Share this: Facebook  Twitter  Reddit  LinkedIn  WhatsApp   Basically, is a pointer to the sensitivity nature of the profession and the methods that is required to proffer acceptable and correct care service to accommodate and embrace individual’s beliefs, values and culture and of course practitioners among other things must take cognisance of individual background to facilitate anti discriminatory practice in service … Read More»

Conflict of personal and professional values Introduction: It has always been acknowledged that social work practice raises ethical dilemmas on a regular basis. These dilemmas occur due to a conflict of professional and personal values. Social work is involved with the support of people who have a variety of needs, with relationships within the family, … Read More»

Share this: Facebook  Twitter  Reddit  LinkedIn  WhatsApp   Introduction Public concern over adolescent sexual health and the resolutions to these concerns has over the past three decades generated political debate and academic inquiry the world over. At the core of adolescent sexual health is the issue of teenage pregnancy. South Africa has not been spared from the challenges teenage pregnancy presents. … Read More»

Share this: Facebook  Twitter  Reddit  LinkedIn  WhatsApp   Social policy is about social well-being and its policies are designed to promote this, social well-being is for everyone and it’s to ensure that everyone gets treated impartially and according to their needs. This may include areas such as housing, education and social care. According to the HM Treasury’s spending review 2010-11 the … Read More»

Share this: Facebook  Twitter  Reddit  LinkedIn  WhatsApp   In order to consider how child protection policy and practice has been shaped, a definition of child protection and significant harm and abuse is required. The Department for Education (DFE, 2011) defines child protection as the action that is carried out to safeguard children who are suffering, or are likely to suffer, significant … Read More»

Contemporary Issues in Indigenous Health Introduction There has been a battling number of Indigenous children who are not being cared for properly in the homes of their biological parents and many of these children are being apprehended and cared for by non-Indigenous parents.  This policy paper will discuss some policies that govern Indigenous child welfare, … Read More»

Share this: Facebook  Twitter  Reddit  LinkedIn  WhatsApp   Continuous professional development (CPD) A case study to examine why we need to have set criteria as to what constitutes continuous professional development. This paper sets out a proposal to establish the means by which certain hypotheses around Social Work CPD may be tested, through primary research. It does so substantively through a … Read More»

SOCIAL WORK: Contribute to care of people in a residential setting TASK 1: Explanation of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its application in the social services The Treaty of Waitangi is an agreement signed between the Maori and the Crown in the year 1840. It has four principles that are being applied in the social … Read More»

COUNSELING EDUCATION FROM UPPER PRIMARY TO TERTIARY LEVEL OF EDUCATION: IN QUEST OF CONTROLLING SOCIAL ILLS AMONG STUDENTS (Kiambu County) TABLE OF CONTENTS (JUMP TO) Abstract Background Information Aim of the Research Literature Review Methodology Ethical Issues Data Dissemination Timetable Budget References Abstract Case of drug abuse and early pregnancy in teenage girls has been … Read More»

The Role and Applicability of Counselling in Social Work Practice Introduction and Overview Social work originated as a community help measure in the 19th century and has since then become an organised discipline that aims to support and empower those who suffer from social unfairness. Apart from helping the disadvantaged to live with dignity, social work … Read More»