My Experience in Social Work

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My second year placement, Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), has given me the ability to work with a diverse group of participants. Moreover, I was also given the chance to demonstrate my Korean language skills in placement. Although I was placed at a somewhat similar placement, Orange County Asian and Pacific Community Alliance (OCAPICA), the year before, I was not able to fully utilize my language abilities with many participants. Currently, I have been able to work with the mono-lingual Korean senior population, which has helped me grow as a social worker, because I have not worked with this particular population in a professional level. The senior population has helped me understand many issues that marginalize the elderly. CSUDH’s MSW Self Study (2009) describes cognitive based theories as approaches utilizing contextual awareness, learning and behavioral theories. Hence, working with the senior population has given me the ability to understand cognitive based theories that impair the senior population due to age. As a result, many senior citizens are at higher risk for cognitive decline and impairment due to increase risk factors for age and conditions that may be related to Dementia. Working with children has let me understand cognitive abilities and perceptions at a younger age. It is important to be mindful and help children develop important skills in order to socialize with their peers, family members and their community. Another population I have honored to work with is adults with disabilities. One particular participant I am assigned with is quadriplegic, and I am assisting him by working with him emotionally and helping him apply for necessarily community resources. Since his accident is recent, he has been through... ... middle of paper ... ... a set of beliefs and stereotypes that influence larger ideas in society. Hence, the heterogeneity of disadvantages experienced by Asian Americans is de-categorized by the framework of social constructionism. In practice, I can identify numerous disadvantages in social services because of culturally incompetent practices that disadvantage monolingual Asian Americans. Herein, being able to identify the marginalization of being mono-lingual, helps give insights about the disadvantages in social capital for many mono-lingual participants. CSUDH’s MSW Self Study (2009) describes Assets and Social Development (ASD) focuses on the capacity of participants based on social capital and resources. As a social worker, it is important to advocate for methods of increasing the capacity of participant’s civic participation and collaboration in order to promote economic growth.

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