Social Work Professional Analysis

Self-awareness, ethics, and integration of professional knowledge are three components that make up a social worker. Social work will require a person to merge skills, knowledge of people, and understanding of theories and techniques with “you” as a professional. According to Gaithwait skills and knowledge are not enough, you have to bring personal gifts, strengths, creativity, passion, and commitment to social work profession. It that blending of your professional education and personal qualities that will create an efficiency, component, and qualified social worker. Practicum setting was design for growth in both your personally and professionally, and blend them with a unique professionally and personally requirements for with ever profession we choose. “Over time the two parts of you will blend so that you will be bring everything that is …show more content…
58). Even with the many negative views that the elderly population receive, they were not displayed at the agency. Case workers approach each client with the same compassion, and empathy. Before a visit or contact was conducted we always read the intake packet, but we never let that determine our role in providing empowerment, and service to our clients.
“In addition, prejudices directed toward older adults result in negative discrimination in employment training, as well as limitations to participating in and receiving assistance from federal programs and state and local social services” ( Gary and Kabadaki, 2005, p. 58). We worked hard to compensate resources in areas that were denied through federal and government funding. For example, we fought hard to stop exploitation on jobs for elderly Hispanic men that was being taking advantage of at an apartment