What Is Social Work?

SINCE THE AUDIO IS DISABLED I WILL UPLOAD THIS VIDEO AGAIN BY THE END OF AUGUST 2009!
IM SORRY FOR THE INCONVIENCE!!!! (CH)

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VIDEO- PRODUCED & EDITTED BY MYSELF

A project for our intro to social work and social welfare class.
Social Working Girls
Spring 2008

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Education

Tags:

• social
• work

[Gummy20081234]

I believe that open debate and analyzing systemic errors is the way forward to improve social work. This will allow us to break down misconceptions about social work, social workers and service users and improve the profession so that workers can feel proud again and so that service users can receive a good service. At the end of the day SW's work with issues that the rest of society would does not want to know anything about. But the nature of the system quickly burns u out!

[TritonPrincess]

Yeah Hi I'm the producer of this video and as much as you feel like you need to express your point of view, is it necessary to show you point on my video? I understand that the "comments" are supposed to be toward the video good or bad, not YOU personal viewpoints. Please stop this now.

[TritonPrincess]

Look I'm not a social work major or anythin but when i created this video it was to simply to educate society. I was ADOPTED as rudely stated! I would love for those who NEVER BEEN IN THE SYSTEM to not discuss it. YOU KNOW NOTHING about SOCIAL WORK until you had to had be part of the REASON they had a job! NOW if this conversation needs to continue do it else wheres please and not with my video. I want it to be a positive for other professors and teachers to use for other students!

[acidicspecies08]

Your evidence is either biased or anecdotal at best. I would expect better for someone who wants to be a lawyer.

[TritonPrincess]

Look I'm not a social work major or anythin but when i created this video it was to simply to educate society. I was ADOPTED as rudely stated! I would love for those who NEVER BEEN IN THE SYSTEM to not discuss it. YOU KNOW NOTHING about SOCIAL WORK until you had to had be part of the REASON they had a job! NOW if this conversation needs to continue do it else wheres please and not with my video. I want it to be a positive for other professors and teachers to use for other students!

[meinside99]

Social Worker= A tool of govt. or "agency" designed to turn people into the cogs of the wheel we known as the "system". PERIOD!!!!!!!

[TritonPrincess]

whoa chill out there!

[acidicspecies08]

Very well put Gummy. I couldn't agree with what you more.

[acidicspecies08]

the CPS videos deal only with CPS within the state of Kentucky, which says nothing CPS in other states. The South/Midwest (like Kentucky) have a bad reputation for social services. In a study by the Ever Child Matters Education Fund,"Geography Matters: Child Well-Being in the States", it showed that children in the bottom states (all in the south/midwest) are 6.7 times more likely to die of abuse or neglect than in, say, Vermont do to the fact that CPS is run properly and save lives.

[MrGrevy]

@meinside99 What about the ones in private practice?

[omafee]

@dancinginstardust

If you are a liar, theif, and have not heart. Go for it. Social work in the JV system is perfect for you. If you care they will fire you. Plain and simple

[MegaSocialWorker]

As acidic has pointed out Child protection services will do their utmost to keep children with their families as it has been recognised that this is ultimately the best environment for them to thrive, Obviously something is missing from your story I would suggest either you are making it up to 'have a go' or you did in fact do something, if an allegation is made a social worker is duty bound to investigate, social workers deal with allegations and use the police as and when necessary

[dancinginstardust]

carlismycoolcat

I hope you still have hope for social workers,

I really don't want to be judged on biased opinions and demeaning generalizations. This is a career I want to get into, I want to put my heart and soul into it. When I work with the elderly in the hospital making sure they get what they need are people going to sum me up as a " Kidnapper" ? I think maybe social work is worse in the us than canada.

[raamya123]

the new child enslavors of america

[acidicspecies08]

Ok, so if we're saying that anybody who works for the government is an accomplice to CPS than I guess cops, teachers, even postal workers are in some way connected to CPS in some way since they all work for the government. Their are thousands of social workers all over the country (including myself) who have never worked for CPS, so why are they demons?

[acidicspecies08]

What personal attacks? The "little boy" comment? From where I am standing it is the 2 of you who have been the most combative, condescending, and insulting. All I did was offer a counter-argument to the croundless platitudes that he was shoveling out. Thats not attacking, thats debating.

[acidicspecies08]

From my understanding CPS prefers to keep children with the family if they can due to the potentially traumatizing effect of being removed from a home and also because the system is so understaffed and underfunded they simply can't take the child out of a home for reasons that are not obviously severe. In fact, most of the cases against CPS are because they DIDN'T take a child out of a home and they eventually die from the abuse.