Dissertations on Social Work

Social Work is a profession that focuses on improving the well-being of individuals, encouraging positive relationships in communities, and improving people's lives. Social Work can relate to human behaviour, social behaviour, and various aspects of the community.

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KEEP Intervention: Reducing Behaviors Problems in Foster Toddlers

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The primary aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of the KEEP intervention on decreasing externalizing behavior problems for toddlers in out-of-home foster placements....

Last modified: 21st Feb 2022

Relationships in Youth Work Practice

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This study aims to discover if the youth worker relationship has a significant place within contemporary youth work. The question being asked is: “what is the place of relationships in contemporary youth work practices?”....

Last modified: 14th Dec 2021

Looked After Children and Access to Tertiary Education

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This dissertation has used a historical timeline of Governmental changes to policies and laws as a background to describe the evolving importance of looked after children and education....

Last modified: 5th Nov 2021

Psychological Effects of Imprisonment on Young Offenders

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The aim of this dissertation is to examine the claim of authors such as Harrington and Bailey (2005) that a substantial proportion of young offenders in the UK suffer from severe mental illness....

Last modified: 4th Nov 2021

Enjo Kosai Girls: Identity Confusion

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This paper aims to show that negative family factors are an antecedent of enjo kosai girls in Hong Kong, as well as analysing that these girls tend to be in the identity diffusion status....

Last modified: 4th Oct 2021

Social Work Dissertation Topics

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We have provided a selection of example social work dissertation topics to help and inspire you when choosing a topic for a social work dissertation....

Last modified: 16th Aug 2021

Social Work Dissertation Titles

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Social Work Dissertation Titles. We have provided this selection of example social work dissertation titles to help and inspire you....

Last modified: 16th Aug 2021

Experiences of Black Women with a Social Work PhD

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This chapter will describe the research design and methodology used to understand the experiences of Black women who have earned their Ph.D. in social work....

Last modified: 19th Mar 2021

The Insight and Factors That Promote Job Longevity in Child Welfare Social Workers

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The high turnover rates among child welfare social workers have been a chronic issue that society has yet to resolve.  In attempt to understand this problem, we looked at contributing factors....

Last modified: 9th Mar 2021

Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and their Post-Arrival Experiences in the UK.

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Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and their Post-Arrival Experiences in the UK. 1.      Introduction The experiences of children who leave their cou...

Last modified: 18th May 2020

Evaluation for Peer Support Programme for Disabled Persons

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ABSTRACT Purpose The peer support programme as run by Helderberg Association for Persons with Disabilities (HAPD) uses people who have disabilities to support people with disabilities (PWD) in their ...

Last modified: 16th Dec 2019

Does Domestic Violence/Abuse Affect a Childs' Behaviour and Future Development?

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This assignment aims to critically analyse three primary research journal articles that were chosen to assist answering the research question: Does domestic violence/abuse have an influence on affect...

Last modified: 16th Dec 2019

Effect of Bullying on Substance Abuse

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Substance abuse in adolescents and young adults as a coping mechanism, due to negative experiences caused by bullying. Bullying is a major problem for any adolescent. It can lead to significant em...

Last modified: 13th Dec 2019

Personality Disorder Carer and Family Support Impact

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ARE PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL AND SUPPORT PROGRAMMES FOR FAMILY AND CARERS EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING RELAPSES AND FACILITATING RECOVERY OF PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM PERSONALITY DISORDERS? ABSTRACT Background Carers...

Last modified: 12th Dec 2019

Effectiveness of Support for Children in Homeless Families

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The whole issue of parents and children in need is a vast, complex and ethically challenging one. This review is specifically charged with an examination of those issues which impinge upon the stresse...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Effects of Parental Bereavement in Childhood

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The aim of this study is to present a general overview of the evidence base in relation to the effects of parental bereavement in childhood.  The primary focus is upon research conducted during the p...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Runaway Children: Causes and Strategies for Protection

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Abstract Surprisingly there is less knowledge to our public of the significance of runaway children and their problems particularly in less developed Asian countries which include Pakistan. A general ...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Evolution of Community Kitchens

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Abstract Community kitchen, as a concept is critical for ensuring the food security of the vulnerable population. It is a gathering point where groups of people come together to pool their resources t...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Support Networks For Young Homeless People

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The support network of leaving care and statutory homeless young people 16 and 17 years old living in homeless hostels Contents 1. Introduction 2. “Legal” literature 2.1. Youth homelessness in En...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Country Comparison of At-risk Children in Care

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The Children in Institutional Care in the world and contemporary foster care The children at risk in European and Brazil contrasts between the Institutional Care and contemporary foster care   Intro...

Last modified: 11th Dec 2019

Support for Transitioning Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Background Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can result in significant social, communication, and behavioral challenges (CDC, 2016). Currently, the rate of ASD diagnos...

Last modified: 10th Dec 2019

Preventing Juvenile Delinquency

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Juvenile delinquency can cycle into a youth becoming a repetitive adult criminal offender; however, through prevention, intervention, awareness, and behavior reform, a juvenile can be rehabilitated ...

Last modified: 9th Dec 2019

Social and Cultural Aspects of Child Abuse

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LITERATURE REVIEW: In the article he discussed that children are a very vulnerable sector of our society. Child abuse can occur in every sector of our society, but some children are at a higher risk f...

Last modified: 6th Dec 2019

Child Abuse Interventions Within Black African Families

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Introduction Child abuse within Black African families is an important topic which has been given extensive attention in British social work research and literature to date. However, only a limited re...

Last modified: 6th Dec 2019