Reflection: Initial Scenarios

A good way to let a client know you are listening is by the use of minimal responses including expressions and non verbal responses that occur in our everyday conversations (Geldard & Geldard, 2001). For example at the beginning of the session my client said “..., Sometimes I feel I choose my job or something else in my life over my uni...” I replied by nodding and made use of the expression “Mm-hmm”. I demonstrated this skill to allow the client to speak without interruptions and to verbally express my interest in her issue.

2.2 Reflecting on my practise by identifying personally what I found hard and how I could improve and gain more knowledge and extend. Also by completing a SWOC analysis(see attachment 2) for my own feelings and what I as an individual would like to gain more knowledge on and what current opportunities would be available to me and what may prevent me from turning my weaknesses into strengths. In class I also answered some questions on what I have learnt about myself as a TA and what were my highest/lowest emotional moments in the current week this was a good way of reflecting on my practise as made think on what my strengths and weaknesses are and what I need to progress on (see attachment 3) In my place of work we also every 6-8 months have a performance management meeting with our line manager to discuss what courses we would like to attend and what we would like to progress on(see attachment 4). During the course of Unit 332 we complete a PDP (personal development plans) by using SMART targets to address development/learning we want to improve on ( see attachment 5).

One of the formal ways of reflecting our own practice and identifying strengths, weaknesses and areas for development is during training opportunities. On a course, or at a training day, aspects of ours practice and areas of knowledge that are new to us will be discussed, and this

Motivational interviewing includes opening strategies to allow the process of eliciting readiness, providing feedback or information to the patient, and then eliciting the patient 's interpretation of the information to flow

Reflective practice is an essential means of developing basic skills and knowledge into expert skills and knowledge.

The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding and skills required to promote the professional duty to maintain the currency of knowledge and skills and the need to continually reflect on and improve practice.

The purpose of this unit is to assess the learner’s knowledge, understanding and skills required to promote the professional duty to maintain the currency of knowledge and skills and the need to continually reflect on and improve practice.

In order to reflect on our practice we must be able to look at why and how we do things and to consider if a different approach may be beneficial.   In order to be able to effectively reflect on our practice we must be able to be open- minded and question our own practice.   If we can do this then it will help us to improve our own knowledge and skills.   In order to develop these skills we should be able to:

Accurate empathy - accurately sensing the client's world and communicating that understanding. Genuineness - self-awareness, honesty and openness; being real (not phony). Unconditional positive regard - accepting and valuing the client as a unique and worthwhile person, being nonjudgmental. Active listening - listening carefully and empathically to the client's story with undistracted attentiveness to 1) gain an understanding of the client's problem, 2) learn how the client thinks, feels and acts, 3) discover the client's strengths, assets and personal power, and 4) build rapport with the client. This includes maintaining comfortable eye contact and open body posture. Reflecting - mirroring the client's thoughts and feelings to demonstrate active listening and encourage the client to continue speaking. This includes: Restating - repeating verbatim the main thought or feeling expressed by the client. Paraphrasing - stating, in your own words, the main thought or feeling expressed by the client. This 1) lets the client know you are working to understand what they are communicating, 2) brings focus to the client's communication, 3) allows the client to correct any misperceptions or misunderstandings, and 4) encourages client self-exploration. Summarizing - summarizing, in your words, a set of thoughts or feelings expressed by the client. Open-ended questioning - Asking questions that require more than a minimal or one-word response by the client. They usually begin

For the most part the activities at the agency have followed the initial learning contract that was created in SWK-370. Within my role at the agency I have been able to practice and apply the knowledge and skills that I have learned throughout my education. I have been able to observe staff members working with clients, demonstrate ethical and professional behavior, engage with clients, complete assessments, intervene with clients, and attend court just to mention a few tasks that I have experienced. In the areas of practice-informed research and policy practice my field supervisor has assigned several different articles for me to read then discuss at supervision, encouraged me to write a letter to a legislator, and research policies that

6. Explain how you prepare the required resources needed to assess your candidate’s knowledge and prepare and maintain conditions that support the effective assessment of your candidate’s knowledge and understanding.I always prepare my resources needed prior to assessing. I ensure I have the standards I need, any worksheets or handouts needed, Planning forms, feedback forms and addition support handouts. I also take care of the learners portfolio keeping this locked up in a cupboard.I ensure that the environment is easy to work in and somewhere the learner can write or take notes. I try to avoid any distractions that may affect the learning.This evidence will be referenced to Unit 303 Assessment

Learing new activity can improve own knowledge, skills and understanding, learning activities can improve an individual’s knowledge, skills and understanding by providing us with new ideas , such as something we may have never encountered before. Learning activities also gives the severs users new areas of learning, such as topics or courses that they haven’t encountered before or something that they haven’t previously covered, and courses on things that can make the job easier , or even legally required courses that produce great new areas of learning that allows us to perform our job role , such as manual handling or medication training .it also enables us to apply theories or ideas into practice and discovered if they are successful in doing what we intend them to , which in turn is great in developing ourselves confidence .confidence is often the key in making strides with a difficult individual or even with self improvement and with being confidence it allows us to learn at an easier pace , which also develops our skills into more tangible tools that we understand .reflecting on a situation can improve knowledge , skills and understanding reflecting on a situation can improve on individual greatly by providing personal insight on a subject , which leads to better understanding of a topic , we can reflect on how well we performed and I what way our performance could be improved. By reflecting we can examine how effective our practice is by thinking about people’s reactions to us. About how there may have been other outcomes, and how to reach those outcomes, eliminating the bad paths and highlighting the more positives conclusions in hope of reaching them the next time we are face with the same

Task 1 requires you to submit a written piece of work covering all learning outcomes (LO1s, LO2s & LO3s) with a reflective account embedded in the context of work.

When I was in the social worker role I made sure to look at my client in the eye when they were speaking to me to validate that I was listening. While listening I made sure to listen actively by summarizing what the client was saying and remembered to say things that could reassure the client that I am trying to understand what they are feeling. Examples of this are phrases such as: “I hear what you are saying that you felt this way” and “I don’t know what you’re feeling but it must be hard on you to feel this way”. Which in turn also helped me create open ended questions to ask the client. By being an active listener and empathizing with the client it makes it easier to ask open ended questions because I have more information to work on than if I was not really listening or being sympathetic instead of empathetic. I can ask questions that can fill in any loop holes that might be able to help to understand my clients’ strengths or what their needs are. I am glad that I learned that I have these strengths as a social worker and how these strengths will be great tools to help my future

Introduction Self-awareness reflection 1. 2. 3. 4. Plan 1. 2. 3. Impact of stage 1 assignments in my career Overcoming barriers Plan for development Personal development reflection Key learning moment Implications that followed Professional development reflection 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6