Self-Reflection Paper This internship has been a significant experience for me so far during my education journey; to progress and develop skills to become a dedicated professional social worker. Learning the theory of social work and its application in the real world; combining classroom work, with actual cases. I have a better understanding of how to apply the theoretical and practical skills I learned. Gaining this experience of working in private practice, gives me an opportunity to understand
socialization I experienced as a child taught many values that could impede my effectiveness in social work if not carefully dismantled and reassessed. I was conditioned in a homophobic Christian, middle-class family. My family’s life revolved around the church and all its roles, rules, and regulations. Homosexuality, in our household, was considered morally wrong and sinful. Christian hegemony influences our social, political, institutional and cultural society in the United States, which contributes to
competence within the social work practice and what it means to me is being able to perform duties and use skills learnt from the social work program and apply these skills towards clients to help them with the building blocks needed to improve their lives. Also, being knowledgeable about resources that are used to help clients within their environment. And being dedicated to serving these clients. In which dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationship, integrity, social justice, service
The work I do at my current internship is within the John Wayne Cancer Center (JWCC). The JWCC is an outpatient cancer center within a hospital and strives daily to give quality care to patients. All patients within the JWCC are newly diagnosed with cancer and figuring out their treatment plans. My caseload comprises patients from the chemotherapy and radiation oncology departments. The social work department at JWCC gives every new patient a distress screen to measure their distress level and practical
To successfully engage a client system the social worker must be able to establish rapport. I started off on the right foot by introducing myself in a warm and friendly manner. I smiled, leaned in towards the client and initiated a handshake. Unfortunately, I quickly wound up on the wrong foot. While I knew the client’s name, I neglected to ask the client how she would like to be addressed and I never used her name throughout the whole interview. Respect is an important component to establishing
your choice of social work; personal growth stemming from your family, community, and educational background; instances of you giving and receiving help; other careers you considered; and relevance of current and/or past work experience to your choice of a major field. • What you expect to gain from your professional education; reasons you chose Boston College; and your goals or plans in your service choice of Clinical or Macro specialized practice. • How you plan to address work and other responsibilities
then the family comes in to the office. There is a line of about eight computers that the social workers use to complete paper work. The office only has one room for visits and one conference room. Second, I overheard two social workers discussing a case. One of the social workers made a comment saying, “the boy needs to go to a shelter.” I asked for more information about the case and it sounded like the social workers were burnout and were losing sight of dignity and human relationships. These two
of our class is to obtain a deeper understanding of practices and theories that arm us with tools to help the population we serve to maximize the potential of our clients and their children. There is a wide range of critical topics imperative for social workers to have a strong understanding of which has been covered in this class, and narrowing down which topics are the most important to know is no small task as identifying those topics suggest some are more important than others. In reality, our
The social work profession is guided by ethical principles and values that help to ensure that social workers promote social justice and social change. Though I am not officially a social worker, I can attest that many of the work experiences I have gained over the years provided exposure to social work core values whether directly or indirectly. These work experiences prepared me to work with individuals from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds. I have also worked with individuals who have struggled
pictures painted in my mind about how hands on Social Work was carried out in the “real” world. Several family members warned me about high burnout and nearly discouraged the challenging journey I had worked so hard to begin. Fast forward several years and there has not been a more rewarding yet challenging experience in my life as waking up and going to work with those who sometimes are unable to help themselves or are in crisis. My experience in Social Work has been some of the most rewarding (and challenging)