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Chanel Turner is the Chief Operating Officer and a clinical therapist at a facility that provides mental health and substance abuse services. She has a Masters in Social Work and is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical addictions specialist. Her responsibilities include managing programs and services, clinical work, and volunteer and bereavement services. The population served includes children and adults needing mental health or substance abuse treatment. Skills needed include clinical assessment, case management, and treatment. The document discusses how the author's perceptions of social work changed after meeting Ms. Turner, as well as families' thoughts on pursuing social work as a career. Personal characteristics like bluntness, as well as anticipating challenges, may influence one's

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Interview Powerpoint - Intro To SW

Chanel Turner is the Chief Operating Officer and a clinical therapist at a facility that provides mental health and substance abuse services. She has a Masters in Social Work and is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical addictions specialist. Her responsibilities include managing programs and services, clinical work, and volunteer and bereavement services. The population served includes children and adults needing mental health or substance abuse treatment. Skills needed include clinical assessment, case management, and treatment. The document discusses how the author's perceptions of social work changed after meeting Ms. Turner, as well as families' thoughts on pursuing social work as a career. Personal characteristics like bluntness, as well as anticipating challenges, may influence one's

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Substance

Abuse- Social
Work

Kayla Young
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Introduction to Social Worker-
Chanel Turner
– How I met Ms. Turner
– Kyah Turner, a friend of mine. Kyah is in many of my classes, and one day we decided to talk and
realized we acted just alike. We exchanged numbers and began to talk about our majors, she
mentioned her mom was a social worker that worked in Laurinburg and if I needed hours I could go
with her to her mothers job. I met Ms. Turner and we all began to talk, after volunteering with her she
became someone I could call a second mother.
– Job title
– Chief operating officer/ Clinical therapist
– Qualifications
– Masters in social work (MSW)
– Licensed clinical social worker (LCSW)
– Licensed clinical addictions specialist (LCAS)
Responsibilities for Ms. Chanel

– Leading and managing services and programs


– Review ongoing services that are offered
– Develop new programs
– All clinical functioning activities
– Volunteer and bereavement services
– Develop, implement, and manage programs
What population and skills
needed for this population?
– Children and adults that need mental health services as well as substance abuse
services.
– Skills needed
– Clinical assessment
– Case management
– treatment
Perceptions of Social Work

Before After
– Social workers only worked with – Social workers are there for everyone.
children. – Code of Ethics is considered the “Bible”
of social work.
– If a social worker went to see you,
they were going to take your kids. – It’s a lot of work.

– “Bad parenting” always came to – There are many fields to work with within
social work.
mind.
– Confidentiality and Cultural Competence
– DSS was the only option to work are two major topics in social work.
Families thoughts and concerns?

– My family was excited, they know I really wanted a career where I could just
help people and allow people to open up.
– They warned me not to work in DSS.
What can effect your decision of
becoming a social worker?
– Being blunt and “nonchalant” would be a personal characteristic that may stop
me from choosing social work.
– People often think I say things a bad way, even though I mean good.
– Knowing how hard the road will get along the way may also play a factor.

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