Senior Placement For Social Work

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For my senior placement I want to actually be able to see what a social worker does and be able to actually shadow a social worker. I also hope that rather than babysitting I will be able to actually experience what I want to do in the future. I am looking forward to also spending more time at a site and being able to actually see a social worker and client working together. At my senior placement, I also want to actually be able to use what I have learned at a site and understand assessments, interviews, and interventions better.

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