Essays on Human Services

I have always found the ability to help other people and communities around me especially rewarding, which is perhaps the main motivation that has driven my fascination for social work. Throughout my life, I have always sought out and used all opportunities available to me to be of help people who are unfortunate or simply in need of a helping hand. Therefore, undertaking studies in social work was great opportunity to achieve my desire. Although my university education back in my home country, Uganda, was full of challenges due to lack of vital resources, I worked hard and gained ...

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a study of two social journals that are concerned with children and childhood conditions and to discuss some general theories related to the development of behavior and social interaction of children. The two social journals selected for this paper are Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal and The British Journal of Social Work. Both these journals are concerned with publishing articles and research papers related to childcare where some of the critical issues are discussed in detail by writers and contributors. This includes a discussion on factors that can have a positive ...

Is Social Work Just Common Sense?Name:Institutional Affiliation:

Often the unsung heroes of society, social workers are not often considered to be the top of professionalism. From the outside, it looks like a job that anybody off the streets can apply. Social work revolves around helping people; with common sense as your guide surely you will be able to complete all of your tasks correctly! This is an incorrect assumption, however. It takes many people by surprise to find out that social workers may need a BA or even and MA in order to compete for a job in social work. In fact, many did not know ...

As the saying goes, every land has its own law. In the same manner, every field has its own set of requirements. In the field of mental health services, for instance, the workers have to posses good communication skills, have a good sense of maturity and judgement, and possess the capacity to remain calm when faced with stressful circumstances. Although this list is not exclusive, the skills and characteristics mentioned are crucial to the success of a mental health service professional in his or her work.
The human services fields is a relatively new field compared to other established ...

Social work is often misinterpreted in mainstream society as a job that one can simply walk into, knowing the ins and outs. Social workers have a job to better communities and families, and to do so appears to be a matter of common sense. Many are surprised to find out an individual may need a University level degree in order to get a job as a social worker. Stranger still, many are surprised you need a degree at all. While it is true that much of what social workers do does involve common sense, they still have laws to ...

- Factors that affect social work research questions
Professional ethics: While the researcher may feel the need to as a particular question to the respondent, the researcher should first examine whether the question may harm the respondent emotions or psychology.
Political and social considerations: Politics plays an important role in research. Thus if the research question does not meet the expected standards of social and political balancing, the research may not see the light of the day through lack of funding or being deprived academic appointments.

The researcher: The research question depends on the researcher’s motivation in relation to the particular topic of interest.

The social work profession: Social work research questions are always specific to the ...

My final topic will look at an epidemic which is not widely discussed. This epidemic not only affects people in our country, but around the world as a whole. I will be looking at Sex Trafficking. There is an obvious disturbing reality to sex trafficking that affects the person who is being trafficking while it is happening. The violence, lack of care, and the way these people are treated is something that should never happen to any individual. My paper will touch briefly on the topic as a broad discussion but there will also be a focus on specific ...

Discussion

In today’s world where a variety of cultures exists, social workers must understand the different cultures that exist. Social workers deal with people from different societies, who have different cultures. They must understand their cultures to understand them (Lum, 2011). The research sought to find out the cultural competence among social work students in the University of New England. The students were given questionnaires to fill out. For one to qualify to answer the questionnaire they had to be; above 18 years, of sound mental health, willing to take part in the research and be a member of ...

Introduction

Careers in human services continue to increase, and numerous Sociology and other Social Sciences majors decide on a career within the human services field. Most often, professionals within this field aid others with community, health, and individual services. In addition, many human services professionals find their careers rewarding considering they are able to serve the people of the communities in which they reside. While there are an abundance of appealing careers within human services, the five selected for this essay include: social workers, social and human services assistants, rehabilitation counselors, mental health counselors, and probation officers.

Social Workers

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Human Services range from a vast number of occupations and the common denominator of these is the service given to society, especially at times of crisis. They are designed to assist people through their daily lives, sometimes to get them right back on track, or to even help them realize their strengths and self-worth (Human Services Edu.org, n.d.). Founded in Cambridge, MA back in 1976, the Human Services Research Institute (HSRI) has been helping in the development of communities to support the necessities of the people (National Organization for Human Services, n.d.). Professionally, one can have a job in-line ...

Introduction

The appreciation and diversity of human beings promotes the well being of a community and enhances everyone’s growth. The step of making important decisions in an organization often faces ethical conflict which leads to ethical dilemmas.

Discussion

An example of ethical conflict often arise where there is involvement of clients privacy and dignity. Clients have unequal power and status and hence their relationships with the human services professionals may differ significantly. An ethical conflict gets created because the client may not wish his her information to get shared to the public by the human services officials (Reid & Schram, 2012). ...

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Developmental Perspective

Coherence and Conceptual Clarity
The developmental perspective to social work has two facets – community development and strengths-based development. Community development seeks to fulfill “needs, gaps, problems and deficits,” while strengths-based development involves “democratic, participatory [and] people-centered approaches” built on a strong human rights foundation (Gray, 2002). Such allows social justice to thrive, which is seen to benefit clients in social work to have equal opportunities, equal resource access and self-determination. Thus, strengths-based development under the developmental perspective empowers clients in social work as it urges social workers to reevaluate their developmental approaches based ...

The Effect of Medicare and Medicaid on the Social Work Field

Introduction
The American society is at the cusp of transformative change. With Baby Boomers of the sixties now reaching retirement age, the proportion of older people in society is going to increase. A smaller base of working population will have to support a larger slab of older people. As a result, existing frameworks of social security, Medicare and Medicaid would prove inadequate. New ways and means need to be explored to sustain the concept of an equitable and caring society that has been built in the USA. In this context, it is essential to explore the effect of the ...

Introduction

Jane Addams (1860-1935) was an American sociologist, social worker, author, public philosopher, and women’s rights activist. Jane was born in Cedarville, Illinois. She was born in well up family as the youngest of nine children. Her father was a prominent businessperson and served as the Illinois State senator from 1855 to 1870. She received her education from the Rockford Female Seminary (now Rockford University) in Rockford, Illinois (Addams & Elshtain, 2002). In her early life, Jane Addams loved reading and that is how she came to learn about the plight of poor people in Cedarville. She wanted to become ...

Social Work and Social Policy

Adams, Dominelli, and Payne (2009, p. 4) claim that social work has the objective of improving and facilitating the relationship of people in the environment as well as the social institutions where people live. Social work improves human cooperation by helping humans to survive and develop. It improves social relationships to facilitate the development in the development of families to improve the society due to social interactions. Connectedness links people in different levels of institutions, families, and social relationship. Social work aims to improve social life to increase cooperation between people in the society.
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Introduction

Developmental social work and developmental social welfare are concepts that have featured prominently on the global scene. Developmental social work is an approach that emphasizes on the roles of professional practice and social investment. It is these social investments that fulfill the material needs of the clients of social work. Additionally, the social investments facilitate the integration of social workers in to the economic and social life of the community. Theorists believe that developmental social workers perceive the strengths and capabilities of their clients to be amplified by the public services and resources (Midgley & Conley, 2010).
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Introduction

In many different settings, social workers work in groups. Such settings include neighborhoods, traditional clinical or therapeutic venues as well as community settings. Such workers who work in groups are strictly bound by code of ethics to ensure that they display proficiency in their work. Due to this, it is therefore evident that social workers working in groups should and must understand the basic principles behind group work and how to for effective and efficient groups that will effectively meet the clients’ as well as the members’ needs. Working in groups enhances the relationship and association between two or ...

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi was born on September 29, 1934 in Fiume, Italy. He is a Hungarian-American who emigrated to the United States at the age of 22. He was a former head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago where he received his B.A. and PhD. He is now connected with Claremont Graduate University. As a positive psychologist, he has written a number of works about happiness and how it can be achieved.
The book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience deals with the concept of happiness and how one can achieve it. Csikszentmihalyi addressed man’s ...

Presentation

Bob Mullaly is the author of books about ‘the new structural social work,’ a concept he has been writing about for many years from a progressive point of view. One of the fundamental questions about how social work should be carried out is ‘Do the clients of social workers need to be changed or does the structure of their society need to be changed?’ I do not mean to imply that the job of a social worker is to attempt to change society’s structure. I am only trying to explain that Mullaly has not observed that contemporary social ...

Social Construction

The idea of social work revolves around human beings who are capable of making their own decisions and choices. Sheppard (2006, p.3) argued that the main objective of social work is to provide empowerment that will involve maintenance, social functioning and coping with the problem. It is a common among social workers to provide assistance to those people who experience poverty. The study of Asquith, Clark, and Waterhouse (2012) have revealed that the poor and unemployed are hostile towards social workers during the initial stages of the counseling because they develop a sense of being rejected by society and ...

- The postmodernism that defines the current society has lost the sense of religion and has became more focused on the “self”, which defines an individualized spirituality, entrenched in the scientific developments and in three aspects that are specific to the western world’s universalizing tendencies: economy, politics and cultural. Each of these social spheres are representative for the individual’s interests in the nowadays society and in this context social work is also seen in Mel Gray’s work as stepping away from its focus towards religion into adapting to a much more scientific approach, becoming a science ...

Selecting a career in the medical field is among the best options that anyone can have in modern day career world. This is because of dissimilar benefits that may accompany such a choice, for instance job security and possibility for advancement in one’s career. Still, I have my own reasons for thinking the medical field is an appropriate choice for me.
According to me, I find the medical field as the right field for me since it is the only profession that can assist me to directly impact on people’s lives. Regardless of whatever section one works ...

In today's world, many people struggle with poverty, disenfranchisement, helplessness and more. The rapidly growing elderly population is a serious social problem. The current economic crisis is exacerbating this situation as the government is cutting funding for elder programs. The problem resonates deeply with me, and I hope to work towards solutions that will provide the elderly and senior citizens with the resources they need to keep a high quality of life.
My childhood experiences are a significant contributing factor to my interest in the welfare of senior citizens. Growing up with my grandparents greatly influenced my values and ...

I have a long experience in social work, which allows me to analyze my path in this area and see what important changes have occurred along the way. First of all, I want to say that for me social work is always a matter of personal development. I think that it is impossible to be effective, to work properly in this sphere while standing at the same place in one’s qualification and professional path. When looking back at my way in social work, I can confidently say that I see a great deal of development in it.
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George Doherty in his writing addresses the issue of managing stress, trauma and repercussions and dealing with children, adults, the elderly and dealing with those who have special needs in case of a disaster. In chapter three and chapter four, the author specifically deals with the challenges dealing with children and elderly who are considered to be people with special ability. He argues that they are the group which is at very high risk of developing complications when a disaster strikes because in such situations everyone who is able will try rescue their lives forgetting the elderly and children ...

Social work

Sociology is a multidisciplinary approach that borrows from theories of different disciplines. Being one of the most prominent aspects of social science, sociology has ma very demand in the contemporary world. It is imperative to note that the interdisciplinary approach has its roots in charity and community development. Social work has been described variously as an academic and professional discipline that endeavors to improve the quality of life through research, direct practice, education and policy (Fenneret al, 2001). Apparently, sociology borrows theories from economics, medicine, psychology, sociology, education, philosophy and politics. It is a common misconception that sociology is ...

According to Bob Mullaly describes social work as the structural social work as a departure from the traditional social work. On the other hand, Steve Hicks approach was mainly anti-oppressive practice which did not comprise traditional modes. According to him, social work is innovative practice which evolves continuously over a long period of time.

How does structural social work impact the role of the individual in the profession?

Before this question is conclusively answered, it is important that the author defines what structural social work means. The term structural social work means the part of social work which focuses on the relationship between the environments. The structural social work is based on the ...

ABSTRACT

All practitioners in the fields of education, social work, and youth and family services should be aware of the cultural and ecological factors that affect the development and education of African-American youth, and adolescents in other minority groups that have traditionally experienced stereotyping and discrimination. This article considers two culturally-sensitive methodologies for improving educational and developmental outcomes for youth in these groups: Cultural Modeling and the Phenomenological Variant of Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST).
Adolescence for all groups of youth involves major life stresses caused by a number of factors, including biology, sexual identity, relations with family, caregivers and peer ...

In the article by Bogduk (2004), back pain that persists for over three months is classified into three types: reductionism, multi-disciplinary therapy, and mono-therapy. The reductionism classification should be used if there is need to have a specific diagnosis. Multi-disciplinary therapy is appropriate when that patient is able to participate in exercise. Mono-therapy often does not work at all or only for a short period of time (Bogduk, 2004).
In my own personal life I have dealt with people that lack empathy for others when they complain of a sore back. Some people view others with such chronic conditions ...

A number of barriers come with every profession and professions dealing with human services have to respond to issues with planning, empowerment, services and funding. In most organizations, services and funding are placed the core if changes need to be made. Empowerment is among the last in the matters that organizations prioritize. Funding is the most vital task of human services as a profession so the matters that are influential to financing human services must be given the most consideration. There is a separate arrangement of services and programs that a human service organization encompasses in order to help ...

Limited funding is one key example of the challenges or issues that face human service organizations today. It is essential that human services create awareness on the services that they offer. This will help such organizations to gain support from the stakeholders other than funding from governments. In order to ensure success in the provision of services within communities, human service organizations need to become more proactive in soliciting of funds. This paper aims at looking at funding as a challenge to these organizations and some of the solutions.
Human service organizations have continued to face the challenge of ...

Liora Birnbaum, 'The Use Of Mindfulness Training To Create an ‘Accompanying Place’ for Social Work Students’

The author accomplished a good study on social work student’s emotions about their field, how they feel overwhelmed and struggle to schedule time and adequate space to process their experiences. They need an ‘accompanying place’ where their thoughts can be observed and supported in a non evaluating way. This paper describe about a therapy named mindfulness meditation which was tested on a group of student.
This method really supported the students in their work. Finding of this work is that the students showed strong desire to ...

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As I understand it, social work is the pursuit of increased wellbeing for individuals and groups through direct and concerted intervention in a number of ways. The overall goal for someone in social work is to help combat social injustices and various inequalities in education, psychological awareness, and the like through determined effort and intervention on one's part (Agnew, 2004). This is typically performed through dedicated and complex interactions with those who require social work, and theories of human development and social systems and theory are used to investigate a client's social situation. After this analysis, strategies are ...

Abstract

Social workers perform a range of services that touch on many disciplines within the greater health and human services field. Case management, which is closely identified with social work, features a skill set that can be applied to many areas within the discipline of social work, ranging from child protection to substance abuse. These skills include problem assessment, treatment formulation, coordination and counseling. There are considerable career development opportunities, and new skill development paradigms provide important resources for professional growth.

Keywords: Social workers, health and human services, case management, child protection, substance abuse

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Roles and Functions

Abstract
The Introduction to David W. Springer and Albert R. Roberts’ book, Handbook of Forensic Mental Health With Victims and Offenders: Assessment, Treatment, and Research, covers the topic of “Forensic Social Work in the 21st Century.” The introduction covers everything from crime statistics to suggestions on academic programs for students of forensic social work. The authors believe that forensic social work provides a critical interdisciplinary link allowing useful services to be provided for survivors of crime.

Forensic Social Work in the 21st Century:

Roles and Functions

In their Introduction, the authors present the growing importance of social work’s forensic practitioners for victims, offenders, and the ...

Practice and theory in social work

Anti-oppressive practice is a theory on social work. It deals with the oppressive activities that take place in the communities, cultures and economies. The main objective of the theory is to abolish oppressive activities. Anti oppressive practice is done by practitioners as well as learners in the social movement, which is managed by women and black people. The theory tries to remove inequalities that are found in the society. Additionally; beyond the discourses’ boundaries, practitioners discover questions that enable people to think about power as well as possibility. The essay below discusses the anti-oppressive theory, how it intersects with ...

Human Services

1. Ideas, Theories, and Technological Advances that Affected Human Services
The field of human services has been experiencing several changes for the last ten years. First of all, the quality of life has significantly improved; globalization influenced all the spheres of our lives giving opportunities to some people and challenging others; many innovation have been introduced lately. Legislation is changing and is becoming more loyal. Standards in legislation area, such as equal employment opportunity, healthcare, wages, occupational safety and health, become more focused on human needs. Growing healthcare costs led to growing demand for specialists in this field.
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services provides comprehensive mediation and advocacy services for people who have questions and concerns about their health care. According to HHS.gov, mediation services are made available to those who want to resolve a dispute; usually, this happens between an individual and their health care provider or Medicare (HHS, 2011). Extensive options are given, including contacts for Health & Human Services representatives who can help with mediation; the mediation process is also detailed thoroughly. Mediation and advocacy are combined in the form of training that the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Division provides; this ...

Human service provision is concept which refers to the provision of services that are useful in offering solutions to challenges facing humanity. Such challenges include water supply shortage, information services, banking, counseling, health care services, the list is endless.
I have for the last fifteen years worked as a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a Community Based Organization (CBO) which deals with substance abuse and mental problems.
In this paper, I will give advice to professionals who are beginners in human service provision. I will give guidelines on issues of human service such as confidentiality, barrier identification, making and ...

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CAREERS IN HUMAN SERVICES

In the “Helping those in need: Human service workers” the Occupational Outlook Quarterly (2011) defines Human Services as the provision of “a variety of services aimed at improving clients’ lives” (23). Consequently, Human Services encompass different approaches depending on the nature of a particular problem and the services required in solving said problem. Evidently, it is impossible to cover all the careers that qualify and fit the characteristics of human services. However, it is plausible to look at a particular problem from different fields that could in turn be made up of a variety of professionals all ...

Introduction

It is not possible to discuss the matters related to mobility and social class without a discussion concerning poverty. In simple words, poverty can be described as the insufficient provision of shelter and food that is essential for life maintenance. According to an estimate, there are more or less thirty five million American citizens are living in poverty in the present times (Hart, 2002). Poverty is one of those grave social phenomenon that are extremely complicated. For the same reason, it is also a complicated task to try to discover the causes of poverty. There are a number of ...

Introduction

Social Workers are responsible for performing a large spectrum of jobs that range from giving support to people facing difficult situations, significant change or emotional stresses in their daily lives to diagnosing behavioral, mental or emotional health disorders in struggling individuals clinically. As a social worker, you need to help people cope with their situation, advocate for people in need and seek means of support and seek valuable resources for the people affected. The two articles that will form the research for this paper will be Victor Okeke’s – ‘Government And The Challenge Of Drug Abuse In The Country’ ...

The entire and main course of vision of the United States (US) department of Human Health Services (HHS) is basically to ensure that the live of the American people would have been spent effectively, healthy and successful as well. HHS is held responsible for providing health case care and facilities to the seniors and child care in total in order to protect and keep up the pace of good effective and healthy. With effectively diseases could also be controlled effectively with the help of protection based stance. The government has appropriated a total amount known as funds to HSS ...

A Critical Analysis of the Social Work Intervention Process

The term ‘empowerment’ is one which is used to designate the idea of giving control to an individual: if someone feels empowered, it means that they feel as though they can do something. In social work, this is no different: the empowerment approach is one which attempts to take control of a particular situation whilst giving those involved the skills and tools with which to manage their lives. Put succinctly, the empowerment process is “the process by which individuals and groups gain power, access to resources and ...

Introduction

Social work is no laughing matter as it involves many factors that make up human existence. We help individuals whom we do not know in order to enhance their well-being. Whether the other person is suffering from mental illness, addiction, or just need someone to talk to, a social worker like me will always be there to help them recover or to make them realize what they have to do in order to live a better life. We “help people develop their skills and their ability to use their own resources and those of the community to resolve problems” ( ...

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A dilemma is the position in which the selections of one of two opposite solutions are equally embarrassing.
The ethical dilemma is a situation of moral choice, when in the realization of a moral value is destroyed another, no less important. If we consider the question of the ethical dilemmas in professional activities, it is now believed that this problem can be removed by creating a professional code of ethics. In general, this kind of ethics often provides a useful impact on the resolution of ethical issues that arise in the course of ...

Social work was introduced to me in high school. The inherent desire to serve the less fortunate in the population was coined, planted and nurtured by my parents. I always accompanied them to social welfare organizations like foster homes, and community based organizations, to grant basic needs to the less fortunate and the endangered. When social work was introduced to me, I really liked it especially the principles of, a social worker his /her roles made me get an inherent power that propelled me to consider studying the course at the deepest end. I want to credit my parents for encouraging me to study social work by supporting my education both morally and financially.

The basic purpose of social work profession, is to promote the advancement of the community by ensuring that social justice exist, and that the poorest of the poor gets their basic necessities, just like other members of the community, Noel Timms (1983:5-15), The social work profession like other professions is based upon a set of core values. They are important tools that every social worker must possess. A value is an object of desire; therefore core values are simply the conventions set aside by NASW to prescribe the actions of a social hand as he or she responds to issues in the process of human resource interaction.

In my human service interaction I have always incorporated the core values service; in my capacity as a graduate social work I have assisted many people in, need and always tried to address social problems. In the process of rendering service to the poor the vulnerable and at times, victims of a tragedy I have always volunteered a part of my professional skills without any significant financial interest. A case in point is the Haiti earthquake which rendered more than two million people homeless while thousands of others were left dead. Through the international federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, I requested to be deployed as a volunteer rescuer which they swiftly responded and airlifted me to Haiti where I rendered my service by ensuring that everybody got basic needs, including medical care. The vulnerable among them: Women, children, physically challenged and old men were given close attention .In situations where the United Nations humanitarian Aids were limited and the need was high was supplemented by our own savings.

I have always strongly believed in social justice ,as such am always troubled when the international media highlights the plight of the innocent people ,who go through social injustices like rape, lack of education, neglect , unfair trial and suffering. On many occasions, I have mobilized fellow social workers to support the civil society movements, which advocate for social justice and balance, in countries where there is no freedom. Also on volition I have visited several African countries amongst them, the war torn Sudan, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi to assist them pursue social change. Given that the centre of social change is always based on the issues of education, poverty unemployment, and prejudice I have always tried to sensitize the communities through, guiding and counselling,in schools, offering alternative practice and sponsoring cultural events ..

Every human being is entitled to dignity and respect. In the field we interact with many people from different walks of lives, but I have always maintained the principle of respecting worthiness of a person, as a social worker you must treat everybody equally, aware of diversity in culture and individual differences. Kendal, R and Linda, Woodhead( 2006:102-108). The society is structured in such a way that people are clustered based on wealth and social class in which one was born. Worthiness of a person is of prime importance because a human being is rational creatures. In (2008) when I visited Kenya I interacted freely with people who were extremely poor, illiterate, and somehow neglected, I even stayed with one of these families in their grass thatched house.

I have always struggled to maintain personal integrity, by being honest all the time, especially with the organizations which I have worked for and interacted with. As a professional social worker I have always been aware of the professional mission, values and ethical principles, thus behaved in a manner consistent with them.

Acquisition of expertise in your area of specialization, is very important, I have always yearned to improve my understanding of the scope of social work. I also contributed to the creation of new knowledge, by engaging in various research activities. I have been doing my personal research since I graduated, based on what other people have done, I have suggested revision of existing theories of social work ,to improve the image of course, so as to meet the needs of the modern society.

I have worked with the African communities. Kenya is one of the countries in Africa that I have toured and worked. It is occupied by forty two tribes. My experience with the majority of the tribes was nourishing, as I learned many things. Some of them still practice some cultural activities that are repugnant. The most severe social problems that affected women and young girls, was female genital mutilation, the Maasai women were going through, traumatizing experience, as a professional social worker, I had to use my diplomatic skills, and research tactics to gather necessary information, in aid of communal sensitization, to discard the outdated cultural practices , in a manner that would not raise eyebrows, together with the local nongovernmental organization, we came up with a development program ,to empower men and women to engage in more important and beneficial activities, other than female genital mutilation. Although I was working very far away from home, the community took my endeavors positively, because they realized that I was aimed at improving their way of life .women in this society appreciated so much, because before we set up our programs, they used to walk, for many kilometers in search of water.

Social welfare is the absolute betterment of the society. Social welfare cannot be evaluated because it entails the ends and objects of desire, Jeremiah, W (2006:78-83). The social welfare areas that interest me are those that deal with the vulnerable in the society, that is orphaned children, dumped children, and the elderly who cannot cater for their basic needs. They interest me because; they usually empower a portion of the community that could be neglected and wasted. The orphaned children, the dumped are picked up fed and given the parental love that have missed, by so doing they are then given a second chance in life, to improve on their status. This welfare also ensures that this category of people maintains their dignity in the community.

A social problem is an issue that must be perceived by a potion of the society, as undesirable. Almost everybody would agree that actions to do with murder, increased road carnage amounts to a social problem. (ibid: 56-65).some people cause a social problem without themselves knowing, while others regard it as a publicly undesired, but some other people may, consider it an undesirable social condition.

The social problem that concerns me, that should be addressed by MSW, is the increased rate of drug abuse amongst university students, the increased rate of drug and substance among students are evident through abnormal behavior among the university students, and increased rate of criminal activities involving students. MSW should move swiftly to save the image of the university.

My undergraduate academic life was quite interesting, the normal first year, confusion coupled with the hassle to meet the paper deadlines, made my whole academic life at the university very interesting, and enjoyable.

I was academically fit in all the social work courses, because of the inbuilt desire to study the course. Although I was good in social work core courses, my weaknesses were evident in university common courses that I never performed well.

My desire to study social work, has always been driven by my parents and my personal desire to study the course, to the deepest levels, so as to satisfy my intellectual curiosity.

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Noel, Timms (1983), Social work values, Routledge, Publisher.

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Kendal, R and Linda, Woodhead (2006) God and human Dignity, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing.

Criminal Law

Abstract
This study aims to present the concept of child abuse in the view of the criminal justice system. It will also present the history of child abuse in the United States as well as the prevalence of child sexual abuse in the United States, particularly in the state of Michigan. This research paper will discuss the current federal policies on child abuse and the intervention strategies and policy scheme involving child abuse cases. Finally, the conclusion of this study will present the new laws that will prevent sexual abuses cases and the role of the government to revise ...

After exploring all of my career options, I have decided that my Health and Human Service Center career will be in social work. I have also wanted to be a social worker as a way of helping others and my community. If someone is facing a difficult situation sometimes his or her social worker is the glue that holds that situation together. I understand that the field of social work is a vast one. Therefore, I will use this paper to focus in on my desired area of study in the field.

Reasons for My Interest in Social Work

My primary reason for wanting to become ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Sexual assault, harassment, and rape are unfortunate occurrences that happen in the daily lives of many individuals across the world. Though it is an atrocity that nobody should be forced to endure, it is even more unfortunate that some are at a further disadvantage than others are. Those who live in rural areas, primarily women, are not only more likely to face sexual assault or harassment in their lifetime, but they are less likely to seek services or have services rendered to them to deal with the catastrophe. Rural areas are difficult to access, and for numerous reasons victims ...

Social work

Social work is both an academic and professional discipline concerned with assisting individuals, groups, families and societies with the sole aim of enhancing their individual and collective well-being. It helps children and adults to safe and sound within their habitats and improves their quality of life. Social workers go a long way in helping individuals solve their problems and as well as preventing problems from developing (Barker, 2003). According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a social worker is an individual who aids people by assisting them to handle and solve issues in their everyday lives. Such issues may ...

Arguably, macro social work activities go beyond individual point of view. The macro level of environment entails systems that affect individuals indirectly. It includes legal systems, health care provider, state government, schools as well as employer. Human service interactions in terms of macro system communities and organizations benefit the society in general, this is through the introduction of systematic solutions on various issues in society. There are various concepts related to human service interactions; these include personal, interpersonal, and political empowerment. Each of the concepts plays a crucial role in the macro systems communities and organization. Personal empowerment refers ...

The 2008 economic crash brought the United States to a difficult living situation when the financial stability of every American was largely affected by recession. It left many Americans bankrupt, unemployed and financially burdened. The Federal and State governments came up with several recovery programs that will help the people during the tough times. One of which is the food stamp, but some states have implemented a different strategy such as the MI Bridge Card issued by the State of Michigan. Instead of using food stamps, the citizens of Michigan State, we're using the MI Bridge Card to buy food and pay for human services. However, the card is sometimes misused by the cardholders by using its credits to buy recreational goods and services. Because of that, the 96th legislature passed amendments to the policies governing the use of the MI Bridge Card. Section 57v was added to the current set of policies on House Bill No. 4051. According to the amendments, using the MI Bridge Cards to withdraw cash, purchase, alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets are prohibited (Legiscan.com, 2011, Web). ...

Human Services is majorly approaching the objective of meeting needs of a community through prevention as well as finding remedies of problems and maintaining an assurance to develop the quality life of the population. Human Services Agencies face a lot of challenges when it comes to delivering quality services and benefits to particular target populations. Some of the challenges they face may include competition between each other, budget pressure and need to attract the modern population. It is very common for human services agencies to compete for scarce resources, clients, status and reputation in the community (Libby & Austin, 2002). ...

The agency mandated with protection and assessment of health conditions to all citizens and immigrants of United States is the department of health and human service. This is usually abbreviated as the HHS department (Siplon, 2002). This arm of the United States’ government plays diverse roles and ensures full implementations of Care Acts that are affordable alongside emphasizing on maintaining the integrity of the various programs offered in relation to Medicare in the United States (Ford & Spicer, 2012). HIV/AIDS pandemics have been reported to be on the rise in the recent past in the United States of America. According ...

Research – Literature Review

Introduction
Corporate Social Responsibility has become valuable for many organizations and its concept is growing year by year for many companies. Corporate social responsibility is not only followed by manufacturing industry it is has also become an essential part of service businesses because of positive outcomes. Hilton hotel has a group of different hotel businesses in different countries and these all businesses are operating in an efficient way. Top management of Hilton hotel is also attracted for corporate social responsibility but there is not any research conducted which can provide clear contribution of Hilton for corporate social responsibility.
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Models of welfare

Introduction
Welfare, according to Dickens, (2010) is a term used to describe the well-being of individuals. Having this in mind, various services are tailored to achieve this aim. In this regard, many governments around the world have been introducing social policies that seek to improve service delivery to citizens. The motivation behind this has been to serve the citizens in the best way possible in an attempt to fulfill their role as government. Policies revolving around service delivery of institutions in the society such as schools, hospitals, and the like are formulated in order to assist the needy members ...

The first report from the Surgeon General that linked the habit of smoking to a disease was released in the year 1964 (NIH). Smoking has strong effects on humans both physically and culturally. Determinant laws have been passed that regulate the use of tobacco and smoking. This paper will discuss the various laws that have been passed to control tobacco and the physical and social impacts that result from smoking.
Over 40 years have passed since the report was released and a great progress has been made in offering education to the public concerting the dangers that surround the ...

Question 1

Consistent with the accepted Marxist record of power, mastery is seen on the model of class abuse; command results from the entrepreneur allotment of the surplus esteem that is prepared by the laborers. As a lot of people second wave feminist pundits of Marx have brought up, on the other hand, Marx's classifications are sex blind. Marx overlooks the routes in which class abuse and sexual orientation subordination are interwoven; on the grounds that he centers singularly on financial processing, Marx disregards ladies' regenerative work in the home and the misuse of this work in businessperson modes of preparation. ...

Social problem

The social problem to be addressed in my paper is the mistreatment of children. As a society, we have defined this problem and created standards for a child’s environment that we deem healthy. Ideally, the environment for a child should always be safe; emotionally, physically, and socially safe for their proper growth and development. The entire society is expected to have the children’s best interest at heart. When the environment of a child is reported and proven unsafe or insecure, the state government intervenes in the matter to help provide a conducive home for the child. This ...