One of my values is self-determination to encourage social change and justice on behalf of my clients. When you choose the social work profession you have made a vow to learn the professional values that are stated in the NASW Code of Ethics. One important value is that personal opinions are placed aside for profession ones, its not about me its about whats best for the client. Social workers are asked to put aside their personal values and beliefs such as, race, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, abortion, or any other values that are different from your own. It was said that separating your values can be one of the hardest parts of becoming a social worker, but it is the most important thing to pledge to. As a social work advocate my opinions and personal values will not be my main focus point, I will insure to always implement the values of my client in anything I do. With that being said, it is important to have values and beliefs of your own and the NASW Code of Ethics is not asking social workers to change or reject those values, but rather inspires you to be aware of them so that they do not cause friction or confuse your client of their own values and …show more content…
While interning at the Shelby County Crimes Victims Center I made a daily effort to learn and process the information that I learned from my clients, field instructor, and any information that was relevant to social work. Before I was given a client to meet with for an intake assessment I read their file, found any history that was on file at the agency for the client and needed services. Once I obtain the clients information I would write an assessment report about the client interaction and share it with my field instructor and other colleagues for their feedback. By getting a second opinion from my colleagues and field instructor I was able to have a better understanding of the information that I obtained as well as learn about other resources that are available for my client that I was not aware of. Competence permits me to give suitable administrations by practicing cautious judgment and making mindful measures to guarantee my skill of work and shield my clients from mischief. Generally I want to utilize these qualities as rules that I have to withstand to stay away from my own values to affect with troublesome social work cases that can ruin my profession and