Social Work
Instructions:-
After reviewing the theoretical lenses used to consider the family of Bobby Sharpe in chapter 10 of the Hutchison text, consider your family of origin using the following questions as a guide:
What value was placed on connectedness, and what value was placed on the differentiated self?
What were the external boundaries—who was in and who was out of the family? What were the commonly held beliefs? What roles did family members play? What were the patterns of communication?
Were there any transition points that were particularly difficult for your family? If so, what made those transitions difficult?
How traditional were the gender roles in your family? How was power distributed?
Can you recall any periods of stress pile up? If so, how did your family cope during those periods?
How did your family use belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication in the face of adversity?
Can you recall any periods of stress pile up? If so, how did your family cope during those periods?
How did your family use belief systems, organizational patterns, and communication in the face of adversity?
…as for the above questions i can say that one of the most difficult periods for my family was after the collapse of the notorious pyramid schemes in my country where most of its people lost all their savings and when the country was on the brink of a Civil War, I lost my father. We were a big family 8 siblings and my father was the only provider. My mother never worked before and you can imagine how we survived in a civil war and without incomes but spending little savings from my father. We were lost in pain, financially broke and the biggest challenge was to survive. We had too much angry with everything and with each other for no reason because we couldn’t express our feelings of sadness for our father death. He was the model, he was the god for us and we believed that life was over for all of us..we survived.
Solution
Social Work
Social work is focused mainly on improving the living conditions of people, groups or community through the provision of various services (Leslie, 2011). In this case, a social worker is dealing with pregnant and parenting teens. I am planning on organizing group sessions for some pregnant and parenting teens. The reason behind the organizing of the group is to address them on issues related to teen mothers and teen pregnancies. The group will help the girls to cope up with being mothers at a young age by providing them with the various methods that they can use to improve their well being. The level of teen pregnancies and mothers in the country has increased at an alarming level, and it needs to be addressed (Petru, 2014). A lot of affected individuals in the community that I am targeting are interested, and I aim at creating a group of six girls. Three of the six girls will be pregnant while the three others will have given birth already.
I decided to focus on pregnant teens and teen mothers because the agency I work at does not have program services that reach affected girls in remote or rural areas. It focuses on other issues in the society which do not involve these girls. The community also where the agency is based is affected a lot by cases of young girls getting impregnated and delivering children at an early age. The time that is appropriate for the group to meet is 4 pm since this is an appropriate time even for those girls who still attend school. After classes, they will be able to attend the meeting.
The members of the groups are supposed to be affected girls who are either pregnant or have delivered children at age. The meeting will also make an exceptional allowance for the fathers of the girls’ children or the fathers of the children to be to attend. Girls with children who are below the age of 5years will be offered with free babysitting services so that they can concentrate on the meeting without disturbance from the kids. As the social worker, I will be the leader of the group and will manage all its activities.
The main purpose of the group is to educate the girls on various issues relating to pregnant teens and teen mothers. In simpler terms, it will be an educational group. An educational group is aimed at helping the affected individuals, in this case, the young girls to cope with the issues that currently affect them and those that will appear in the future (Davies, 2008). It will create a supportive environment for the girls. The group will be open-ended since it will allow the inclusion of other members over time and it does not have a limit of members though at the beginning only six girls are needed (Stephen, 2017). It will not have a deadline for the interested parties to join since anyone can join at her own convenient time. The girls will have the freedom to participate in the group willingly, and no one will be obliged to any strict rules.
To ensure the success of the group about achieving its goals and mission I have to apply various interventions. Firstly, I have to have a close relationship with the girls (Danna, 2015). A close relationship will make them open with me and share their experiences, attitudes, and emotions with me. I should not be authoritative towards them since they will view me as being judgmental towards them. Furthermore, I have to help them reduce the negative and antisocial behaviors that they have so that they can fit well in society. The girls due to being pregnant or giving birth to children at an early age might have a bad relationship with other members of the society. They may also experience a change of character from good to bad. I have to ensure that I help them control their emotions, attitudes, and behaviors so that they can relate well with others and not be discriminated.
References
Popple, Philip R. and Leighninger, Leslie (2011). Social Work, Social Welfare, American Society. Boston: Allyn & Bacon
Stefaroi, Petru (December 2014). Humane & Spiritual Qualities of the Professional in Humanistic Social Work: Humanistic Social Work. The Third Way in Theory and Practice. Charleston: Createspace.
Bodenheimer, Danna (2015). Real World Clinical Social Work: Find Your Voice and Find Your Way (1st ed.). Harrisburg, PA: The New Social Worker Press.
Mizrahi, Terry and Larry E. Davis (2008). Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th ed.). Washington,DC; Oxford, UK; New York, NY: NASW Press and Oxford University Press.
Webb, Stephen (2017). Professional Identity and Social Work. London, UK: Routledge