Social Worker Essays (Examples)
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Walt Disney
… the issue is like the question of the chicken and the egg—which came first? Does an organization first need substantial human, intellectual and social capital (i.e., intangible assets) before it can have the right kind of training and development team? On the one hand, yes; on the … achieve its objectives.
Human capital influences the changing role of training from skill and knowledge acquisition to creating and sharing knowledge by enabling worker to instruct one another and benefit from the knowledge that each person brings in a diverse workplace environment. Instead of relying on training … one another and benefit from the knowledge that each person brings in a diverse workplace environment. Instead of relying on training room courses, worker can interact with mentors in the workplace who bring their experience and insight to the workplace environment and thus serve as encyclopedias of … mentors in the workplace who……
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Wheelen, T. L., Hunger, J. D., Hoffman, A. N., & Bamford, C. E. (2010). Strategic management and business policy. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
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Elder Abuse
… al., 2019).
Some types of abuse may go undetected, such as financial abuse or identity theft, which could go unnoticed for years. Healthcare worker often feel powerless to intervene in instances of financial abuse perpetrated by family members because of the fact that the family members are … legal resources to investigate the problem (Falk, Baigis & Kopac, 2012). Other than the fact that it is “highly prevalent,” perpetrated by healthcare worker, caregivers, and other elders in assisted living/nursing home communities, not much is known about elder abuse because there are no established means of … decline and the legal role that family members play in healthcare decisions (Forum on Global Violence Prevention; Board on Global Health, 2014).
Healthcare worker and caregivers are also not always the perpetrators of elder abuse. The fact that other residents of senior care facilities can be perpetrators … have a responsibility to protect……
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Falk, N. L., Baigis, J., Kopac, C., (August 14, 2012) \\\\\\\\\\\\"Elder Mistreatment and the Elder Justice Act\\\\\\\\\\\\" OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing 17(3).
Forum on Global Violence Prevention; Board on Global Health; Institute of Medicine; National Research Council (2014). Ethical considerations. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2014 Mar 18.
Lacher, S., Wettstein, A., Senn, O., et al. (2016). Types of abuse and risk factors associated with elder abuse. Swiss Medical Weekly 2016(146): 1-10.
Lachs, M.S., Teresi, J.A., Ramirez, M., et al. (2016). The prevalence of ersident-to-resident elder mistreatment in nursing homes. Annals of Internal Medicine 165(4):229-236.
Malmedal, W., Iversen, M.H. & Kilvik, A. (2014). Sexual abuse of older nursing home residents: A literature review. Nursing Research and Practice 2015(Article 902515): http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/902515
Roberto, K.A. (2016). The complexities of elder abuse. American Psychologist 71(4): 302-311.
Saghafi, A., Bahramnezhad, F., Poormollamirza, A., et al. (2019). Examining the ethical challenges in managing elder abuse: a systematic review. Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine 2019(12): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642445/
Wangmo, T., Nordstrom, K. & Kressig, R.W. (2017). Preventing elder abuse and neglect in geriatric institutions: Solutions from nursing care providers. Geriatric Nursing 38(5): 385-392.
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Legal And Ethical Issues In Healthcare
… huge challenges in implementing ethical decisions (Webster et al., 2000).
Ethical circumstances in which there is no action could imply that the healthcare worker is aware that there may be a problem, whichever decision is made. An ethical dilemma could result from a nurse being unable to … expert is not sure of the ethical requirements or which ones to apply in a given situation. It has been observed that healthcare worker often inherit values. These values, when held personally and as professional beliefs, can stand in the way of implementing standard ethical decisions (Webster … the future. Such a practice could also encourage the documentation of encounters and better situation analysis. The result would be a better-equipped healthcare worker with adequate skills in ethical matters (Nora et al., 2016).
Ethical practice in nursing also calls for acting as advocates for the patients. ……
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Chen, Y. Y., Chu, T. S., Kao, Y. H., Tsai, P. R., Huang, T. S., &Ko, W. J. (2014). To evaluate the effectiveness of health care ethics consultation based on the goals of health care ethics consultation: a prospective cohort study with randomization. BMC medical ethics, 15(1), 1.
Morrison, E. E. (2011). Ethics in health administration: a practical approach for decision-makers. Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Nora, C. R. D., Deodato, S., Vieira, M. M. D. S., &Zoboli, E. L. C. P. (2016). Elements and strategies for ethical decision-making in nursing. Texto&Contexto-Enfermagem, 25(2).
Reddy, M. S., &Mythri, S. V. (2016). Health-care Ethics and the Free Market Value System. Indian journal of psychological medicine, 38(5), 371–375. https://doi.org/10.4103/0253-7176.191387
Taylor, S. C. (2015). Health Care Ethics. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved from https://www.iep.utm.edu/h-c-ethi/#H2
Yip, C., Han, N. R., &Sng, B. L. (2016). Legal and ethical issues in research. Indian Journal of anesthesia, 60(9), 684–688. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.190627
Webster, G., Bayliss, F., Rubin, S., &Zoloth, L. (2000). Moral Residue. Margin of Error: The Ethics of Mistakes in the Practice of Medicine. Hagerstown, MD: University Publishing Group.
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Mission Command
… of the most important ways that I myself can apply the philosophy and concepts of mission command is to develop and implement my social and emotional skills, as these are like the cylinders that contain the pistons: they can be used to create the right sense of … and camaraderie that needs to exist in a team (Fredrickson, 2001).
I have seen leaders come and go who lack all sense of social and emotional intelligence. They do not know how to communicate well with others, how to sense when something is wrong, how to pick … know how to communicate well with others, how to sense when something is wrong, how to pick up on the fact that a worker does not understand the orders and thus needs more explanation. Leaders who have no social and emotional intelligence are like ships that have no compass. They are pointed in……
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Fredrickson, B. L. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American psychologist, 56(3), 218.
House, R. J. (1996). Path-goal theory of leadership: Lessons, legacy, and a reformulated theory. The Leadership Quarterly, 7(3), 323-352.
Hutchings, P. (2018). The Philosophy of Mission Command and the NCO Corps. Retrieved from https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/NCO-Journal/Archives/2018/February/Philosophy-of-Mission-Command/
McBride, D. & Snell, R. (2017). Applying mission command to overcome challenges. Retrieved from https://www.army.mil/article/179942/applying_mission_command_to_overcome_challenges
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Counterintelligence
… the office is also important as a line of defense: the strategy here is to promote insider threat awareness among employees so that worker are both conscious and vigilant of insider threat potential and remain alert to possibilities of risk at all times.[footnoteRef:5] To achieve that end, … key technical support so that red flags or triggers do not go undetected by monitoring programs even if they do go undetected by worker. Data that is flagged is then cross-checked against a variety of other data sources to detect anomalies. Finally, the strategy uses an auditing … data sources to detect anomalies. Finally, the strategy uses an auditing function meant to prevent unauthorized retrieval of information and unauthorized activity by worker from occurring. The goal here is to maintain, ultimately, the most secure information infrastructure possible.[footnoteRef:6] [5: National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States … that is structured, functional and……
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Counter intelligence for National Security, CIA, 1993. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol2no4/html/v02i4a10p_0001.htm
Johnston, David and James Risen, “U.S.had evidence of espionage,” New York Times, 2001. https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/23/us/us-had-evidence-of-espionage-but-fbi-failed-to-inspect-itself.html
National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2016 (Strategy). https://www.dni.gov/files/NCSC/documents/Regulations/National_CI_Strategy_2016.pdf
Prunckun, Hank. 2012. Counterintelligence Theory and Practice, Lanham: Rowman&Littlefield Publishers Inc. Read the following: Chapters 8 to 14, pages 131 to 217. Appendices A to D, pages 219 to 231.
Richelson, Jeffrey. 2007. “The Pentagon’s Counterspies: The Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA).” (September 17). National Security Archive. Accessed January 19, 2017. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB230/ .
Van Cleave, Michelle. “Strategic Counterintelligence: What Is It and What Should We Do About It ?” 2007. CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol51no2/strategic-counterintelligence.html
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COVID 19 And The Lockdown S Effect On Mental Health
… nurses and EMTs. So, you know, one thing that I struggle with is, um, loneliness because my boyfriend happens to be an essential worker that nobody speaks about. And um, he drives, he drives, um, tractor trailers. That's 18-wheelers, so he's going from state to state to … like when it comes to the government, when I say being insensitive, is they just make it seem like the only front line worker are the only people that need assistance, and um, childcare and you know, places to stay to quarantine are city worker and that's not true. So that becomes frustrating because in a way I'm sacrificing, and he's sacrificing, happiness just like everybody else, and … query.
Potential countertransference here with the counselor asking if she fears for her boyfriend’s safety. Trying to show concern for him as essential worker to possibly placate the client
Counselor:
I'm not……
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Moral Reasoning Human Trafficking
… by non-government organizations (NGOs) that frame the problem within the perspective of emotional appeals to justice even though the reality of the sex worker industry is different from the way many governments and the NGOs that align with the governments’ positions frame the issue.
It is important … may seek to condemn it because doing so diverts attention from their own inefficiencies and offenses. Organizations seeking to help sex or labor worker who are trafficked may seek to justify trafficking and to provide legal support for the trafficked because they see the work as helpful ……
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Beatson, J., & Hanley, J. (2017). The intersection of exploitation and coercion in cases of Canadian labour trafficking. Journal of law and social policy, 26, 137.
Brock, D., & Teixeira, R. (2014). Beyond exploitation and trafficking: Canadian critical perspectives on sex work. Labour: Journal of Canadian Labour Studies/Le Travail: revue d’Études Ouvrières Canadiennes, 74.
De Shalit, A., Heynen, R., & van der Meulen, E. (2014). Human trafficking and media myths: Federal funding, communication strategies, and Canadian anti-trafficking programs. Canadian Journal of Communication, 39(3).
Holmes, A. (2007). Ethics: Approaching moral decisions. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Lam, E., & Lepp, A. (2019). Butterfly: Resisting the harms of anti-trafficking policies and fostering peer-based organising in Canada. Anti-trafficking review, (12), 91-107.
UNODC. (2015). UNODC on human trafficking and migrant smuggling. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Retrieved from https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/
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Formulating An Effective National Response To Ebola In Nigeria
… citizens with the information they needed during this crisis was just as important as the medical services that were provided by community health worker to victims. In fact, the Nigerian government achieved 100% contact tracing in Lagos during this episode (Successful Ebola responses in Nigeria, Senegal and … Given the profound constraints that were involved, this was a remarkable achievement, but it would not have been possible without community health care worker.
The 2014 incident clearly underscored the need for a cadre of well trained and knowledgeable community health care worker who can “take the message about Ebola to the streets.” For example, according to Shuaib and Gunnala (2014), community health worker in Nigeria played an essential role in containing the Ebola virus disease. In this regard, Shuaib and Gunnala (2014) report that specially trained … played an essential role in containing the Ebola virus disease. In this regard,……
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Allam, M. F. (2014, September). Ebola hemorrhagic fever: Case fatality rate 90%? Central European Journal of Public Health 22(3), 207-210.
Allam, M. F. & Vonka, V. (2015, March). Ebola virus disease: Temperature checks for travelers? Central European Journal of Public Health, 23(1), 84.
Brand, J. E. & Stela, D. (2014, October). Ebola is here: Knowledge, identification, and appropriate infection control are key. American Nurse Today, 9(10), 37-39.
Brown, G. (2015, Winter). Ebola in America: An epidemic or a pandemic? ABNF Journal, 26(1), 3-5.
Ebola. (2019). Doctors without Borders. Retrieved from https://www.doctorswithout borders.org/what-we-do/medical-issues/ebola.
Ebola outbreak. (2019). U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/history/2014-2016-outbreak/index.html .
Ebola virus disease. (2019). U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/index.html .
Hancock, M. (2019, September). After Ebola. African Business, 422, 56-58.
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Labor Market Wages And Income Inequality
… force participation rate has been defined by the type of jobs that laborers are willing to accept—and if those jobs are not available, worker do not actively seek employment elsewhere and thus are not counted in the rate. Today, the fact that manufacturing and high-skilled labor jobs … that manufacturing and high-skilled labor jobs are not coming back and instead are being shipped overseas or being replaced by robots, suggests that worker are now willing to take what they can get in the services industry.
This sentiment is echoed by Harwood (2019), who states that … is echoed by Harwood (2019), who states that the reasons income inequality is such an issue today are that technology (robots) have bounced worker from the labor market and globalization has…[break]…can best be ensured of getting some sort of return (which is needed to keep the promises ……
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BBC. (2019). US economy under Trump: Is it the greatest in history? Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/world-45827430
Bernstein, J. (2019). A tight job market is a potent force against inequality and wage stagnation. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/01/tight-job-market-is-potent-force-against-inequality-wage-stagnation/?utm_term=.0a531cf24efb
Cox, J. (2019). Private payroll growth tops estimates as job market shows signs of tightening. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/private-payrolls-up-156k-in-july-vs-150k-est-adpmoodys.html
Harwood, J. (2019). 5 reasons why income inequality has become a major political issue. Retrieved from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/05/5-reasons-income-inequality-has-become-a-major-political-issue.html
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Why Having A Proper Work Life Balance Reduces Burnout
… feel overburdened and less satisfied. Job satisfaction levels can go down and motivation can sputter to a halt. Companies should be mindful that worker feel energized and engaged at work. If they are burned out, they might quit and job turnover rates could skyrocket. That leads to … leads to more costs for the company. It is better if the company promotes maintaining a work-life balance that effectively supports the emotional, social, mental, and spiritual health needs of all worker. This is how a company shows it cares about its worker, and that kind of demonstration goes a long way in helping worker to feel valued. The more valued they feel to employers, the more likely they are to be committed and dedicated to the……
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Sanfilippo, M. (2020). How to improve your work-life balance. Retrieved from https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5244-improve-work-life-balance-today.html
Weber, J. (2018). 17 Ways Companies Help Employees Achieve Work-Life Balance. Retrieved from https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/companies-help-employees-achieve-work-life-balance
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