Social Work Essays

Effects of Austerity Measures on Communities
Example essay. Last modified: 16th Apr 2018
Introduction: Socio-economic and political factors identified in the community of Croydon and the links to key concepts and theories from sociology and social policy. Introduction This essay focuses on the socio-...

Multi Disciplinary Approach Case Study
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Based on the information provided, what needs, risks and strengths can you identify in relation to the individual or family in the case study? How would you plan the assessment, including consideratio...

Modernization Theory and Dependence Theory Analysis
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: In this day and age the rapid development of the word and the growing assimilation of countries can hardly fail to affect the development of new theories which attempt to explain the relationship betw...

Theories of Social Work in Practice
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Social work as a practice was not defined as a profession until the early 20th century even in other countries there are different ideas as to what a social worker is; for example in some developing c...

People Learn in Different Ways
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: We are faced with a lot of different learning experiences, which has greater impacts than others in our lives and one can chalk this down to the learning approach – this is the process where ind...

Sex Workers in India
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Prostitution is a contentious issue in India. Although, prostitution (exchanging sex for money) is not illegal, but the surrounding activities (operating brothels, pimping, soliciting sex etc.) are il...

How Plagiarism Violates the NASW Code of Ethics
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is an organization of professionals that “works to enhance the professional growth and development of its members, to create and maintain profession...

Understanding Abuse - Individual Assessment
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: In day to day life abuse activities are growing rapidly and the measures to prevent them are also getting more specific .The exercise of power by the state on this sector is the most important thing t...

Human behaviour and Lifespan Development in Social Care
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Suzanna Pickering Social Workers are increasingly referring to theories of the life cycle, life span development and human behaviours these theories indicate the relationship of particular biological ...

Black Children in the Child Protection System
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: INTRODUCTION In recent years, child abuse among black African families has attracted a lot of attention, academically and politically in British social work practice following the tragic death of Vic...

Professionalism and Ethics in Counselling
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: My understanding of professionalism is having the discipline to be aware of and work to a set of values made up of legal statutes, of professional body frameworks and guidelines and of employer polici...

Harm Reduction and Abstinence Based Treatments
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: This essay will be constructed into four parts, harm reduction, abstinence based reatments, substance misuse and recovery. There will be a discussion on the history of harm reduction and what harm red...

Government Policy and Ideologies of Welfare
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: With reference to changes in government policy and ideologies of welfare, debate the significance of the shift from victorian ‘pauper’ to 21st century ‘service user’ and its impact on ...

Dangers of Dual Relationships in Therapy
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Often, people who seek the help of a therapist are vulnerable in a number of ways, and the unique relationship of client and therapist is built on a great deal of trust and openness where a number of ...

Safeguarding Children in Social Work
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: To answer this question I am going to critically evaluate the impact of direct work with children from a safeguarding perspective which will include children who have been placed in foster care as a ...

Importance of Informed Consent in Client Decision-making
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Informed consent is not only a basic right of all clients, but it also helps to protect the client’s privacy and can be utilized to empower them to make their own educated decisions about aspect...

How Effective is the Child Protection System in the UK?
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: How Effective is the Child Protection System in the United Kingdom with Specific Reference to Black African Children in Tackling Child Abuse? Introduction Literature highlights some of the challenges ...

Communication Skills and Values in Social Work
Example essay. Last modified: 11th Jan 2018
Introduction: Discuss the use of communication skills and values in social work This assignment sets out to explore the use of communication skills and value in social work according to three interconnected dimensi...

Feminist Theories in Social Work
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: This research considers the application of feminist thought in social work practise.  Specific areas of consideration include the gap from social workers’ personal acceptance of feminist constructs...

Challenges to the Attainment of Work-life Balance
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to review the recent literature on the recent state of theoretical and practical issues affecting the attainment of work-life balance within organizations. It also challen...

Impact of Divorce on Children | Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: The increase in the rate of divorce may be the most dramatic change in family life and divorce is being more and more common in the modern society. Demographers suggest that about 50% of first marriag...

Mistreatment of Older People in the UK
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Care giving and Elderly Mistreatment. The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and King’s College London (KCL) carried out a Study on mistreatment of Older People in UK, Over Two thousan...

Multi Agency Benefits For Children And Families
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: ‘… there appears to be a dearth of evidence to support the notion that multi-agency working in practice brings about actual benefits for children and families’ The local authority a...

The Social Context of Death and Dying
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Introduction Using course materials from Death and Dying, I will discuss the idea that death is something to be feared. I will use course material from Block 1, The Social Context of Death and Dying, ...

Safety of Miners in the Opal Fields
Example essay. Last modified: 10th Jan 2018
Introduction: Summary This essay focuses on safety of miners in the opal fields. It looks at the major potential hazards in the opal fields and ways to ensure safety from these hazards. These hazards include explos...