What is the distinction in Childhood Assessment between clinically significant symptoms and parental reporting of symptoms?
Category: social work
Understanding Cultural Awareness in Social Work Practice
You are socialized within a culture the moment you are born, both through your family and your broader community interactions.
As humans develop and mature, they learn the unwritten rules of social behavior and interaction as they watch and participate in their social environment. An individuals culture is often influenced by nationality, ethnicity, religion, socioeconomic status, and geographic location.
By recognizing you have a culture in the context of a larger culture, and that your distinct culture exists along with other distinct cultures, how could that help you see the nature, value, and strengths of those other cultures? In this Discussion, you consider similar questions.
TO PREPARE
Consider the different aspects of culture such as: language, communication style, art, customs/traditions (e.g., holidays, weddings, funerals), values, stories, religion, food, social habits (e.g., eye contact, how close one stands, how one greets or says good), gender roles, clothing, music.
Reflect on the first time you remember someone else displaying a different cultural characteristic than your own. Where were you? What did you notice? How did you respond?
Read Standard 1.05 from the NASW Code of Ethics:
1.05 Cultural Awareness and Social Diversity
(a) Social workers should understand culture and its function in human behavior and society, recognizing the strengths that exist in all cultures.
(b) Social workers should have a knowledge base of their clients’ cultures and be able to demonstrate competence in the provision of services that are sensitive to clients’ cultures and to differences among people and cultural groups.
(c) Social workers should obtain education about and seek to understand the nature of social diversity and oppression with respect to race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, political belief, religion, immigration status, and mental or physical ability.
(d) Social workers who provide electronic social work services should be aware of cultural and socioeconomic differences among clients and how they may use electronic technology. Social workers should assess cultural, environmental, economic, mental or physical ability, linguistic, and other issues that may affect the delivery or use of these service.
Post a response to the following:
Briefly identify and describe your culture.
Describe your first memory of a cultural difference.
Explain the information a social worker would need to know about an individuals or familys culture in order to effectively deliver services to them.
Describe potential consequences of a lack of cultural awareness on the social workers part
Support your post with examples from the course text and any other resources used to respond to this Discussion. Demonstrate that you have completed the required readings, understand the material, and are able to apply the concepts. Include a full reference of resources at the bottom of the post.
Reflection Paper: “J is for Junkie”
J is forJunkie Assignment Instructions:
Watch the documentary “J is for Junkie” and take notes on key themes, characters, and moments that stand out to you.
Write a 5-6 page reflection paper (excluding the reference page) addressing the following components:
a. Introduction: Provide an overview of your paper, including a brief summary of the documentary.
b. Understanding Addiction Dynamics: Analyze the portrayal of addiction in the film, considering , policy, social, economic, and psychological factors influencing addiction development and perpetuation.
c. Social Work Perspectives: Explore the role of social workers in addressing addiction, including interventions, ethical considerations, and challenges faced when working with individuals struggling with addiction. Reference the code of ethics for social workers.
d. Stigma and Discrimination: Discuss the stigma associated with addiction as depicted in the documentary, its consequences, and strategies for reducing stigma, shame, and barriers to help.
e. Personal Emotional Responses: Reflect on your personal reactions to the documentary, discussing resonant moments and their potential impact on your future practice as a social worker. Consider any challenged or reinforced biases or preconceptions.
I do have a a personal reaction for I have experienced my father and uncle being addicted to drugs growing up if you can elaborated on that some I will also add to it.
f. Empirical References: Support your reflections with at least 3 empirical references related to addiction, social work, or relevant topics.
Oxygen Mask Prioritization in Field Education
Five Part Reflection Paper, each reflection should include at least two peer review articles that align with the reflection. Identify any competencies that are utilized when completing the reflections. If a competency is not utilized, please take time to explain why. Each reflection should be at least two pages. APA format should be utilized. Students should utilize course concepts and theories in the reflection papers.
Reflection 1: (20 Pts.)
● Why do you think the airline personnel instruct people to put their oxygen mask on first before assisting others, and how do you think this relates to field education?
Reflection 2: (20 Pts.)
● What are your communication strengths and weaknesses, and what do you need to develop your competence?
Reflection 3: (20 Pts.)
● What is your cultural lens? How does your culture impact your view on partnering with individuals, families, communities, and organizations? How does your agency show responsiveness to diversity and difference in practice?
Reflection 4: (20 Pts.)
Reflect upon an activity or event that occurred at your field placement that confirmed that you should enter the field of social work. Share your feelings and personal reactions to this event/activity. Provide any professional standards that were upheld.
Reflection 5: (20 Pts.)
What is the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM)? Share how you utilized this model at your field placement. What does the literature note about the GIM?
Exploring the Challenges of Street Level Bureaucrats in Welfare Offices
Expanding on Lipky’s insights about Street Level Bureaucracies: Welfare Bureaucrats as Street Level Bureaucrats
Recall in the Lipsky reading and lecture slides, a central problem that he highlights is how Street Level Bureaucrats go about rationing services when they are plagued by work contexts where their time and resources are not adequate to meet the needs being presented to them by the people they are interacting with (clients).
Turning to the Watkins-Hayes book, cite one or two examples of service rationing highlighted in her welfare office vignettes and reflect on how workers’ are dealing with the dilemmas Lipsky highlights.
Watkins-Hayes refers to welfare offices as “catch-all bureaucracies.”
What does this term mean?
How does this contextual reality – being a catch-all bureaucracy – present a unique dilemma to workers trying to manage large and need-intensive caseloads? Explain this dilemma and why it matters from a social justice perspective.
Watkins-Hayes notes that the job of the welfare bureaucrat is uniquely challenging not only because as “catch-all bureaucracies” they are dealing with a wide range of clients and client needs, but also because the nature of their job is defined largely by what she calls the “dual-function dilemma.” (see slides 10-12 in the Situated Bureaucrats Lecture)
Explain what this “dual function dilemma” is (i.e. what are the two functions)?
How do these functions conflict with one another?
What problems (what dilemma) does this present—especially given that welfare offices are often plagued by the some or all of the four problematic conditions of work that Lipsky highlighted?
Summary of Kimberlé Crenshaw’s Ted Talk on Intersectionality
Watch the Ted Talk by Kimberle’ Crenshaw and write 275 words (double-spaced) summary on her presentation. Please list key points/cases she lists as examples of her thoughts.
The Ideal Supervisor and Personal Leadership in Social Work
In 750 – 1000 words (approx. 3-4 double spaced pages), 1. from your perspective, describe the ideal supervisor and 2. describe your vision of yourself as an ideal leader. You can draw from real experiences or hypothetical situations. Include a minimum of three citations from Reisch (2018) Chapter 6 and/or Furman (2021) Chapter 4.
The ideal supervisor
• Name and describe 3-5 characteristics and skills of leadership you learned about in this course that your ideal supervisor would possess.
• Describe your relationship with that ideal supervisor.
• How do they define and manage conflict?
• Besides conflict, what are some examples of difficult tasks they must manage?
• What role does the leader have in implementing, maintaining, or changing interventions used at an agency?
Personal leadership
• What characteristics and skills of leadership do you need to develop and which do you already possess?
• Discuss any challenges or obstacles you would have being your ideal leader.
• How could you overcome those obstacles? What supports would you need?
• What would your followers/team say about you? How would they describe you?
• List two (2) evidence-informed interventions or theories (found in chapters 2 and 3 of the Reich text) you as a leader could implement related to organizations and communities.
Conclusion
• How could the NASW code of ethics help you navigate these differences?
• Why is leadership important to social work?
Implementing Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in a Field Agency Serving Troubled Youth and Adolescents
Case to use: Tiffani Bradley
https://cdn-media.waldenu.edu/2dett4d/Walden/SOCW/6311/SWCS/index.html#/
Field agency practice setting: Trouble youth + adolscents struggling with severe mental health diagnoses, trauma, and sexual /family abuse
Evidence based intervention- Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy
• Resources to use: Peer reviewed articles.
Dudley, J. R. (2020). Social work evaluation: Enhancing what we do (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
o Chapter 1, “Evaluation and Social Work: Making the Connection” (pp. 3–30)
o Chapter 3, “The Role of Ethics in Evaluations” (pp. 56–77)
• National Association of Social Workers. (2021). Code of ethics of the National Association of Social WorkersLinks to an external site.. https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethics-English
o Review Sections 1.01 Commitment to Clients, 1.04 Competence, and 5.02 Evaluation and Research.
Essay instructions:
Submit a 2 page paper that analyzes the implementation of the evidence-based practice in your field agency or practice setting:
• Provide a brief description of your agency or practice setting (two sentences).
• Explain any differences between the conditions of the study and the conditions at your field agency or practice setting. Explain the potential impact these differences could have on successful implementation.
• Describe the steps that would be required to implement the evidence-based practice in your field agency or practice setting, including:
o Any factors that would support each step and how you would leverage them
o Any factors that would limit or hinder each step and how you would mitigate them
• Draw conclusions about:
o The anticipated results of the implementation in your practice setting
o Whether your results will be similar or different from the research results in the article
Integrating Spirituality in Social Service Agencies: Policy Development and Implementation
As an extension of Module 5: Discussion Forum 1, if you work in a social agency (or in your field placement),
investigate how your agency addresses spirituality as a client issue. Are there policies in place that clarify what
spirituality is and how the clients’ spiritual issues are to be addressed in your agency? If not, how would you go
about informing the agency of the need to add some explicit policies and other guidelines? What definitions of
spirituality and religion would you propose to the agency based on the discussion from Module 5 Discussion
Forum 1 and this discussion?
Analyzing Mandatory Arrest Policies in Domestic Violence Cases
read https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/02750740211050577
Mandatory Arrest view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pejPe3DjkcQ
The reading on mandatory arrests accompanies the Ted Talk video. I would recommend watching the video first, which illustrates a case of mandatory arrest in action, and then do the reading to further understand the policy described.
additional https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomuTi_Ljrs
Initial Post
Read the attached scenario and decide what you would do among the various options presented. Provide your reasoning as to why this is the best choice of the available options. Describe one further question you have that would influence your answer, and how knowing the answer would change your response.