Don’t Be Afraid
After listening and watching Scott Jones life experience with how fear and intolerance were present in throughout his life, I looked through my life and observed I have also had a time fear showed up for me.
How does fear show up for me in social work journey
Social workers deal with unique situations every time. Every person is unique, their problems are unique. When I receive a new case I feel a kind of fear whether I will be able to provide best service to my client as over load of case reduce quality of service. Other fear is of maintaining code of ethics, as dual relation with clients, breaching confidentiality and discrimination can happen anytime in my profession. Other fears that always stays with me is about break up of family relationship: long working hours, stress and missing out on valuable family time put increased pressure on me .
How Intolerance Shows Up in Social Work
Intolerance can show up through different means, in the context of social work, it is characterized as when people avoid examining one’s idea and they are so unwilling to understand or see reason or values in those ideas. (Social intolerance , 2012). …show more content…
There are other times, that due to racial/ethnical discrimination, intolerance could show up and this could instill a long lasting experience which can psychologically depress anyone who experiences such act.(Romeo V, 2013). Social workers face physical abuse, racial comments and false allegations form clients that invite intolerance. Social worker needs to understand cultural differences and cultural sensitivity in order to minimize intolerance from
After listening and watching Scott Jones life experience with how fear and intolerance were present in throughout his life, I looked through my life and observed I have also had a time fear showed up for me.
How does fear show up for me in social work journey
Social workers deal with unique situations every time. Every person is unique, their problems are unique. When I receive a new case I feel a kind of fear whether I will be able to provide best service to my client as over load of case reduce quality of service. Other fear is of maintaining code of ethics, as dual relation with clients, breaching confidentiality and discrimination can happen anytime in my profession. Other fears that always stays with me is about break up of family relationship: long working hours, stress and missing out on valuable family time put increased pressure on me .
How Intolerance Shows Up in Social Work
Intolerance can show up through different means, in the context of social work, it is characterized as when people avoid examining one’s idea and they are so unwilling to understand or see reason or values in those ideas. (Social intolerance , 2012). …show more content…
There are other times, that due to racial/ethnical discrimination, intolerance could show up and this could instill a long lasting experience which can psychologically depress anyone who experiences such act.(Romeo V, 2013). Social workers face physical abuse, racial comments and false allegations form clients that invite intolerance. Social worker needs to understand cultural differences and cultural sensitivity in order to minimize intolerance from