Social Service Reflection

The social worker in this story had many different responsibilities and roles while working in the ER at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. His responsibilities include having to put the puzzle pieces together of who the victim is as they are being treated. This is often a taunting task because the staff is in a rush. The Social worker has to find clues like driver listens or anything else that will allow them to better understand who they are working with. Her responsibilities don't stop there. He was also responsible for working with the victims family to ensure that they were informed and comfortable.

I graduated from college with a degree in philosophy and psychology with no idea where I was headed in life. I moved back home and found a job working at Mendota Mental Health Institute (MMHI). After almost two years I was beginning to feel stagnant and restless. I believed that there was more I could be doing with my life. Despite my pessimistic outlook on life, I truly believed (still do) that I could accomplish something meaningful that would leave a lasting impact on another life. The driving force behind this desire for change was the idea of one day being a therapist, but I was unsure how to accomplish this goal.

The project meet a recognized need in the community is I play with little kids, watch their safety, also assisting teacher. The project links to what I've studied in school was way back when I was in fifth grade. My teacher assigns me a kindergarten buddy, I teach him sight words and helping him writing sentences. I reflect throughout the service-learning experience is I have a happy time to play with little kids. I did not take leadership or ownership of the project. I prepared for this project talking to First Steps Director of the church. The strengths are teacher thinks I'm helpful and little kids like to play with me. I don't need any modification if I were doing this again, because my teacher is satisfied what I did.

This weeks structured journal also felt like reflective one because I feel like I had to take a step back and really analyze my session with my clients to explore if I have carried out any of the social work pitfalls that were mentioned in the work sheet. One of the pitfalls that I have learned in my undergrad to drawback from and also realize when I’m performing it is the advice-giving vs the information giving. Being a social work it comes easy to tell a client what to do based on our own perception. But when a client is seeking advice I have discovered that it is better to explore with the client solutions and possible outcomes that they come up with on their own through the help of a social worker. There was a moment when one of my

We are all members of the social work with the group class, which is a close co-ed group composed by Simmons social work students between the ages of 23 to 40. We engage int eh group as part of our requirement of the social work master curriculum. Individuals from diverse

Social work as a whole incorporates several theories and practices that deal with empowering and liberating individuals to improve well-being. Using these theoretical approaches has been helpful in addressing the social systems and providing interventions that allow individuals to interact with their environment. It has been a year and a half since I have been engaged in the process of growth and change. This semester has been a great learning experience, but in every semester, I learned new ways of working with clients, how to navigate the social systems, and the impact of power structure on individuals, groups, and society. When I started the MSW program, I had a vague understanding of what social work is. Through the coursework and

As a chair member in the National Art Honors Society, I organized five community service events in my junior year. Each event worked with a new set of people -- classmates, community members, elderly-- throughout the West Chester area. Through these events I gained a sense of what community is all about; diversity, respect, and compassion are huge components of a healthy community. Oddly enough, I had never applied what I learned about a community to the place I spend most of my time: my high school. The election produced high tensions at Rustin as the media encouraged people to speak their opinions unapologetically. Students were becoming outspoken about abortions, immigration, and gay rights. Not all opinions were kind. This resulted in

The community service that I had done was, I worked with the High School Wilderness Club during the events that they do for Hamburg and surrounding areas. For most of the events I helped out by setting and cleaning up the trash cans, barricades and signs that had to be put out before and after the events, and during the events I would work by making sure the trash cans were not getting too full or just to make sure that everything was running smoothly. I chose this work because I am a member of the Wilderness Club and had originally only joined the club because of all the fun things they do throughout the year. After being told that I had to do community service to go on the fun trips, I said why not, if I want to do the fun things, then I guess I’ll have to do the work involved. I hoped to learn the different values of the community and also to get to know more people in the school and community. All of the work that I had done was with groups of people, so that gave me the opportunity to make new friends and get to know them better. I also hoped to learn that just because you are doing work does not mean that it will be boring. Every time I was working I always had fun, and it was a quite enjoyable time. I went into the project thinking I just have to do this to get it over with so I can graduate, but I ended up to really enjoy what I had to do.

When reading the first chapter of our class textbook, one thing that stood out to me was a graph that detailed “Average Time Spent with Major Media per Day in the United States (in 2015).” I was startled to see that twenty four percent of most americans day was spent on a mobile device, and thirty five spent watching some form of television. After logging my media use for two days, I realized that I am a part of the statistic, and in fact consume more media than the average american on a daily basis. I spent six hours on my computer daily, that is almost three times as much as the national average. I sent 32 texts a day, went on instagram 7 times, and went to over 11 different apps and websites. I realized that media was consuming my life, and that I needed to change my online socializing habits in order to enhance my ability to focus, better my interpersonal relationships, and to become more civically engaged.

This past semester, I have had many opportunities to do service in my community and help others. Although there were some obstacles, I can say that doing this service has positively impacted me and made me a better Catholic. Through these many hours, I learned a lot about myself, the people around me, and what it is to serve God.

The writer is currently placed at Summit Oaks Hospital; located in Summit, New Jersey. The population the writer works consists of children and adolescents from the age of 5 to 17. The clinical social worker’s responsibilities consist of facilitating social work group, family meetings, assessments, court meetings, directing treatment plan meetings, write treatment plans, complete PerformCare application, and complete discharge paperwork. The writer’s supervisor is an LCSW. The frequency of supervision with the clinical social worker is constant due to sharing an office with her. This supervision consists of questions and discussion about current patients and advice on how to handle and responds to patients with diagnoses the writer is not accustomed.

The one thing that surprised me was how much I learn from people come to our class. I like when real people come to our class and talk about the experience they had in that field. Even if I was not interested in the field they worked at. They were sharing what I wanted to hear. And how most of them were not doing their jobs for the money but for love. What I’m doing is for love and not for money. Finding people like me around this area was kind of awesome to me. Before this class I would read about people doing their job for love but I didn’t believe them because people are different behind the camera.

I heard about SURJ for the first time when Mrs. Matera told my table about it. We were trying to find groups of people who were allies and she told us about SURJ. SURJ is a group of all white people trying to fight racial inequalities. My partner Maddy and I first went on their website and found some information on them and followed by going to their Facebook page. On their Facebook page we saw that they had a meeting very soon on the 5th of November. We decided to contact them through their email. After a few days and no response we decided to Facebook message them. I began to get anxious because we got no response and I didn’t know if it was appropriate to go and try to observe their meeting without previously being in contact. We had to observe the group at least three times. So we made the decision to go a little early to the meeting and ask one of the leaders if it was ok to observe.

PS282B Community Psychology Community Service-Learning In-Service Reflection Describe the experience/situation in some detail (e.g., What happened? What led up to the event? Who was involved? Where did it happen?). My placement is with Nutrition for Learning (NFL) which is a program the provides breakfast to all students (regardless of socioeconomic status),

Introduction Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, believed that “human being is a social and political creature, and the one who can live far away from human societies is either a beast or a god.” Plato, another philosopher from ancient Greece also claimed that “the creation of the society is a natural construction.