As I have been progressing in the Masters of Social Work (MSW) program‚ I have been able to reflect upon my strengths and weaknesses. Through reflection‚ I have been able to better understand where I was‚ where I am‚ and where I am going as a clinical social worker. Compared with this time last year‚ I now know that as much as I tried to steer away from policy and research it is impossible to practice on the clinical level without them. While practicing in the agency I was placed at last year‚ evidence-based
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For some group work is just another way of talking about teamwork. Social work practitioners work with groups of people in many different ways and in many different contexts. Festinger et al. (Campus‚ 2017/2018)(1950) on the other hand‚ considered group cohesion to refer to “the total field of forces which act on members and causes them to remain in a group” Social work is a profession concerned with helping individuals‚ families‚ groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective
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susceptible populations. Being a social worker is not an easy task; however‚ it is a gratifying and rewarding career. Social workers take responsibility of helping families‚ and various groups of people to deal with problems they are having in their lives. In order to become a successful social worker‚ one would need to work on strategies such as: how to achieve one’s goals‚ how to collaborate with others effectively‚ learning about diversity‚ intellectual responsibility‚ critical thinking‚ effective communication
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nineteen‚ I am beginning to develop self-awareness. When I first ventured into applying to colleges‚ I thought I had known myself and what I wanted from a university. And the only institution I applied to had everything on this list: an exemplary social work program‚ a thriving Greek life‚ and a small student body that ensured I would not be lost in a sea of other students. After I submitted my application‚ I crossed my fingers and wished on stars that I would be accepted; if I were rejected‚ I had no
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seven years‚ and the majority of my training thus far has been practice based. My current role is as a group worker in a therapeutic community for children and young people. The therapeutic community is a residential provision with a specialist education and therapy centre for children and young people with attachment disruption and trauma leading to social and behavioural difficulties. We also work with children displaying sexualised and self-harming behaviours. The therapeutic milieu which exists
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direction. Or he may have needed to think more about how to respond. I found it difficult at several points in the interview to stay on topic because there was so much being stated by the client. I found it difficult to choose what to reflect on. I need to work on finding an opening where I can reflect without causing the client to pause. It does seem to me that some clients’ find it strange to answer reflections. I notice that in their facial language they seem to pause as if wondering why I am saying what
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Reflections about syndicate group work "I always had a different opinion to our group leader‚ but he always made me give in‚ even when I was not at all persuaded by his arguments‚ I can ’t explain how that happened". This statement made by one of my group members is quite revealing. While she recognizes the dominance of our leader´‚ she is perplexed because she fails to understand how she was manipulated. How did he do it? Was it only his dominance or were there perhaps Machiavellic elements
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Question 1 What is meant by group work? • A number of people or things gather‚ placed‚ or classed together for some purpose”. When we think about working in a group‚ the key words are “for some purpose”. Group working is a situation where there is a common purpose(s)‚ a shared aim(s) • The benefit of the group is : • Ideas sharing • Tapping into a pool of wider experience • Learning to deal with challenges or criticism • Stimulating thinking and clarifying
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activity is all taken into account. If the courtroom workgroup decides that there isn’t enough information for the case to go on they drop it because they see no use in wasting their time with it. Walker mentions that most of the cases like rape are what get dropped because of insufficient evidence and people tend to see it as the offender getting off the hook (2015‚ p. 66). It may be seen as an injustice because those cases don’t go through to have a trial‚ but too much work is put into cases that the
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223 S. 2nd Street Sunbury‚ Pa. 17801 The date TITLE OF YOUR ESSAY On February 24‚ 2010 my supervisor‚ Roy Love and I had a 45 minute Meeting concerning a few of the problems‚ which I feel was a bad Reflection of our ability to perform what was required of us at Congra. I felt the problem of fellow co-worker taking too much Time off‚ which was putting too much burden on the rest of the Of my co -workers. We also discussed the problem of a fellow Co-worker Performing the duties
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