Awareness Of Self-A Critical Tool

Urdang, E. (2010). Awareness of self—a critical tool. Social Work Education, 29(5), 523-538. doi:10.1080/02615470903164950 In this article titled “Awareness of Self- a Critical Tool”, the point that writer is making is that professional self is when the social worker know themselves such as their personality traits ,beliefs system, value and cultural heritage and their life experiences. In other words, professional self is the combination of the social worker personal self, what they value, and the things that they learn in school how they can apply it to their work life when they start working as a social worker. Learning about ourselves is a better way to help our self in so many different ways when we are at a work place. For instance, …show more content…
I find this article significant because as social student I would want to know what are the things that I am going to need to bring with me when I become a social worker so this important that these students are learning self is very important in social worker profession. Another thing the author mentioned, I thought it was very interested is boundaries issues , she said some of the social worker students were having difficulty with boundaries problems, one of them said she would have offer her client a place to stay. As a social worker, it is a good thing to have empathy for your client but social worker shouldn’t have friendship outside with client because he or she can get in trouble, it is a boundaries violation. Urdang said, not only that students are having difficulty dealing with this boundary problems, social worker who have a lot of experience in the field also having difficulty with this problem, but many of them look for help by his or her supervisor when they having difficult or concerned about these boundaries issues therefore, this article is good because it is teaching social worker students how to be …show more content…
I find this article significant because as a social worker we should have that kind of attitude such caring and love to help people.However,we are limited to certain things , we shouldn’t get our self-involve in helping a client that a case has already been close by a new worker who couldn’t handle the case. For example, although koorer was doing the right thing for caring and helping but she didn’t do it the right way,she should have known her limit because that is how she got into trouble. This is a way to show that social worker shouldn’t have relationship outside with client especially,when the client is no longer assigned to you.According to the other the worker went to court for that because
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