Social Worker Competency Report

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Social worker competence is most learned by doing the research and applying the knowledge. By working with this Hispanic family has given me an opportunity to grow in culture competence. In the back of mind, I did not know how I was going to be active with the Hispanic population, except through internship. I have had Hispanic friends that I have worked with in the past, and I have done plenty of Hispanic research that I have gathered from assignments, but how I was going to interact with this culture, was a question until this course. I am no longer afraid to ask questions because research about Hispanics has taught me how to be culture sensitive. The whole reason for choosing the Solution- Focused Framework was introduced by Sanchez and

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