Social Work Field Observation Report

Over the month at Pathways I did administrative tasks, participated in job orientations, as well as made visits to Bon Air Correctional Facility with one of our Career Coaches. Every day at my field placement I do administrative work such as filing, scanning, and copying participant’s documents. In the social work profession, administrative tasks are done frequently, and a skill that every social worker should have. I also had the opportunity to participate in the new hire job orientation with Face Forward Program Director for the Career Placement Coordinator Position. This was very exciting for me because I am currently involved with the Face Forward Program, and this opportunity has led me to receive more insight about the program that I did not know. I learned more about the Career Placement Coordinator’s job duties: working with databases, creating detailed case notes, making facility visits, providing participants with support, services, resources and much more. This particular position is similar to what I want to do in the future. I would like to continue to work with at risk …show more content…
Even though I had reviewed their files before making the visit, I was still nervous, however, eager to be involved. Going inside of the correctional facility, I realized that it was set up as a middle school. I remember the Program Director notifying me that participants under the age of 18 have to be in school, while others that are 18 and above have a choice of getting educated while incarcerated. Entering into the facility, I have noticed that there were more African American males in there than any other race. I believe that our program is effective to the African American race, particularly, males because those are the ones that are constantly being incarcerated because their criminal records are hindering them from employment. Once employment is an issue, they start selling drugs and so