Description

Submit  a 4- to 5-page written account of your agency visit. In the paper, address each of the following areas and support your ideas with evidence from course resources and additional research.

• Describe the agency. Including:
• Services offered
• Mission of the agency
• Clientele or population served
• Describe the social worker’s job activities and professional roles
• Explain what brought the social worker to the field and their work history
• Explain opportunities for advancement and what the social worker does for professional development
• Describe the social worker’s overall job satisfaction and strategies they use for self-care
• Analyze your experience. Specifically,
• Discuss your thoughts and feelings related to the agency, clientele, and type of work.
• Reflect on why you may have experienced these reactions to the agency, clientele, and type of work.
• Explain which social work values and ethics were evident (or not evident) during the interview.
• Explain how social and economic justice relates to the services provided or population served by this agency.
• Explain how cultural competence was demonstrated (or not demonstrated) within the agency or by the social worker.

agency information:

WellFort Community Health Services

Hospital & Health Care

About us

WellFort is a nonprofit, values based organization that provides health promotion and prevention programs, primary health care and works with local residents and other agencies to increase community capacity. Members of the WellFort family include:

 · Bramalea Community Health Centre www.bramaleachc.ca

· Diabetes Education Program www.diabeteseducationprogram.com

· Bloom Clinic www.bloomclinic.ca

· Health n’ Smiles www.healthnsmiles.ca

· Four Corners Health Centre www.fourcornershealthcentre.ca

WellFort is committed to providing inclusive, accessible and sustainable programs and services to a diversely rich community through its service delivery philosophy; Open Focused Care. We are seeking individuals with a passion and commitment towards innovation and an inclusive workplace that respects and values the diversity of every individual.

What is WellFort?

WellFort is our community, the clients we serve, and the service we provide. The meaning comes from us, as a whole, from our volunteers to our staff, to the individuals in our community. With any other name, at first, carries no meaning. As time goes on, one is defined by what we do and how we do it. We are building and growing. Building and growing the meaning of WellFort with you.

As a not-for-profit, values based organization, we provide:

·       Health Promotion & Programs

·       Primary Health Care

·       Oral Health Care

·       Diabetes, HIV & HEP C Education

WellFort works alongside local residents and partner agencies to increase community capacity.

Members of the WellFort family include Bramalea Community Health Centre, Four Corners Health Centre, Bloom Clinic, Diabetes Education Program, and Health n' Smiles. WellFort is committed to providing inclusive, accessible and sustainable care. Offering a variety of programs and services to our diversely rich communities.

Social Worker and Researcher with a passion for building healthy inclusive communities through feminist, trauma-informed and anti-oppressive practice.