Essay On Strength Of Social Work

I believe that one of my most valuable personal strengths as a professional social worker is having the ability to validate an individual’s feelings. I try my hardest to take a step back and really look at a person’s life and feelings and try to understand where they are coming from, and what they need. Having an empathic nature will help me in the field of social work. Especially aspiring to become a LCSW, I will need to be able to validate my client’s feelings and goals that they have about themselves. Validation is one of the only ways that we communicate acceptance of ourselves and others. Validation of feelings is a foundation to a helping relationship. Another strength that I believe that I would positively bring to my social work practice is my ability to be present and to reflectively …show more content…
The accredited social work program I am in currently has equipped me with a generalist knowledge of the social work profession. I use the skills and tolls that we have learned in the program in my internship on a daily basis. However, sometimes I have a hard time speaking up and using them as effectively as I know that I can. I don’t want to mess up and say the wrong thing, so I find myself not saying anything and just going along with what the clinician at the time says. Not to say their technique is ineffective, I just may have a different outlook on the situation. I speak about this to my supervisor during my supervision regularly. She can see again through my processes recordings that in certain situations that I record I know what the underlining issue is, but I don’t speak up and try to express my feelings and thoughts on the situation in real time. I just write what my reactions are in the processes recording. This is why I need to go on to my Master’s degree in social work to expand my skills and understanding to build my self confidence that I can be an effective