Bsw Reflection

While as a Candy Striper at Memorial Regional Hospital, she developed an interest in Social Work from a health perspective but her main interest began when she read a book “Black like me” which was about a white male who was interested in race relations in the country where he would take drugs to make his skin darker and travel to different areas to try to experience what a black male would experience. Because of this, she chose to be in the Social Work Program.

Carter’s situation is not out of the scope of the social work practice it is a unique situation to Ms. Carter as the client and the practitioner the professional. The understanding of Ms. Carter’s presenting factors, will reflect in the conception of theory that is specific to the issues that Ms. Carter has. Being culturally competent of the philosophy and traditional practices of the African American community give insight on thoughts, beliefs, and formalities set in the African Americans culture. Key components in servicing Ms. Carter are establishing rapport, trust, services, and Ms. Carter gaining a sense of solidity. When the implementation of practice is applied, Ms. Carter will greatly benefit from the professionalism demonstrated by the social worker through the work that has been done to aid Ms. Carter with the social issues that have plagued her for so

What do Williams and Bell (2015) say about the image of the social work profession in the African American community?

The Criminal Justice agency I worked with was the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science Facility or STAFS. At this agency, there is a focus on applying forensic science to the human body. There is an additional focus on what can be collected from the evidence that they are provided with. At STAFS, the bodies the scientist work on are donated and are treated with the upmost respect.

CPSW did supervised visit for Mr. Stark on October 14th, October 18th, and October 27th. Ms. Mauer attended each supervised visit with her child Kaison and she has been very interactive and affectionate with her child Kasion. Currently, Ms. Mauer has been offered supervised visits by the FITS twice a week for two hours. FITS worker reported that Ms. Mauer is engaged and interactive with her child. Ms. Mauer had supervised visit with Kaison on November 1th, November 3th, November 8th, November 10th, and November 15th and all visit went well. The worker reported that Ms. Mauer participated each session and has not missed any supervised visits.

Jani, Osteen, and Shipe (2016) explain how “social workers believe that discrimination and prejudice directed against any group damage the social, emotional, and economic well-being of society as a whole” (p. 311). The United States is a multicultural society and social workers as educators are required to teach students how to be culturally competent, in order to achieve the goal of social justice (Jani, et.al, 2016). As the world changes, so do the ways that social workers teach cultural competence. With edited EPAS, which highlights the extent of practice behaviors as markers of professional competencies (Jani, et. al, 2016), students are further able to acquire an awareness of their own cultural

Reflection is a major factor in "developing self-awareness" to improve services provided to everyone around me, this is to develop my own understanding in realising the good and bad made previously. Moving forward with a better understanding, as well as rectifying the mistake whilst recognizing the good points, (Horton-Deutsch and Sherwood, 2008).

My experience during the CATW field exam was unbelievable, even though the proctor had the time off. However, it was easier to relate the article “Anticipation and Happiness” to my former high school involvement. Reading this article helped me acknowledge that many high school students try to accomplish their goals for their transition to college.

In order to deliver effective services it is necessary that professionals are able to work with culturally diverse populations successfully. Social workers must commit themselves to the profession’s enhancement and to their own professional growth in career long learning (National Association of Social Workers, 2010).

The purpose of this assignment is to discuss the contribution of reflective practice for clinical nursing. Reflection has been defined as a way for individuals to “capture their experience, think about it, mull it over and evaluate” (Boud et al 1985: 19)

The reason that I enrolled into the introduction to writing course, or WRTG 101, is because it is required in order to receive my degree. I actually tried to avoid this course by completing the college composition exam through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP); unfortunately, the University of Maryland University College’s (UMUC) credit by examination guidelines still require that students take WRTG 101, even if they get a qualifying score(“College Level Examination Program”, 2016). My writing skills were good enough to complete the exam with a qualifying score, so I definitely considered myself pretty good at writing. Before taking WRTG 101, my writing skills were decent, but now I feel more capable of applying the writing process,

I have met the leadership team of California’s NASW and listened to their presentations for the analysis of three legislative topics. I was inspired by the powerful speech from Mariko Yamada, the candidate of State Senate District 3. She encouraged social work students to participate at macro practice. I felt motivated and cohesive when I heard she said, “Together, we can change.” Her speech reminded me that I choose social work for making a difference in people’s lives. During the event, I sat together with seniors and students from graduated program. We talked and discussed about internships and the MASW program. At the roll-call of schools, we called out a slogan to represent our school spirit. I was so proud of being a part of our school and a part of social work student, and being a social worker in the future. This roll-call of school provided me a chance to know social work students from 24 universities and the cultures represented for their schools. By talking with students and faculty from other universities, I gained a boarder perspectives of social work, as well as building up my

As I begin working with people cross culturally, there are a few ideas in this article that I want to remember. The article points out that it is important for us to build connections to our client’s racial and ethnic origins; however, it is equally important that we connect these individuals with other multiracial individuals and family systems. When working with multiracial clients, it is important that we let the client construct his or her own label. As I begin working with people cross-culturally, I can do this skill by asking open-ended questions and allowing the client to construct his or her own identity. This article had some excellent ideas about what skills social workers can use, when working with people cross culturally.

Being a student at California State University East Bay requires all students to pass the University Writing skill Test (WST) requirement. Students have the choice to either take the written exam or to take two writing English courses in order to graduate. Writing is one of my weakness that needs to improve, in order to prepare myself to become a better writer. Now that I have taken English 3000 and currently taking English 3003 I have noticed an improvement in my writing as well as being able to develop a persuasive argument, an improvement in research skills, and being able to catch my readers attention by adjusting the audience. Although, I have not taken the WST exam, taking these two English courses, has helped me develop an understanding of the necessary requirements to no longer have to take the WST because, it has increased my knowledge as a writer.

When I am an advanced level practice social worker, my goal is to be committed to social justice and empower my clients. In order to achieve this goal, I have decided to pursue my masters degree at the Walden University School of Social Work. This graduate program will prepare be to be an even more competent and effective change agent in the advanced level of practice. When working with veterans and/or members in the military, it is important to embrace a strengths perspective in practice. This graduate program will teach me how to contribute to the empowerment of veterans and/or military members while embracing a strengths perspective in a clinical practice setting. This program will increase my cultural competence as a clinical social worker. Which will in turn, help me understand and respect the cultural diversity of veterans and/or members of the military at all levels of government.