Social Workers are responsible for performing a large spectrum of jobs that range from giving support to people facing difficult situations, significant change or emotional stresses in their daily lives to diagnosing behavioral, mental or emotional health disorders in struggling individuals clinically. As a social worker, you need to help people cope with their situation, advocate for people in need and seek means of support and seek valuable resources for the people affected. The two articles that will form the research for this paper will be Victor Okeke’s – ‘Government And The Challenge Of Drug Abuse In The Country’ and Brian Handwerk’s – ‘Over a Quarter-Million Vietnam War Veterans Still Have PTSD’ (Okeke, 2015; Handwerk, 2015). These articles discuss two of the most important areas of social work, substance abuse and veteran affairs.
