Social Work Essays

Equal opportunities and preventing discrimination
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: The aim of this assignment is to focus on equal opportunities and the laws set up to protect people from discrimination on the basis of their gender, race, age and disability by providing a framework ...

Legal And Ethical Practice For Learning Disability
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: The drive towards the provision of ‘person-centred’ services for people with learning disabilities, has acquired a vast amount of policy maker’s attention in the United Kingdom (Camb...

Social Policies Poverty And Social Exclusion
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: This essay will discuss ‘Poverty and social exclusion’. There will be a brief explanation of the terms that will be used throughout the essay. As we know, there are many writers who expres...

The Child Protection Process
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: The following are the skills needed in order to work with parents and with the family as a whole: ability to work in partnership with parents; ability to be honest and open even when the information ...

Autism spectrum disorder
Example essay. Last modified: 25th Apr 2017
Introduction: Autism spectrum disorder Introduction Autism is an overall term which is used to describe a group of complicated brain developmental disorder which is also called pervasive developmental disorder. ...

Inquiry Into The Death Of David Bennett
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: This essay aims to critically analyse the Sir John Blofeld inquiry report into the death of David Bennett in 1998, through the theme of institutional racism. In order to achieve this, I will give a br...

The Eclectic And Reflective Nature
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: The outline of the case including factors in connection with history, presentation and the need for a revised therapeutic approach in many ways mirrors the clinical case evaluation detailed by Sherry ...

Define And Discuss Anti Oppressive Practice
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Professionals get involved in peoples to protect then and promote social justice , yet oppress them for example, by making decisions for them or the structure of an organisation can oppress on indivi...

Emotional Skills In Social Work Practice
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Social Work Practice, a powerful modern day skill for social empowerment of the disadvantaged and excluded segments of society, is an occupation of enormous scope and an immensely stressful activity (...

Roles Of The Supervisor | Essay
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: A supervisor is someone who guides and oversees the work or activities of a student or another counselor. The three major goals of a supervisor include enhancing the skills and knowledge of profession...

Listening To Troubled Families
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: The purpose of this essay is to critically analyse a report ‘Listening to Troubled Families’ (Casey, 2012). To accomplish this it will be necessary to give a brief historical overview of s...

Discrimination Against The Elderly
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: This report will highlight the issue on discrimination against elderly people in countries such as Singapore, America and United Kingdom (UK). Similarly, all three countries face employment discrimin...

The Inequalities In UK Mental Health
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Introduction and definitions: The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the mental health as: �A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with...

Quality Of Life Among The Elderly
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: Loneliness is a geriatric giant leading to impaired quality of life, greater need for institutional care and increased mortality. Routasalo, Pitkala, 2003 The phenomenon of loneliness occurs in people...

Therapeutic Relationships In Mental Health
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: The remit of this essay is to explore and discuss the concept of therapeutic relationships in mental health and what is involved in building these relationships. The question is in two parts, so in th...

The Delivery Of Social Work Services
Example essay. Last modified: 24th Apr 2017
Introduction: The second part of the report concentrates on to understand process of ageing. It will then assess the role and function of social work within wider socio-political policy context especially in terms ...

Effects Of Shift Work On Employee
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: 3. Why and how might shift work impact on the health of employees? What could be done to minimise the health risks of such work? In modern life shift work becomes a necessary part of life. Shift work ...

Poverty: Individuals And The Wider Community
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: This essay will discuss what is meant by the term “Poverty”, how it affects individuals and the wider community as well explaining why it is important for Social Workers to have a clear un...

Managing Quality in Health Care
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: Total quality management: a way of managing people and business processes to ensure complete customer satisfaction at every stage internally and externally (Department of Trade and Industry, DTI 2010)...

Character Analysis: Theory Of Personality Development
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: In the analysis of the star character Rachel in the 1968 movie ‘Rachel Rachel’ by Paul Newman, I have used the Theory of Personality Development by Freud Sigmund (1856-1939). Sigmund devel...

The Care of People in a Residential Setting
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: 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 ...

How Effective Is The Child Protection System?
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: Literature highlights some of the challenges for social workers assessing and making decisions about African children and families whose cultures differ from the majority of the white population in Un...

Working With Different Service User Groups
Example essay. Last modified: 21st Apr 2017
Introduction: Explore the challenges faced by the differences in working with three Service User Groups – adults, older people and children. Discuss how, by drawing on relevant life course theories, your comm...

Dietary Requirements: Nutritional Restrictions
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Apr 2017
Introduction: Clear and effective communication between partners is central to working with children and young people, it allows partners to put the needs and requirements of the children first enabling them to ach...

The Job Role Of A Social Worker
Example essay. Last modified: 20th Apr 2017
Introduction: A social worker’s role is to provide support for people who have been socially excluded or are experiencing crisis. They maintain professional relationships with service users by acting as guide...