Reflection: My Internship And Social Care

In my internship, I didn’t have a lot of client interaction, and hands-on experience. If I were to rate my experience, I would say 5 out 10. Dr. Lowe promoted us to attend social work workshops and seminars to expose us to different aspects of working within the community. I was assigned to a daycare facility to assist the owner of the daycare with the kids. I met a child who I thought was being physical abuse. I mentioned it to the Dr., and she instructed me to contact the DCFS. I reported the incident, and she knew who the child was because he was a patient of hers. After I made the report, I was upset and needed an explanation of what is the proper procedure for handling such a case with DCFS. She never gave me any feedback on how to handle such a touch case. I
She is our supervisor who is very knowledgeable and my go-to person for questions, help, and learning. MB is a life coach who sees her patient’s wellbeing first. She does talk therapy with her clients, and she introduces meditation to help her patients to calm down. MB offers Reiki healing sessions on her patients. She believes that to heal you must take care of their mind, body, and spirit. Currently, I am taking her three classes of Reiki energy healing. My goal is to follow MB and work with her in the future. She is a great mentor to learn from and to have for resources. MB wrote a letter of recommendation for me to enter the Master program in Social Work, in the future I know she will repeat the favor.
Putting closure with the clients, I will miss the children who I sit with on Saturday and talk with while their parents and siblings are in session with the Dr., The patient who I completed my casework assignment on will be ok and he will continue to work with MB. Saying goodbye to the Dr., I plan on purchasing a candle for her and write a Thank you note to her for giving me the opportunity of interning at her