerative disorder which develops as a function of age, typically from 65 years old, with symptoms ranging from personality changes and losses of memory/intellect to severe reductions in mobility. Alzheimer’s disease is the most prevalent form of dementia (Cooper & Greene, 2005). The diverse and deteriorating nature of the dementia…

Psychosocial Critical Evaluation: Case Study of Rory Introduction Psychosocial theory originates from psychoanalytic and psychodynamic casework, which has had a profound and lasting impact on social work (Kenny and Kenny, 2000). This assignment will use the case study of Rory, a fifteen year old boy living in a family home with his brother, mother and…