To achieve P2: Describe the concept of health and ill health and explain how to carry out a holistic assessment. Explain the following different sociological approaches to health and ill health and how they apply to health and social care: The functionalist approach; The Marxist Approach; social action approach; The feminist approach You will need to produce a PowerPoint presentation which describes the bases of discrimination. You will then describe discriminatory practice in health and social care settings. Use examples to illustrate your points Members of staff have been asking why they should be aware of discrimination and you have decided to design a document to look at the potential effects of discrimiYou may wish to add to your document a thorough review of the effects of discriminatory practice. You will have to examine the effects of three different discriminatory practices in care settings.
1.2 Analyse the potential effects of barriers to equality and inclusion in own area of responsibility The potential effects that the residents will experience in this care setting are prejudice and discrimination. Prejudice happens when society lacks education and the understanding of different cultures and how society looks at it. Prejudice begins by making assumptions of a certain client group i.e. people with learning disability and mental health issues are put into a certain box. Another example would be if an adult had a disability like epilepsy, and an adult who has schizophrenia may be thought to be a serial killer, these types of
Disability is defined in different ways. There are a number of models of disability, but the main models of disability are: The Medical model, whereby the disability is considered as the condition, or the affliction, or the illness. The Social model, whereby the disability is considered to be the society which presents the problems and prevents the individual participating fully in social life. And the Psychosocial model, that refers to mental ill health, as well as maladjusted, cognitive and behavioural problems which may prevent the individual functioning in social situations. Up until the early 1970’s people who had an impairment, or an illness were considered as disabled.
The best way to approach the problem would be toadress the issue of mental illness. If we can make services more accessable to these people maybe we can start to really make a differance. Why is the Ventura County Behavior Health Center located near the college and most of our homeless population live near the Ventura Ave. and river bottom? 3. C. Wright Mills theory of social imagination helps us understand that our own personal troubles do have an impact on the world around us.
Introductory Awareness of Models of Disability Models of disability provide a framework for understanding the way in which people with impairments experience disability. They also provide a reference for society as laws, regulations and structures are developed that impact on the lives of disabled people. There are two main models that have influenced modern thinking about disability – the medical model and the social model. The medical model of disability reflects the World Health Organization definition of disability. Under the medical model, disabled people are defined by their illness or medical condition.
Personal Reflection Paper BSHS 345 Nikki Waisganis 11/5/2014 Nicole Parkinson INTRODUCTION This paper will identify an occurrence of invidious comparison and vicarious traumatization I have experienced. Will explain how to stop invidious comparison, will identify strategies you currently use to avoid vicarious traumatization in your personal life, determine if these strategies help me avoid vicarious traumatization as a Human Service worker, and what strategies could help me to avoid vicarious traumatization. HOW TO STOP INVIDIOUS COMPARISON We are all different, yet we have a tendency to compare ourselves to others. It's human nature, and while learning from others is an important part of critical decision making, if it is used to reinforce an unrealistic or negative self-image it can be an unhealthy habit to get into. Learn the steps to stop comparing yourself to others after the jump.
In this assignment I will suggest different anti-poverty strategies social workers may choose to employ which have elements of both case work and structural social work. I will relate the use of these strategies to two particular groups in society whose members experience poverty disproportionately. The groups I have chosen are adults who have a learning disability and older adults. I will explore issues that affect both groups, explaining these in relation to the group's different experiences of poverty. Within the relevant literature there is no general consensus of what the problems of poverty are.
(Alcock 2006). This essay aims to focus on asylum seekers in the United Kingdom (UK), how they have been marginalised and left to live in poverty and social exclusion and looking at how effective the government policies are in helping them get out of the cycle of poverty. It will highlight how government policies have actually pushed this group of people further into poverty and social exclusion instead of helping them out of poverty. It further looks at ways in which social workers can endeavour to address poverty and social exclusion among asylum seekers taking into consideration the barriers and obstacles to successful intervention, and how they can respond adequately without excluding them further. The Poor Law Act (1601) with major amendments in 1834 was the most important policy developments in dealing with poverty before the 20th century.
1. Introduction * Outline what the essay is going to discuss * Identify your inequality in health * Give rationale for the choice of subject * Outline the structure of the essay Before discussing the issue in any depth it is important to develop an understanding of what a health inequality is. 2. Health Inequality * Brief overview of health inequalities in general. 3.
Social Welfare and Social Exclusion The Social work profession is responsible for delivering services to a range of disadvantaged individuals, groups and communities; therefore it is imperative that social workers recognise the relevance of social exclusion and the implications for policy and practice (Cunningham and Cunningham, 2008). Many groups experience social exclusion (SE) and often social policies and the process of delivering welfare add to their sense of exclusion. This assignment will be based on an article by (Walker, 2009) which highlights the Prime Minister’s defence of his policy, by pledging to support marriage through the tax system, The aim of this essay is to use the article as a base to critically explore welfare delivered to lone parents looking at the historical and ideological influences past and present, and evaluate policies for lone parents. Lone parent families experience exclusion, in many forms through poverty, inequalities, from attitudes of the policy makers and media, economically and through labelling, these will be discussed throughout, however I will define key concepts, whilst incorporating the relevance of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice in relation to the social work. Within social work, working with families is central to practice and having an understanding of the nature of family is beneficial to practice.