I value individualization, being your own person and expressing your feelings, as a care worker it is essential to value individual rights, it is the duty and moral obligation of care workers to protect the service users and their rights to be protected from danger and abuse. A value is a strongly held belief which is desirable and worthy for its own sake, i have reinforced my values through my socialisation agents, mainly with my peer group and employers. It is now clearer to me how i act when i am with others and the influences upon me, and how greatly it can affect my life. I believe i am the person i am today due to both nature (inheritated characteristics) and nurture (the environment which people grow and develop) a combination of both these factors. My primary socialisation has prepared me for my adult role, for taking a responsible and acceptable part in society.
For social care workers an understanding of socialisation is essential. John Bowlby (1965) argued that children deprived of emotional stability failed in all sorts of ways. They were often unable to form relationships later in life.
I would relate my own experiences to the Humanistic perspective which is associated with the work of Carl Rodgers (1902 -1987) and Abraham Maslow (1908 -1987)........ It assumes that all human beings are unique, rational, and self determining, and that they continuously strive to grow and develop. Taking this quote into account i had my basic needs, safety, security, emotional and social wellbeing satisfied which provided me with a basis for growth and to realise my “full potential” and to reach