I have learned that I can never assume things about a person or situation. I also learned that I should do research on my clients background and try to gain understanding about what goes on in their lives and why they react the way they do. One major mistake the social worker made was over stepping her professional boundaries. This in particular showed me that I have to be always mindful of agency policy, and not get too attached to a client. Faith Harper’s story gave great insight into social work practice, and I will attempt to go above and beyond to help all women in Faith’s…
I think the primary purpose of the ending phase in social work is to help social workers with ending relationship with clients. For instance, if the ending phase was modeled to social worker effectively they can do same for their clients. The ending phase can help the social worker address his or her thoughts before leaving the agency. The ending phase can help the social worker transition to a new position. In addition, the ending can help the social worker deal with any negative or positive…
Samuel Seium. The help that I would seek from my supervisor would be everything because I want to gather the most information that I can for myself and the betterment of this client. I would have a list of goals that I would show to my supervisor and get recommendations on what I should add or take away. When goals are picked, I would make a list of interventions and seek guidance from my supervisor on what should be added or removed. I would have the same formula when developing outcome measures so we can create realistic measures within ten sessions.…
Intervention plan:the Treatment of Antwone, in Dr. Davenport’s 45 sessions let Antwone expressed himself. Dr. Davenport always listened actively Antwone and always started from where he was. He never judge Antwone for his conduct and let him talk. This means Dr Davenport was authentic enough to put on Antwone's choose and had a sense of absolute understanding and support about his situation. So, throughout all the sessions Antwone could empathize with him and build a strong relationship.…
According to the NASW, “Social workers treat each person in a caring and respectful fashion, mindful of individual differences and cultural and ethnic diversity. Social workers promote client’s self-determination” (2008). The social worker/psychiatrist in the reading may not have agreed with each and every decision that Paula was making but stated, “We just needed to meet her where she was and move on” (Plummer, et al., 2014a). Once this realization occurred, the social worker was able to focus on Paula’s strengths. As a social worker we cannot place our own bias or beliefs on our client.…
These experiences have been educational and great example of teamwork. However, at times when there are disagreements I have seen power struggles arise that impede the work. I believe in this type of situation the social worker needs to go in with a clear plan and be able to adjust according to new information as needed. Overall, this was a great experience, and it taught me that the situation may be similar, but there are always lessons to learn.…
The client met with this counselor for his 1x1 session to address his treatment plan goals. The client at this time is relatively new to the program and seems to be getting adjusted. the client was feeling good about being in the program , and came into my expressing his thought about the program. Then a few 30 minutes later he admitted to nitpicking everything about the program, so that he could have excuse to go out and use. The client was trying manipulate the counselor's .…
#1 A. Social work is a value based practice and employs a two pronged approach. The juggling act, as it were, in social work is a 100 year old debate exploring if the goal of social work is that of seeking social reform or focusing on treating the individual. (Haynes, 1998) All the while seeking to do what is “good and desirable” (Bisman, C., 2004)…
1. What stood out to you in this weeks content material, and why? The thing that stood out, in this week’s content is the “Strengths or Resiliency Perspective”. For some time now, I have been working with homeless Veterans, it is wrong to think that homelessness is a permanent condition, I have come to learned of homeless veterans who emanated from homelessness to owning a house.…
For many years our government has not been able to accommodate for the needs of millions of foster children in our nation. Simply our leadership has failed to construct a system that provides nurturing home for the children that have been abused or abandoned. Andy fights his way through the system, attempting to create a name for himself other than a foster child. He undertakes lots of agony as he placed in a foster home with a family named the Leonard’s.…
As I have learned throughout my time as a social work student at Carleton University, I have become familiar with the generalist perspective of social work practice. My understanding of the general perspective stipulates, that it is better for a social worker to have a strong understanding of multiple theories and ways of practice, rather than being proficient in solely one theory or practice. This is directly related to the changes that have occurred at my placement, I have luckily been able to learn from two supervisors. Therefore, I was able to develop 2 distinct practices, which were influenced by my first supervisor Hadiya, and my second supervisor Caitlin. Both of the practices that I have learned were developed by watching how both of my supervisors respond to different experiences, as well as their interaction patterns with the residents of Harmony House.…
Introduction Throughout this course, this writer has been challenged to practice counseling skills on either herself or volunteers to get use to the practice and implementing various techniques. This writer has gained additional awareness into what the counseling relationship looks like as well as how to challenge the client, problem solve, collect and reframe the story, identify possibilities, set goals, implement a plan, and ultimately lead the client to termination and maintenance. This paper is a reflection of what she has learned throughout this course. Skills and Strengths…
The client and the social worker need to be able to work together to solve the problem otherwise it is a waste of…
Chapter 10 of practical counselling skills: an integrative approach by Geldard and Geldard is all about creating a comfortable closure to the end of a counselling session. In this chapter, the following is discussed: 1. The termination of an individual counselling session, 2. Is there a need for ongoing appointments, 3. How much the client relies on the counsellor and finally how to terminate several counselling sessions.…
It is in this session that I helped the client to focus on the wider issues around the problem. This I achieved through challenging the client positively by asking him if he thought whether the situation would still have ended the same way it was if he did things differently. I also inquired whether he thought there were reasons that made the individual behave the way she did. These questions also allowed my client to express his emotions regarding the situation which would be helpful for him since he would be able to release the tension he had concerning the situations. This was through talking about the thoughts and the feelings he had stored in his mind.…