Reflections on ideas which you can adapt One reflections idea I can adapt is seeking to understand and develop the strengths and capabilities that can transform the lives of people in positive ways. There are people who have similar issues; for example, the homeless and those persons adjusting to new environments. When dealing with such situations like, try and deal with the small success and build upon them where you can create a foundation of hope, resilient and optimism. The most important personality characteristic found to be associated with resilient outcome is a sense of self-efficacy. According to Badura "Self-efficacy involves a solid feeling of self-worth positive perception on one’s ability to perform requires life tasks, and confidence …show more content…
Lastly, Waris had support from her mother and brother who encouraged her to escape from being a child bride and to try and achieve a better life. These were factors to her strengths and they were used to help her cope in her new successful environment. She could of balance those aspects of practice by recognizing her new environment will engage her with continuous change that she will have to bring together with her personal changes. Interpersonal works helps person to be effective in achieving personal change and to believe that they can be effective in influencing themselves and the environment. (Payne …show more content…
From the micro level, it helped me to understand Waris as an individual and what biological, psychological and social issues have influenced her life and her needs, problems and strengths. It helped me to understand how her need for protection from becoming a child bride ignited her determination and drive to run away from home to seek a better quality of life. Her experience of female genital mutilation indicated that she has a biological issue and needed access to medical treatment and attention. It helped me to understand where her strength and courage came from and how resilient she became in achieving success despite her childhood experience, situation and upbringing. The systems theory is one of the core social work theories which seek to explain how people are made up of different systems and that each system is inter-related to each other. It also seeks to explain that one’s behaviour is influenced by their environment or person-in-environment and change in one area influences change in other remaining areas of one’s
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This paper will entail my reflections on three main areas pertaining to my own personal experiences. I will describe the influence of my own life experiences, give my particular world view, and describe what advantages and disadvantages, power, and privileges I will bring to my interaction as a social worker.
Social workers should have a strong knowledge base comprising of information gathered from variety of empirically tested theories which allows them to effectively appreciate the nature of people’s problems. Theory is a vital component in social work practice that guides the way in which social workers view and approach their clients, at micro, mezzo and macro level. Theory helps predict, explain and assess situations and
As social workers, one way we can understand a person is through a multidimensional approach that specifically looks at a person through different dimensions. These dimensions are who they are as a person, the impacts of their surrounding environment, and the effects of time. A case study has been completed on Manisha. Her life and human behavior will be examined by the multidimensional approach.
The person-in-environment approach views a client’s problems by how they react to the environmental contexts within their environment and how they occur. According to Gordon and Richmond, it has been stated that the person-in-environment approach is the “cornerstone” of social work practice. (as cited in Rogers, 2016, p.24). A clients’ systems are the interrelated aspects of a clients’ lives where all parts come together to function. Social workers utilize and focus on a clients’ systems when applying the person-in-environment. A clients’ system is anything that they interact with and hold roles in their lives. These systems can be on a micro level which is the individual and their biology, personality, and genetics. The individuals’ mezzo level would include their immediate environment, family, school, friends, or work. A macro level would include the larger social aspects of a clients’ life such as government policies, discrimination, oppression, or social class. Social workers incorporate these interactions and how they impact clients’ and their presenting problems. This theory and approach are beneficial as it allows a social worker to find out what resources are available to the client during their time with the worker (Rodgers,
Theory has been defined as, “an organized set of assumptions, beliefs, or ideas about particular phenomena in the world (Teater, 2015).” Theory is used to understand and explain possible and perceived instances, behaviors and outcomes (Teater, 2015). Social workers use theory in order to understand, as well as, introduce interventions and solutions to their client’s individual situation. It is important for students entering into the social work profession to have a base knowledge of theories, with basic understanding of their similarities and differences to appropriately apply theory in practice. The theories which will be focused on in this paper include Systems Theory and Cognitive Behavioral Theory.
Systems ideas is referring to three different types of systems, each created in a different era; general systems theory, ecosystem perspectives and complex systems theory (Healy, 2005). Systems Ideas in social work originated with general systems theory in the 1940’s and 1950’s, formulated by Ludwig Von Bertalanffy in the 1970’s (Payne, 2005). Systems Ideas are very relevant to human related professions such as; doctors, social workers and other institutions. The systems Ideas theory aids social workers to find an individual’s “fit” and “adapt” to the current society (Payne, 2005). There are many people involved in an individual’s social system, from friends and family to institutions such as schools and doctors. These can also be put into further categories formal and informal theories. Formal theories consist of systems such as institutions like social worker and doctors but informal theories include friends, family and community. In complex situations, systems ideas and theory is more appropriate to use than other more casual models of practice.
As a social worker in training I bought positive development in skills, though many still need more attention, some more than others. Social workers require many flexible skills that are hard to begin, but I feel I have made a good start with my peers, my short-comings and strengths included. The reflection individually and with peers is an important tool to my skills growth, as well as the practice in doing it, which builds my confidence in my future in skill growth and a competent social
Briefly discuss how progress through stages can be facilitated or inhibited by social structures, institutions, policies, and practices with special attention to consciousness raising and expanding readings in last part of semester.
Systems theory as stated before, gives us a better understanding of the behavior that goes on within a family. If a family negatively affects a client, it doesn’t mean the theory doesn’t work. It means the environment is affecting something the family is doing and there are changes that need to be made to create a positive outcome. The example that was used was the concept of goal orientation in a family. If a family doesn’t have a goal, it doesn’t mean the family doesn’t follow this theory, it means the social worker needs to identify what is happening in the subsystem as to why there aren’t positively oriented goals. This theory helps with the development of a person and family by looking into the situation as the social worker to perceive why a client has certain problems or issues because of how they were raised a particular way based on environmental
Furthermore, advocates of the General Systems theory believe that it should be used as a universal model for all social work practice. They believe that by applying General systems theory to social work practice individuals and social systems are more easily explained and viewed as being holon (Carter, 2011). System’s theories also encourages, “…the refinement of social work’s person-in-environment perspective by embedding it within a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, and holistic conceptual framework” (Robbins et al., 2006, p. 50). Thus, the General Systems theory helps explain human
Most of us might thought that doctors are equipped by their medical education with the ability to treat disease and the training to smoothly comfort the dying. However, in her book, Dr. Chen shares with us the ironic reality that thorough medical education and culture not only does not prepare doctors for inevitable death of some of their patients but shun the confrontation with death almost completely (Chen, 2007). When it comes to facing death, physicians are just as at a loss as the rest of us. Dr. Chen explores the phenomenon that doctors avoid talking about death among patients as well as themselves by sharing her clinical experiences. She was particularly inspired when she witnessed a break with tradition: one doctor tried to console an elderly woman whose husband is dying and stayed with her by the side of the bed instead of just closed the curtain and left family members along with their dying relative (Chen, 2007). That scene of compassion and humanity, in the midst of machine beepings and buzzings, was an excellent example to show what physicians can do when nothing can be done. And when a doctor opens to confronting his own fears and doubts, he will be ready to prepare his patients for the "final exam". Therefore, self-reflection and dialogue is something a physician can do beyond cure, and it is also what Dr. Chen really wants to tell us about.
The practice aims at reducing social problems and improving social functioning. An individual performs several roles in the society. Problems might occur when there is a conflict between the roles or stress on a certain role which the individual finds difficult to manage. Individual forms the microscopic part of the entire community. Being the root of society, an individual's thought and ideologies influence the society as a whole. Casework uses this perspective to create change and functionality in the society as a whole. Although there exist long draw debates between structural and individual schools of thought, case work has been one of the oldest and most frequently used methods in Social Work.
Because of this idea, as a future social worker, it provides an explanation of why clients act a certain way because of their environment. For instance, a mother could decide to be a sex worker because she needs to find a way to feed her children. However, social workers must then find her other resources, in order to “enhance human well-being and help meet the basic needs of all people” (NASW Code of Ethics). This idea of looking at a client’s environment is also mentioned in a scholarly British article, written by David Green and Fiona McDermott (2011) that state that "[p]erson-in-environment begins from a position that recognises the interdependence of phenomena in affecting, changing and sustaining human life. Such phenomena are conceptualised as if they occur and operate on different ‘levels’—micro, meso, macro—in attempts to categorise and account for the complexity within which social and human life exists and to which social and human life contributes" (p. 2416-2417). Both authors provide an explanation of how factors can play in clients’ lives and consequently effect everything
After reflecting on my strengths, I realize that they can help me deal with the negative perceptions I have of myself. Being futuristic aids me to think in terms of possibilities which allows me to convalesce from setbacks, problems and disappointments. I always have a plan that allows me to interchange around any barriers. When goals do not succeed as I planned for them to, I feel extremely anxious about not having control over the situation. I feel that it is necessary to have more than one disposition to rely on, because if I expect setbacks, there should be no reason to experience high anxiety since I already know which move to make next. I have such high expectations for the future with a plan to support them. Being restorative helps me to work through any weakness or limitations I may experience. When my mother-in-law makes me feel like what I am doing is unimportant, I feel incompetent and I let those feelings distract my thoughts away from school. My weakness in this situation is not standing up for myself and because she is an important person in my life, I steer away from letting her know how I feel so I don’t come across as being disrespectful. Being restorative can help me overcome this and stand up for myself to those who doubt me, especially when it comes to my plans to achieve my dreams. Having consistency and being an achiever