Interview with a Human Service Worker Upon the start of this assignment, I had a couple human service workers in mind to interview. I ultimately decide to interview Joy Sultan, a teacher/couselor for Chapter One Students at Hamilton Crossing Elementary school in Cartersville, Georgia. She works with troubled second grade students. Initial Contact When initially contacting Mrs. Sultan, I could have used a letter, email, or phone to set up the interview. I also could have done the interview in person, by phone, or online through email or messenger. I know Mrs. Sultan through her son, who is a friend of my husband, so it was not hard to get in touch with her. I called her because I felt it appropriate and a little more …show more content…
5. What is the most difficult challenge you have faced to date in your job? When I first started, figuring different ways to reach the children so that I can help them in learning. 6. How many students do you have in your class, and is it ever overwhelming? I don’t have a steady classroom. I have different students throughout the day. I usually have between eight and 12 students at a time. The class is small so I can have “eyes in the back of my head” and give students the attention they needs. 7. How involved are the parents of the students? Some students are more involved than others. Because I am like a “reading teacher”, I don’t really interact with a lot of parents, but sometimes a parent will just want to know how their child is progressing. 8. Do you ever feel that you become too attached to students, or make things too personal? No. I feel attached to all of the students, but I can’t really see how I could take things too personal. All of them are my kids. 9. Do you ever feel that your teaching time or your counseling time is taken up too much by the other? I think because I have found a balance in the way to teach them and counsel them, I don’t have to separate the two. 10. What intervention strategy is most useful when dealing with the children? The biggest tool that I use is active listening, if that is what you
For Mrs. Hewes the Introduction to Social Work class we were asked to interview a licensed Social Worker and write an experience paper about the interview. Finding a social worker to interview wasn’t very hard for me because many of my mother’s friends got their masters in social work, but not many of them actually got their license except for one of them. The licensed social worker that I interviewed goes by the name of Tanya Hill. Tanya got her Masters of Social Work at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida in 2000, as well as her license and she now resides in Panama City, Florida. Tanya is someone that I have known since I was a little girl and someone that I definitely aspire to be like once I graduate. My interview with Tanya was over the phone since I did not have time to drive back to Florida to do a face to face one, but while we were on the phone every answer she gave me to the questions I asked were quite interesting.
The parental support has been great. The teachers communicate constantly through meetings with the parents as well as emails, student journals and text messages. They parents enjoy the open communication and are willing to share the things that they discover about their students and are well aware that the teachers are there to enhance the learning opportunity for their
In Human Service, they are many areas that one must know to become a human service worker. Learning about different areas of Human Service is a great way to explore your interests. For instance, I am a Psychology major and in Human Service, it requires social work and among other jobs. I wouldn’t mind working in the field of social work I just have a passion for working with children. When it comes to social work you can become a Psychology major in your undergrad year and further it with your graduate’s degree. The Social Worker works in hospitals, public schools, offices, which was a total surprise to me. My interviews consist of developing a theme in social work with relating it to Psychology. I interview two people who worked in a hospital
Initially, When I started out I was the only adult student, and the rest of the students are high schoolers, my morning group is from Wekiva High School and my after group is from University High school and Evans High School. I’m glad I was able to meet them, they are all wonderful students and friends.
How do you feel about how you’re doing overall in the class so far? What has felt most challenging for you? In what ways (if any) do you think you need more
Tell me about a classroom discussion where you did not agree with another student, what did you do or say?
The mounting dilemma of people in need of assistants has intensified the demand for human service personnel and volunteers. The lack of Human service workers and volunteers has decreased as today’s society has changed. However, I realized this need personally experiencing several years as a volunteer at Brandywine Hundred Fire Company No.1 and as a Delaware State Fire school instructor.
What challenges are you looking for in this position?Everyday is a challenge.Trying to get students to see they’re successful.
Thinking as a human services expert, as I would see it, Mr. Speaker just pondered himself and not others when he settled on the decision to fly by means of open transportation knowing he had an infectious sickness that was not able to be dealt with. Mr. Speaker has the privilege to settle on his own choices yet I don't feel at the same time he ought to have the capacity to put people in general in mischief. He was informed that his illness was infectious and couldn't be dealt with yet regardless he put the general population at danger of coming down with the sickness. As I would like to think this in heartless and he ought to be rebuffed for his action's, despite the fact that toward the end, he discovered he had a treatable illness, when he
I am aware I’m friendly, laid back and that I display an atypical amount of concern about my students and their lives--my hands also wave about like “the piston rods [my] machinery of expression” (“Hands”, 3) when I speak (though no student hair is ever tousled). As Anderson details in his short stories, I know our inner selves subsist on affection and interest, but also that too much sounds an alarm. And as an academic, I know I never, ever, ever want that alarm to go off. I use my girlfriend to model life issues, but I also use her to implicitly remind my students that my interest in them is sincere but before-all-else,
Ian MacDonald, a 15-year-old boy who needed 40 hours of community service hour to pass his Civics class. Ms. Watkins, Ian's grade 10 Civics teacher set up an interview for him to volunteer at a downtown soup kitchen. Having no other choice and wanting to pass the class he went to the interview and started working that night.
Did you participate evenly over time? Yes, we distribute al the activities and parts of lessons evenly.
I continue to be passionate about teaching and strive to improve my teaching on a daily basis. I enjoyed seeings student morph into independent learners and require less direct instruction as the year progressed. With this age group, large successes are very rare, so I’m happy to take the small victories as they come. Some of those victories are reflective in some of their writings about how the process has contributed to them become better at time-management, staying organized, or some other metacognitive skill.
Tell me about the 2 or 3 biggest problems you have encountered in your work, and how you handled them.
After initially interacting with these students, parents, school, and community, I knew I had to make some important changes to my role as a teacher. I learned right away that I had to make a connection with each one of my students. I made a rule that each morning we greeted each other at the door, looked each other in the eye, and had to either shake hands, high five or fist pump as recognition to each other. Afterward, we were ready to start our day together. I also made and will continue to make it a point to learn at least one thing about each student I work with. They love it when on Monday morning I ask them, “Did you win your soccer game on Saturday?” or “Did your family have another party this weekend?” Students light up when you show genuine interest in them or something that is important to them.