### person | worker | employee | public servant:

Social worker
* Many social workers use a systems approach to counseling
  - work for social change as well
* Most social workers engage in a combination of direct and macro practice in their jobs
  - perform tasks
* Most social workers specialize in a field
  - particular type of client or population
* Most social workers work for the government
  - full time
* Most social workers work in agencies
  - government agencies
* Provide advice and support for parents of a child with a visual problem.
* Some social workers act as planners and developers of services
  - have jobs in group homes for abused or troubled children and teenagers
  - report children
  - specialize in gerontological services
* Some social workers treat disorder
  - emotional disorder
  - work in local voluntary organisations and hospitals
* Some social workers work with children
  - teachers.
  * A 'social worker' government employee that gives adequate welfare and helps people who cannot help themselves including physically disabled people, person with other disabilities, people addicted to alcohol, and people with addictions to drugs like cocaine and marijuana. If a child is being abused then a social worker could help by either taking the child away to live in a home or to be fostered. Social workers are provided by the government
* appreciate interaction with people from a variety of backgrounds.
* are able to work singly or in partnership with others
  - advocates for individuals, families, groups, communities, etc
  - always advocates for children or adults who are victims of abuse
  - citizens, professionals, and employees
* are committed to the principles of social justice
  - pursuit of non-violence
  - counselors
  - especially sensitive to, and capable of, people-centered leadership
  - explorers, inventors and caregivers
  - human beings too
  - often interested in psychological or mental health issues
  - overlooked heroes who help bring out the best in a community
* are people who are professionally trained in counseling and practical assistance
  - with a degree called the master's in social work
  - public servants
  - sometimes the only mental health care providers in the community
  - the nation's largest provider of mental health and therapy services
  - therapists, educators, researchers, managers, supervisors and administrators
  - traditionally devoted and overworked
  - versatile people
* assess and address the needs of every family.
* assist families with lodging arrangements
  - in lodging arrangements for families
  - many people who are unemployed or who are incapable of holding jobs
  - patients who have a variety of neurological illnesses
* believe in the worth, dignity, and uniqueness of each individual.
* can also help families find needed resources
  - provide support to foster parents on specific individual child needs
  - build on their professional backgrounds and study and practice law
* can help patients cope with a wide range of problems from financial to emotional
  - deal with the anxieties and fears related to their illness
  - play a key role in detecting and addressing domestic violence
  - respect individuals when they choose, or the interests of 'society'
* conduct interviews in the home environment to evaluate the needs of the individual.
* contribute to making social institutions more humane and responsive to human needs.
* counsel families and individuals to help cope with an illness.
* deliver more mental health services than any other profession
  - than half of the nation's mental health services
* develop behavioral approaches to encourage food intake.
* emphasize helping people help themselves.
* engage people as partners in the helping process.
* have a commitment to principles of social justice
  - history of protest
  - responsibility to society as well as to their individual clients
* help citizens
  - effects
  - members and their families learn to live with loss of sight
  - others to embrace change
* help patients and their families make emotional adjustments
  - in coping with the stresses of the diagnosis and treatment of cancer
* help people cope with challenges in their lives
  - function the best they can in their environment
  - increase their capacities for problem solving and coping
* help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives
  - resolve a variety of problems that can come up when someone needs care at home
  - senior citizens
  - shape the cultural and social standards of society
* help to bring about individual and social change
  - maximize and maintain individual, family, group, and community functioning
* interact with individuals and families offering information and emotional support.
* intervene with individuals, groups and communities, representing all populations.
* know first-hand how important parental involvement is in children's lives
  - where social work jobs are
* link people with supportive services.
* look for parents who can provide a safe, nurturing home.
* make decisions every day.
* move in and out of patients' lives depending on their medical and psychosocial needs.
* note that gang members often recruit their siblings, cousins and their own children.
* offer services in nursing homes and other long-term health facilities
  - support to patients and their families
* practice in all settings with all populations.
* prefer to use the term children without parental care.
* promote social justice and social change with and on behalf of clients.
* provide counseling and services to clients and work to improve social conditions
  - direct services to individuals, families, groups, and communities
  - most forms of psychotherapy
  - over half of the mental health services in the United States
  - psychosocial evaluation, individual, couple, family and group psychotherapy
  - the bulk of mental health services in the United States
* recognize the central importance of human relationships.
* respect the inherent dignity and worth of the person.
* run online chat sites, keep up bulletin boards, and run newsgroups.
* say an increasing number are addicted to glue sniffing.
* seek to enhance the capacity of people to address their own needs.
* serve individuals, families, and communities
  - groups, organizations and communities
* strive to assist individuals to function more effectively within society.
* tend to be people whose own religious orientations are relatively irresolute
  - help the poor and the disadvantaged
* train specifically in the tradition of social work.
* understand themselves as providing remedies in the guise of therapeutic treatment.
* work closely with families to offer psychosocial support and family counseling
  - schools, hospitals, group homes, government offices, and private agencies
  - to evaluate needs of the families, work with community agencies to meet needs
* work with all age groups
  - patients and families to plan for life outside the hospital
  - students and families to facilitate success in school, home and community