Reflection On Social Work Reflection

Reflection Essay
Breyanna Hiebert
University of British Columbia Reflection Essay
Revelations Through Reflection Throughout this term I have learned a lot about my values, attitudes, and beliefs, and I feel confident in my growing skills as a counsellor. In my first journal, I discussed how I am in the process of discovering my own triggers and how I am surprised that my triggers do not necessarily correlate with what I would deem as the most distressing experiences of my life. As I have started the process of self-reflection and awareness, I have learned more specifically what my triggers are, my physiological and psychological reactions to them, and ways that I can overcome them to not impact the session. Throughout this term, other

When first considering the profession of social work, I was enamoured by the fact that the social work ethics and values are the same as what I was already living my life by: kindness, nonjudgement, social liberalism, and social justice. I chose the profession with the expectation that I would uphold the code of ethics, but I was not entirely sure what that would look like in my practice. So far, in my practicum, I have already started seeing clients and have begun counselling in conjunction with problem solving. Already, I can see areas where I have to defend social work values in the workplace where they are not being upheld by the agency. For example, I value keeping client information confidential, but there are instances where there are not enough private meeting rooms and I am forced to meet with clients in a general office space. I have spoken to my supervisor about this and hopefully will see a change during the second term. Additionally, the agency uses volunteers to meet with clients and these volunteers violate many aspects of social work ethics. While I cannot address this alone, I am in the process of updating the volunteer training guide and will include the social work values, ethics, and