Personal Experiences Of Child Abuse And Neglect

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1. My five important values are treating elders with respect, being kind to people around me, 2. Child abuse and neglect evoke may evoke strong reactions from me due to my childhood experiences of abuse and neglect. I left my mother at the age of 8 to live with my father and step mother. My step mother abused and neglected me in any way possible. Because of lack of policies to protect children in Africa, I had nowhere to go for help. I had no choice but to endower till I graduated from high school in 1994. Whenever I see or hear stories of child abuse and neglect, I become so emotional, I recall all the hardships I went through during my youth. 3. I would most want to work with children. I want to help children in Zambia who are in similar …show more content…

I am a very good listener and this gives me the ability to listen to others out the need to fix or give advice. II. My weakness is that when I am conversing with others, I do not feel very confident. I feel as though the person I am talking to is not getting each and every word I speak due to my Zambian accent. III. I am a very shy person. I do not like speaking out in front of people. IV. I am not confident dealing with a wide range of emotions including conflict. I am very emotional for instance; I usually find myself shedding tears when I see a very sick person or people mourning. V. When resolving certain issues, I feel the need to put myself in control or in charge of situations as I try to find solutions for instance at home, I am the one who resolves family issues concerning, bills, children school and our finances. VI. My experience of living in countries other than my country of origin and my interaction with other ethnicities other than my own made me develop the capacity to be curious and relate to people who have values that differ from me. VII. One of my goals in life is to be able to create an organization in Zambian that will be able to help orphans, homeless children, and children living under difficult conditions. For me to achieve this goal, I decided to pursue social work degree program to acquire knowledge which will permit me to be the ally for these …show more content…

I greatly care for others and in some instances I really want to assist others but lack the capability to do so. If I was capable I would want to help out those around me and those I encounter, or just anyone who needs assistance. X. I am willing to adapt to changes in life and I am fairly willing to change my beliefs except about religion or politics like most people) about a variety of things if it is shown to be correct. 7. I receive feedback with a very positive spirit good or bad and work on the issue based on the feedback with the goal of improving or perfecting my working. 8. I would want the social worker to know my African values and tradition, my needs as a mother of five who is a full-time student, my preferences regarding the type of food my family, for instance, we do not eat canned food. 9. My African and Christian values pose a conflict for me with the Social Work Codes of Ethics. For example, there will be situations where my values and traditions will conflict with Code of Ethics 1.02 Self-Determination. It will be tough for me promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist in their effort to identify and clarify their goals in situations where the client decides to abort the pregnancy. Performing my social work duties in this circumstances put me in the position of a sinner based on my African values and Christian

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