Community Interviewing

The information that would have been beneficial to Mrs. Smith includes, having communication with various teachers and support staff, analyzing the cumulative folder, and taking into consideration if she qualify for a support staff member in her classroom. All of this information would have allowed Mr. Smith to handle the situations better.

As part of our preparation for placement, we were required to make a role play on a given scenario in pairs. Each of us had to play the role of the social work student and the service user. We chose to use Miss Allen’s scenario, because we both had experience of working the adults. In preparation for this task, we met twice to clarify our roles and discussed the scenario as we understood it. We also discussed how we were going to assess Miss Allen, and what help we would offer her. The preparation was an important part of our task because it challenged us to think of the interview within its widest context, taking into account the particular needs of Miss Allen, agency policy and procedure and ourselves as student social

The Human Services Informational Interview was conducted on the phone I interviewed Tara Dakolios. She started in the Human Services field with a Master degree in Education from Virginia College and started working at the Hilton head Preparatory School. After working there for years she missed doing education and had an opportunity with the University of South Carolina Beaufort as an advisor. Before being in the Human Services Field she wasn’t aware of it being declared a major and knew she always had a passion for helping people. The skills utilized in the Human Services Field are being adaptive, organized, multi-tasking and time management. College help prepare her for the field in many aspects such as being a basketball coach and assisting

I had the pleasure of interviewing one of our church parisinors, Ms. Maria. Ms. Maria is 75 years old Hispanic woman who has been a widow for the past three years. Ms. Maria was basically a stay at home Mom when her children were young and when she did work she worked as an assembly line worker. Her wages were low and her pension that she currently receives is not enough to meet her monthly needs. Her husband was the main bread winner prior to him dieing of a massive heart attack at the age of 78 while he was at work. Her husband was a cook in a resturanrt and had decied to continue to work until some of their loans were paid off. Since his death, Ms. Maria has been depressed, anxious and struggling to make ends meet and has recently been diagnosed with hypertension. Her three children live out of state a don’t get to visit often.

With everyone’s love and desires in the heart of this city, we cannot expand because it is necessary to locate ourselves in a spot that is enjoyable to us. Distance is a big problem for us because our families thrive on the suburban lifestyle because it caters to a frugal lifestyle that can better suit us for the future. Also, we are relatively wealthy in our perspectives because we can afford to feed our kids, house our family, and provide everything necessary for a family to live

Umpqua Community College (UCC) is a public community college in Douglas County in Southwestern Oregon, established in 1964 by a vote of its residents. It is the only post-secondary educational provider in Douglas County. Its mission is to make quality comprehensive post-secondary education affordable and accessible to district residents. UCC offers Transfer programs, Career and Technical Education, Community Education, Adult Basic Education, Workforce Development, and serves as a cultural and recreational center for the community.

On September 18, 2015 I interviewed Mrs. Anisha Nix at Ted’s Montana Grill in Downtown Decatur, Georgia at 5:48pm. Mrs. Nix is a Family Consultant Supervisor at the DeKalb County Child Advocacy Center. I interviewed Mrs. Nix, not only for the position that she holds but also because she did not start off with a degree in social work or sociology. Before Anisha took an interest in social services, she gained her masters in Biology from Spelman College. Once done with her undergrad Ms. Nix decided that she would pursue and ultimately gain her Masters in Social Work at Georgia State University, then continue on to become a licensed Social Worker. As the Supervisor of the Advocacy Center, it is her job to supervise the Family Consultants at the

Conducting the two interviews in the Chicago Lawn area, it broadens my knowledge about this area and its history. These interviews also took me back to when I was growing up and heard about the racism that took place in this area. However, on a positive note, I enjoyed meeting these new people. While interviewing Theresa McKinney it was very enlightening on how she was very friendly and welcoming. Theresa and I had a short conversation about her life before the recording took place. Theresa spoke about how she had been on drugs most of her adult years. She stated she was around twenty-six when she spirals out on drugs. Theresa has four children all young men now and they were care for by her sisters. Theresa stated that she was raped outside

For my interview of a healthcare professional, I interviewed Todd Reynolds of the imaging department at Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton, Iowa. Todd has worked at Virginia Gay for about six years and has worked in the healthcare field for almost 44 years. Due to him working in the healthcare profession for so long, I decided to interview him to find out what has made him stay in one career field for so long.

My experience in conducting a study for opportunity neighborhood was priceless. I believe that I have become a better person and a better social worker after this project. As I had to come out of my shell to approach random strangers in public settings. I learned that engaging strangers to discuss their perception of equity and equality in their community was not an easy task. People were not always eager to speak to us and those who did were people that would not benefit from services provided by Opportunity Neighborhood. I was rejected by many of the people that I initially approached for an interview. I realized that rejection makes you feel discouraged; However, I enjoyed the process of engaging the community. I felt as if I was contributing

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective.” (Stone, 1962) The words stated prior by William Clement Stone have never proved to be more accurate. A person’s place of living, whether chosen, suggested, or forced, has a great affect on their future years to come. Depending on a person’s environment, they can succeed or fail; linger around or progress. The further proceedings do not serve the purpose to “knock” or bring shame or favor to one geographical area. Though every state has its pros and cons, one may highly favor one state over the other. In my case, I fancy Texas over Maryland. The topics that had a heavy impact on my decision were the similarities and/or

After having conversation with every member, she could have specifically proceeded to formal group discussion where she can obtain opinion from every one and actually lead to the path of solution, which for the most part is quite significant. She should specifically make a protocol for the company so that company can actually run its operation smoothly in upcoming future, which specifically is quite significant. Heather should also be there to definitely make very sure that things don’t really go out of hand in a particularly major

MSTT was unable to work with Billy and Nikki on their goals due to being on vacation. MSTT was able to meet with Nikki and Billy before leaving to address their goals. MSTT was unable to work on those goals because Cynthia attended the session. Cynthia is Billy's grandmother. MSTT explained the services to Cynthia and invited her to stay and address her concerns and her desired outcomes for Billy and the family. Cynthia did stay and met with MSTT and expressed her concerns and her desired outcomes with MSTT and Nikki.

Deciding to relocate requires a lot of considerations. Evaluating each possible alternative is essential. There are many aspects that people need to consider before relocating to another side of town or moving across the country. After all, moving requires thorough research, and it is important to examine positive and negative aspects of moving to a new area. Consequently, it is imperative for individuals to take their time to evaluate their options, before taking such big step. Commonly, people are in search of better housing, employment opportunities, cost of living, safety, school system, and community. They are in search of the perfect place to settle down.

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.