Social Workplace: A Qualitative Source Analysis

We must create an environment in our offices and factories where skills are developed and honed and individuals are given opportunities to advance in their careers.

The benefit of me being in the Social Work field is my personal experience with similar struggles. I would like to be the person I never had while going through my hardships. The resurrection of my old wounds that I have overcome would certainly be my weakness. With that being said, I am confident I could make a difference because, I have been in their shoes to a certain extent, so I can help relate to and speak from experience with those I am trying to help. There are many resources available for the people such as shelters, food banks, job training, and placement assistance. All they need is the guidance from a knowledgeable social worker who is willing to offer a helping hand to open these doors of opportunity. Working with the Boys and

I wanted to enter the social work field to help others and to make an impact on people’s lives who may be struggling because of who I am. I am a person that has cerebral palsy and because of this I feel like I have greater life experience because of everything that I have endured growing up. If I can share my story of all the obstacles that I have overcome given the difficult disability that I have I hope it will inspire others to know that nothing is truly impossible. This life experience has allowed me to be able to help people better because it has made me more open minded, sensitive, strong, relatable, and understanding. These life experiences are what made me want to decide to go into the social work field because I want to help people just like I was helped and even more so.

I would ask questions about the social part of the job. I wouldn’t say that socializing is a strength of mine, but i still do better than most people. The reason is because when working in groups, I tend to have trouble unless I’m the leader. I'm not a control freak or anything. If anything, people usually say I’m a good leader.Most of the time, when I depend on other people, things never go my way. So now, when I work in a group, most of the time I'm either alone or I put together my own group. I would ask what kinds of skills are needed while I'm working at that location.

“As a process, empowerment actively engages people in decisions about their well being, potential life satisfaction, and the outcomes of realizing control over their lives to the extent possible” (Hepworth, Rooney, Rooney, & Strom-Gottfried, 2013, p.442). An empowerment framework examines the environmental circumstances that may be unjustly imposed on a client. The focus of this approach is to help individuals or groups of individuals regain a sense of control of their situation and make decisions on their own behalf. Social workers can assist clients in discovering their strengths and teaching the client that they do have the ability to make change. According to Dustin and Montgomery “Individuals should have a sense of control over their own lives (as cited in Ishizuka, & Husain, 2015, p. 971) and be able to exercise self determination and choice”.

AP applied for Social Worker GS 12 April 28, 2016. She received an email from Timothy Wilson, member of the hiring panel board on June 20, 2016 informing AP that she was not referred and was not the best candidate for the position. AP applied for same position one year ago and was interviewed but not selected. August 30, 2016, AP sent an email to Donald Hull (RMO) explaining that the AP had a meeting with Timothy Wilson that morning to discuss ways to improve her resume so that she does get on the hiring certificate. AP stated TW yelled at her that he knew she had reported him for being a racist. He also stated him a told her to “get her brown Indian ass out of his office. “ AP stated that she was frightened of TW and requested that

-How feasible are the recommended solutions to address the major challenges social workers face when working with immigrant clients? (Jones)

Understanding these theories as a social worker can help with clients, such as families and children. For example, if a child is anxiously or avoidantly attached perhaps the child is being neglected. It can help to understand the dynamics of a family and what needs to be worked on in the home. However, these theories do not necessarily take events such as loss or cultural factors much into account. For example, perhaps the reason a child is anxiously attached because the previous caretaker or close family member recently passed. They may believe that their caretaker may never come back if they leave, since their previous one did and never came back.

The focus of intervention can be on Jean as she is the solution-focused component and the patient waiting for a discharge. The social worker can help her consider strength and interests, which were overlooked before to improve a quality of her life and reduce stress for her and her family.

Margarita Perez received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from York College, The City University of New York. She then went on to receive her Master’s of Social Work degree at San Francisco State University, with a double emphasis on Individuals, Families and Groups, as well as, Child Welfare. She began her social work career as a Mental Health Treatment Specialist at Family Paths, a child abuse prevention and treatment agency. There she gained experience dealing with infant mental health, lack of attachment and the effect of trauma on early childhood. She now works as a Family Treatment Rehabilitation Case Planner at Forestdale Inc, a child welfare agency dedicated to ensuring the safety of all children.

We can be the main force in the world of organizations if we are willing to be more accessible to the power of our field, but to do that we must begin to understand and build our skills with the essential concern of how to deal with

In today’s working environment successful leaders must break out of their shells to be successful. Since studying organizational development I have become more cognizant of this fact. Through the study of organizational development, I have seen skills that are strengths for me, and a few I can improve. The following sections will identify the areas of strength I have been successful with and the areas that I realize can be improved.

The work place environment must revolved around conditions that will help cultivate positive growth and “psychological success.” The recipe for this success should be centered around a central mission that everyone believes in. As well as, providing ample time to grow professionally through relevant hands-on training. In education circle around the country, districts establish guidelines and expectations

In today’s digital world, many organizations are changing the way they develop, mold, and appoint their employees. Lifetime employment is an outdated promise. It may have been there for quite some time, but it’s not there for us. Lifetime employability is a new idea that most organizations try to adapt. To retain one of their assets most organizations use numerous tools for employees to develop their core competencies and skills. Development can take several different paths. Development can happen by taking on greater challenges or larger scope within current role, for example becoming more of a leadership expert. This is the key in our fast paced management driven industry. This paper briefly state the term employability, how to get lifetime employability with my current work, and understanding the key factors to become more effective in the organizations.

This argument gained a stronger backbone when interviews were conducted with people in different universities (IBA, IOBM, SZABIST, HABIB UNIVERSITY, KNS (ACCA Institute), Greenwich University) who have just started working in various organizations(both undergraduates and graduates) where they claimed that supervisors/employers do not prefer appointing them in higher posts if they do not have any work experience. 70% ended up claiming the above reported fact whereas the remaining 30% thought that work experience was a secondary concern for the organizations and did not matter much. Most of these young people worked as assistants to other employees or at a lower post compared to their counterparts who had some work experience.