Demographic And Biographical Of A Social Worker Who...

Demographic and Biographical According to Hoefer, advocacy is a word with many definitions. In the social work, it is defined as shielding, intervening, supporting or recommending a course of action on behalf of one or more individuals, groups, or communities, with the goal of securing or retaining social justice. Today this writer will present an interview with a social worker who advocate for the people. The interviewer conducted the interview with Donald Sinclair. He reports being involved in social service for the past seven years. He reveals that he obtained his undergraduates at Florida Atlantic University in 2006. He has since been directly involved with individual therapy part-time and his main focus is more on the†¦show more content†¦Has a director of corporate compliance his job is to make sure that the agency and all of the staff with the agency follow all of the federal and state regulations and keep of operation so that the individuals in need gets the services. Tasks related to Social Work advocacy According to Sinclair, he accidently developed an interest in social policy. Prior to this he was working in banking and was very unhappy. He did not know why he was unhappy. He was unable to get up, could not get to work, and lacks motivation. Has a result, he resigned from his job. He envisions sitting on the beach figuring out what he would do with his life. He sat on the beaches in Key West for three months until he ran out of funds suddenly it occurred to him he was unable to pay his rent. While seeking employment through the local newspaper he discovered a job listing for a first call for help in the downtown Fort Lauderdale area who were hiring a crisis line worker to deal with suicide calls from midnight to 8am. Coincidentally, the job was seeking employees with no experience. Although he thought this was strange he applied for the job and got hired. The employer did not want the prospective employer to come in with the plan on how to address these calls. They wanted to stick to a specific method and wanted to ensure that employer was compliant with their way of teaching. While he was employed has a crisis worker,