A 7 year old male, child J, lives with his grandparents, who have a residency order, after his mother was unable to care for both him, and a younger sister. Child J has seen his sister just once, and contact with his mother is sporadic and lacking any quality. This has resulted in relations between the adults involved to become fraught; the grandparents feel that lack of attention from mum is having a negative effect on child J. Child J was originally referred for encopresis, but other concerns became apparent, including an inability to form and maintain friendships, and the child displaying signs of aggression. My role was to continue with support which has been provided to address these issues. Child J has made significant improvements …show more content…
In retrospect, a face-to-face discussion would have been better as they are usually deemed as less patronising, and grandfather could have observed my facial expressions to confirm that I was being congruent. This event confirmed the reason why it is vital that practice incorporates social work values, such as the ones within BASW (2012), TCSW (2012) and HCPC (2008). By making recommendations which grandfather did not really like, he could have easily have refused to engage, however, by behaving like a professional, and being respectful and polite, I was able to state my point, without damaging the rapport. I found it difficult to relate any theory to this incident, however, it is possible that Operant Conditioning could explain why child J has ‘accidents’ at home, but is fine when at school. According to Teater (2012) responsive actions, both positive and negative, can shape behaviour. The attention grandfather provides during the cleaning process could act to reinforce the child’s dependent behaviour. In contrast, at school there is no assistance given so nothing acts to reinforce this type of behaviour; thus the child manages himself as he knows he …show more content…
People subjected to severe stresses, can then also associate later wrongs to that earlier event, rather than being caused by other variables. I have learnt to not take everything at face value, nor listen to one person’s account as it may not be accurate. A much more effective approach is to look at the wider factors, and to speak to various people to gain alternative accounts which give a truer reflection of what is actually happening. I acknowledge that I should be doing this anyway as a social worker. Furthermore, grandad’s response has made me realise that it is important to give consideration to the way I provide information. This not only refers to the way it is spoken, but the method too. Quality practice would be to say things in person, especially when it is sensitive or negative, as it makes people feel valued and minimises any misunderstanding. I intend to incorporate my learning in future practice to, hopefully, become a more competent and effective social
Based on the information provided in case 8, Crashing Planes and Tranquil Dreams, Richard is a 4 years old boy, who is experiencing challenging behaviors at school, as well as at home. Richard lives with both parents, and two older brothers. Richard has been attending the YMCA’s full-day preschool program for the past 2 years. He is described as a “good kid” by parents and teacher, however, he is constantly active, impulsive, and frequently becoming involved in conflicts with adults. Parents are continuously working, and as mentioned in this case, they have to spend most of the time at home yelling at Richard or putting him in time-out as part of his consequences for not listening or misbehaving.
I am passionate about social work, motivated, adaptable to new environments final year, postgraduate, social work student. I am committed to social work values and I am confident that I share Hackney Children and Young People’s Services values and core principles. I share a vision for the local area described by the Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS). I share the Council’s vision of a community based on fair and equal treatment for all and respect for the dignity and value of each person is summed up in its Equality and Diversity Statement. I am committed to promoting and to protect equality of opportunity for all groups of staff and service users and to challenge discrimination, racism, sexism and other forms of unjust behaviour. I am also committed to other Council’s core values of public service, quality, and empowerment. I am committed to the seven Principles of Public Life which are as follows: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, Leadership
Furthermore, from this visit, I have learnt that no lecture, or text book reading can really prepare for you for the situation I walked into and the highly expressed emotions felt throughout. Lipskey (1980) argues what social workers learn in school or training is different to what they have to do in the street. He adds they need to take everything they have learned and apply it to particular situations relatively quickly without full information. In addition it is argued that ‘social workers are faced with many uncertain and complex situations that are emotionally provoking and therefore cannot ...
I started working as a Social Work Assistant in a Welsh child protection team in August 2014 until I gained my social work qualification in October 2014 and started practicing as a Social Worker. The team that I work in gains a lot of its staff intake from newly qualified Social Workers and it appears to be well geared to developing and supporting people who may be unexperienced in social work, but have a wide and varied set of skills from other arenas.
My learning from this week reading, class discussions, and lecture was informed that AOP is not a resolution to the injustice that continue to perpetuate in our community. However, Sakamot asked a remarkable question whether AOP can be anti-oppressive. This question is challenging and alarming because my impression is that social workers should practice using AOP theory. In addition, while reflecting on that question, the conclusion was drawn to determine the possibility that AOP is not anti-oppressive due to social workers enormous power over their client/service users, in such a way that it can be disempowering, leading to an oppressive act/action whereas they become withdrawn from the social worker who is supposed to provide services to
Being given the opportunity to intern with the staff at the Family Resource Center in the Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) has been a tremendous learning experience thus far. The opportunity has truly surpassed my expectation of what I imagined the journey of internship would be like and how it would help me to evolve into the professional arena as a social worker. I see myself transforming and viewing the community in which I live, the clients served, those deprived, and the tremendous job that we as social workers are tasked with to advocate for those in need from a more open-minded perspective. By enhancing and developing my personal and professional skills, such as active listening, observation, and professional comportment, I will be
My life’s experience influenced my decision to become a social worker. Without getting to far in detail I have experienced both sides of the pendulum. The negative experiences are what made me a stronger person. I have a profound understanding of the destruction of a...
Senior staff A had a had an approaching supervision and I had noticed recently that I had had to approach her on numerous occasions about not following service user b’s care plan correctly in supporting and encouraging their independence. I discussed this problem with my manager who also informed me she had spoken to her about similar occurrences. Before commencing the supervision I made notes of these occasions and also wrote recorded positive practice to relay back to her. I started the supervision off with positive feedback, saying how I impressed I am with how she carry’s out personal care in such a way that protects the individuals dignity and put them at ease, she seemed really pleased with these comments. I then expressed my concern
I chose Transformational Leadership in Social Work as my elective course, because I wanted to learn about ethical leadership and about the state of contemporary nonprofits specializing in human services. I also wanted to challenge myself. For example, when I volunteered to describe the steps required to register the non-profit agency with the IRS and the state of Texas, I struggled at first, but during the process of researching the topic, I was becoming more confident in my ability to successfully complete initially unfamiliar task. I believe that by leaving our comfort zone, and becoming open to learning something new, we also transform ourselves.
However, there is still a great amount of competence to grasp. Dimitrijoska and Vladimir (2016) state that “[t]he social worker is responsible for his/her professional development and must continually work on gaining new knowledge and learning new methodologies (p. 55). Moreover, as I move forward in social work courses, I will need to take a few actions to ultimately become successful. I will need to do more research, whether it be scholarly articles or assigned texts. I would like to engage in my community by volunteering at more agencies, and making connections with the organizations and learning from social workers. The last step I would like to take is from this point forward, I would like to engage in mindfulness practices. This step in particular is for me to be able to have a healthy relationship with myself, so I am able to continue working for clients in the future, and be able to act as an effective
Today I will discuss how my upbringing, life experiences, and my original major lead me to have a desire to be a social worker as well as present why I believe I would be a good fit for the social work program at Idaho State University.
Working with others and improving own learning and performance are highly essential skills in social work. In this essay I will reflect on how well I have developed these two skills and what I need to do to improve them.
Psychology deals with the study of mental processes and a variety of behaviors. In order to fully comprehend ourselves, we need to understand the causes of our behaviors and our outlook on life. Habits and behaviors have positive and negative effects in our life. When we know ourselves and learn about our unique personality, we can develop and pursue goals. Psychology also helps us to understand other people and the differences of people. Gaining this knowledge can improve the relationships and enhance our communication skills. Throughout the psychology course I gained knowledge in various areas, and the topics that impacted me the most included: the introvert, anxiety disorders, stress management, self discipline and how to develop strong relationships.
Over the course of the semester, I have learned a variety of many things regarding social work. These things vary from learning how to help oneself to understanding how to help others. Not only were the textbooks very useful, but also the materials that furthered this textbook learning. The in class presentation, activities, and guest speakers gave us insight and a different perspective on the material we were learning. I feel like this course has given me a good foundation and prepared me as a future social worker (1).
The field of social work is one that requires much self-reflection on the part of the worker. In doing so, it helps the worker better understand his or her own emotions and the thought processes that these emotions come from. The goal of this paper is to provide my own self-reflection, relating it to my own emotional intelligence in the domains of relationships, tolerance, flexibility, self-management, and emotional awareness, and my future plans and goals in Widener University’s MSW program.