This journal entry will discuss my self-ranking assessment and understanding of several things such as the history of social work, the five helping stages and the solving problem process, the three levels of social work practice and roles, the core social work mission and values, describe components of the NASW Code of Ethics, can identify ethical dilemmas and actions to resolve them and understand the value of ethical reflection. In addition, by assessing upon my own competency or lack of competency and concerns the instructor can help me by addressing concerns that I might have or questions about things I might not understand or have issues about.
1.3 Journal Assess Your Competence My basic understanding of the social work history is not lacking and I feel that is not an issue and learning about the five helping stages and problem-solving skills allows me to understand how to be a successful social worker. The five stages include “engagement, intake and assessment, planning and contracting, treatment and intervention, and evaluation and termination” (Cummins, Sevel, & Pedrick, 2012, p.5). In addition, having a clear understanding of these stages is necessary so a social worker can help clients and be competent in practice. Of course, since I am not out in the field doing this yet it is a scary process, however, I feel …show more content…
I believe that I can consistently identify the understanding of the three stages of social work practice and the social worker roles at each level of practice, however, saying that I can competently can do these things at this stage is not possible, until I am actively using these skills in the field and really doing
1.3 Journal Assess Your Competence My basic understanding of the social work history is not lacking and I feel that is not an issue and learning about the five helping stages and problem-solving skills allows me to understand how to be a successful social worker. The five stages include “engagement, intake and assessment, planning and contracting, treatment and intervention, and evaluation and termination” (Cummins, Sevel, & Pedrick, 2012, p.5). In addition, having a clear understanding of these stages is necessary so a social worker can help clients and be competent in practice. Of course, since I am not out in the field doing this yet it is a scary process, however, I feel …show more content…
I believe that I can consistently identify the understanding of the three stages of social work practice and the social worker roles at each level of practice, however, saying that I can competently can do these things at this stage is not possible, until I am actively using these skills in the field and really doing