For our next project in #loweclass #digital, our class will work in collaboration with Meg Kissinger on reporting about various aspects of the city of Milwaukee's mental health care services. Kissinger has already visited the class and shared about her experiences with her family regarding mental health and about investigating what mental healthcare services Milwaukee offers its population. The class was assigned to research, interview and create an audio slideshow of someone occupying a particular position or role in Milwaukee's mental health care system. My partner and I were assigned to interview a social worker.
The National Association of Social Workers, in its website, states that social workers "provide most of the country's mental health services," with nearly 60 percent of health care professionals being clinically trained social workers. This overview continues to harp on the different skills social workers should be trained and capable of performing, including "assessing, treating, and preventing psychological, behavioral, emotional, social and environmental problems affecting individuals negatively." Mental issues or concerns and their causes may vary, so social workers must be ready for anything. The website highlights one event which was crucial for social workers to cooperate: September 11. Social workers were among the first who were present on the scene to aid victims and family members of these vicious attacks.
When I research for social workers in Milwaukee, most of what I saw were job offerings and advertisements for people possibly interested in working as a social worker in hospitals or mental health care centers. The Milwaukee County official website has a section on the Behavioral Health Division of the city, located in 9455 Watertown Plank Road. According to the website, the center is an important aspect of city health and "provides care and treatment to developmentally, emotionally and mentally ill adults, children and adolescents through both County-operated programs and contracts with community agencies." My research of social workers and mental health care throughout Milwaukee in general led me to find the Mental Health and Wellness Resource Guide for Milwaukee County for Mental Heatlh America Wisconsin. In it is a list of the several organizations committed to treating mental health in Milwaukee County. Many of them require the health of social workers including the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge, located on 1730 N. Seventh Street in Milwaukee, in which social workers "provide case management services that will help alleviate factors that cause homelessness." This is just one of the cases in which social workers contribute to the community by being directly involved and reaching out to the people.
The National Association of Social Workers, in its website, states that social workers "provide most of the country's mental health services," with nearly 60 percent of health care professionals being clinically trained social workers. This overview continues to harp on the different skills social workers should be trained and capable of performing, including "assessing, treating, and preventing psychological, behavioral, emotional, social and environmental problems affecting individuals negatively." Mental issues or concerns and their causes may vary, so social workers must be ready for anything. The website highlights one event which was crucial for social workers to cooperate: September 11. Social workers were among the first who were present on the scene to aid victims and family members of these vicious attacks.
When I research for social workers in Milwaukee, most of what I saw were job offerings and advertisements for people possibly interested in working as a social worker in hospitals or mental health care centers. The Milwaukee County official website has a section on the Behavioral Health Division of the city, located in 9455 Watertown Plank Road. According to the website, the center is an important aspect of city health and "provides care and treatment to developmentally, emotionally and mentally ill adults, children and adolescents through both County-operated programs and contracts with community agencies." My research of social workers and mental health care throughout Milwaukee in general led me to find the Mental Health and Wellness Resource Guide for Milwaukee County for Mental Heatlh America Wisconsin. In it is a list of the several organizations committed to treating mental health in Milwaukee County. Many of them require the health of social workers including the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge, located on 1730 N. Seventh Street in Milwaukee, in which social workers "provide case management services that will help alleviate factors that cause homelessness." This is just one of the cases in which social workers contribute to the community by being directly involved and reaching out to the people.
I believe that social workers carry a very heavy weight on their shoulders. Doctors could prescribe medicines, but they probably cannot reach an emotional or provide sympathy to mental health patients as much as social workers can achieve. Social workers are a key component to Milwaukee's mental health care system and hopefully through this project, I will discover the different happenings and
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