Critical Reflection Of A Social Worker
This assignment is a critical reflection on the in-class roleplay demonstration where I played the role of a social worker from the Department of Human Services (DHS) and another batch-mate played the role of Marika, the client. A social worker is bound to have a complete understanding of the objectives and goals of the process of counselling so as to be able to meet the client needs. (Geldard, 1989)
My aim during the interview was to see how well I am able to demonstrate the behaviours and micro-skills that are required by a social worker while interviewing and empathising with the client. When Marika entered the room, I greeted her and politely asked her to sit down comfortably. I initiated a small talk with her in order to make her feel …show more content…
usually brings about a very positive impact on the interview and helps in strengthening the client-social worker relationship. Below discussed are some of the micro-skills I demonstrated during the interview-
1. Empathy- I tried to empathise with Marika in the best ways possible. When she said that there is a complete communication breakdown between her and her husband, I said, “I understand you. It must be so difficult to be not able to communicate with your husband.” Genuine empathy helped Marika to talk about her relationship with her husband and her problems more openly.
2. Active Listening through Body Language- I also used non-verbal SOLER technique (Egan, 2002) which means that I faced Marika squarely, had an open posture, leaned towards her and maintained a good eye contact with her throughout the conversation. This helped Marika to feel at ease and she looked confident and more relaxed. It proved to be an effective technique in demonstrating that I was paying complete attention to my …show more content…
I aim to practice and rehearse all the counselling skills that I have learnt at the lectures and tutorials for greater learning outcomes and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. I plan to reflect and summarize more accurately and effectively as part of my future learning goals. Summarising helps you sum up the main topics that have come up and you are able to assemble scattered feelings and focus on the most relevant issues. And, reflection enables the client to feel that you are trying your best to understand what they are feeling or saying and it helps them to direct their thoughts and also, they are encouraged to continue talking. For a comfortable environment, I would also like to work on gaining the client confidence and building rapport by finding the right approach and right way to address their issues and for this, I will have to thoroughly go through the theories and micro-skills that I’ve studied so far. In short, in order to enhance my social work practice skills, I aim to continuously work towards rectifying my shortcomings, strengthening my strengths and providing quality services to my
My aim during the interview was to see how well I am able to demonstrate the behaviours and micro-skills that are required by a social worker while interviewing and empathising with the client. When Marika entered the room, I greeted her and politely asked her to sit down comfortably. I initiated a small talk with her in order to make her feel …show more content…
usually brings about a very positive impact on the interview and helps in strengthening the client-social worker relationship. Below discussed are some of the micro-skills I demonstrated during the interview-
1. Empathy- I tried to empathise with Marika in the best ways possible. When she said that there is a complete communication breakdown between her and her husband, I said, “I understand you. It must be so difficult to be not able to communicate with your husband.” Genuine empathy helped Marika to talk about her relationship with her husband and her problems more openly.
2. Active Listening through Body Language- I also used non-verbal SOLER technique (Egan, 2002) which means that I faced Marika squarely, had an open posture, leaned towards her and maintained a good eye contact with her throughout the conversation. This helped Marika to feel at ease and she looked confident and more relaxed. It proved to be an effective technique in demonstrating that I was paying complete attention to my …show more content…
I aim to practice and rehearse all the counselling skills that I have learnt at the lectures and tutorials for greater learning outcomes and a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. I plan to reflect and summarize more accurately and effectively as part of my future learning goals. Summarising helps you sum up the main topics that have come up and you are able to assemble scattered feelings and focus on the most relevant issues. And, reflection enables the client to feel that you are trying your best to understand what they are feeling or saying and it helps them to direct their thoughts and also, they are encouraged to continue talking. For a comfortable environment, I would also like to work on gaining the client confidence and building rapport by finding the right approach and right way to address their issues and for this, I will have to thoroughly go through the theories and micro-skills that I’ve studied so far. In short, in order to enhance my social work practice skills, I aim to continuously work towards rectifying my shortcomings, strengthening my strengths and providing quality services to my