There is a sign in front of the local elementary school congratulating a woman for being selected “Teacher of the Year” for that school. It made me wonder how they go about selecting this person? I mean, if you don’t have a child in that teacher’s class, how do you actually know how good of a teacher she is? I would hope that all the teachers in this school are good teachers and they all deserve our thanks and recognition.
Archive for the ‘government’ Category
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Mar
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Dec
Payroll tax cut
I have been hearing a lot of news about the conflict in Congress about whether or not to extend the middle class payroll tax cut another two months. One side says that the middle class doesn’t need that tax cut, but that the wealthy 1% DO need a tax cut. To that I say WHAT? Even if the wealthy have to pay 75% tax they would still have plenty of money to survive and play around and enjoy the good life. It boggles my mind how stupid and selfish some people really are! The middle-class tax cut pays my light bill. We are talking survival here folks!
16
Dec
Why would someone do that?
Today the post office left a notice in my mailbox that they were trying to deliver an over sized envelope to my address and for whatever reason they decided not to leave it; They left a package on the door stoop and the envelope certainly could have been tucked under it. But what was really odd was the fact that the envelope was addressed to a name that no one in the house recognized! That is really odd! So I have to wonder what is going on with that. I wonder if it was a simple error or something devious going on. Well, whatever the reason, I hope that the envelope finds its way to the proper recipient!
16
Dec
Ethics courses
One of the most important courses any person can take is a course in ethics. Seems to me that lately there have been a lot of ethical violations in politics and business. That is, in my opinion, the biggest reason we (as a country) are in such a big mess. So I think that it is a good idea that every employer require every employee to take refresher ethics classes every year.
Especially people involved in tax preparation. I was surprised when Janice told me that she has to take a ea ethics course before the end of the year to be able to keep her job, but to be perfectly honest I am glad to hear it. Tax preparers especially are vulnerable to ethical challenges in the course of their jobs. It is good to know that ea cpe courses are available for free on the Internet. I think it is really important that this kind of education reaches everyone involved in the profession.
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Sep
6 Responsibilities of a Professional Social Worker
Professional social workers have many responsibilities. These responsibilities are both consistent and changing depending on who a social worker might be working with on any given day but there are general responsibilities that must always be met. Here are 6 responsibilities of a professional social worker.
Interview And Evaluate Problems
Social workers interview people and evaluate their problems. Sometimes people need help dealing with their problems and that is where social workers come in. They need to interview their clients to pinpoint the problems and the underlying issues causing those problems so that the next step of working to fix those problems can be taken.
Provide Counseling For Clients
Social workers provide counseling for their clients. Clients often need to work on communication skills and on dealing with emotions. They need to know how to work toward fixing their problems and how to make lasting changes in their lives. Social workers provide needed counseling, even when their counseling is to suggest more counseling from another professional.
Provide Counseling For Client Families
Social workers also provide counseling for the families of clients. Problems don’t just affect an individual. They affect everyone around that individual. Sometimes client families need to see how they are contributing to problems and oftentimes they just need help coping effectively with what’s going on. Social workers help families to handle the situation more effectively.
Create Treatment Plans
Social workers create treatment plans so that there is a clearly mapped out course of action in place so that real changes can be made. More than creating these plans, social workers strive to get their clients to take an active part in carrying out these plans. This is one of the challenging parts of the process.
Connect Clients To Assistance
Clients often need more resources than the social worker can provide so the social worker helps the client to connect to these resources. These resources may be treatment programs, support groups, or whatever else the client might need. The social worker already gives the client many of the tools that a client needs to cope with life and with problems through counseling but sometimes additional ongoing tools are needed. By connecting a client to these resources the social worker fulfills their responsibility to make is a strong possibility that their client will be able to fix or at least cope with their problems.
Talk To Health Professionals
The social worker will also talk directly to health professionals so that these professionals know what they need to know about the social worker’s client. This is especially necessary when a client has psychological challenges that could interfere with proper treatment if a health professional is not aware of them or does not understand them.
Social workers have many responsibilities in helping people to live better lives. What one client needs may not be what another client needs so social workers need to be able to provide different services and connect clients up to different types of assistance depending on what is needed. In the end, a social worker’s responsibility is to do what it takes to help their clients live better lives.
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