Assignment 1: Reflection paper on an interview session on casework Case background Mrs. Chan, 33-years-old, has a daughter, Yan, with severe hearing impairment in both ears. Her daughter has entered an Early Education and Training Centre (EETC) since 2015 October to have language training class once a week. Mrs. Chan has given up her full-time job when her daughter is at the age of 1 in order to take care of her daughter and moved to a new house. After the above changes, Yan had started to crying loudly and screaming every lesson. Yan was looked after by maternal grandparents at weekdays since she was 2-months-old. There is discrepancy in the issue of raising a child between Mrs. Chan and her parents. Her husband is busy working and shows little …show more content…
On the one hand, I have to put more effort to understand/examine boundary of bringing Yan up, for instance, number of caring hours and difference of Yan’s behaviors in Mrs. Chan’s home and maternal grandparents’ respectively. On the other hand, Mrs. Chan’s hope definitely should be amplified in a greater extent. I have to directly tell her that “It is absolutely possible for the improvement in relationship between you and your daughter.” Attitude Genuineness, empathy and acceptance were showed in this session. Moreover, I was sensitive to Mrs. Chan’s frustrations and tried my best to give appreciation about her worthy efforts (‘I appreciate you……’) and to generate hope (‘There is no doubt that you are in the directions of being a responsible mum.’). Feelings I am glad that Mrs. Chan felt safe and free to share her concerns and was being strengthened by my recognition and appreciation. This interview practice offered me a chance to bring knowledge into practice. And I believe that the experience of applying those attitude and skills is a corner stone for being a social worker. Three reminders are in my mind - the conversation with client is different from daily chit-chat and my present teaching work; I have to know what I am doing in the process of interview; and non-verbal factors, such as, attitude, body gesture and facial expression are key elements for establishing a good relationship with clients and setting a safe atmosphere for sharing and
After I finished the interview with Edith who gave me some professional advices for me and made me ensure the direction of my job and determined to become a social service worker in the future. I think that is a great experience and opportunity to understand the operation of agency. Although the my home and Carefrist between far distance, but I think that is not a matter. I would like to work in this agency in the future because Carefirst provided are number of services for senior people. In fact, the agency has a multicultural that I can service some of Chinese seniors will be more convenient and understand their needs, due to I and Chinese older people have the same background, culture and language that along with them be more intimate.
As well as the challenge of many professionals encouraging put in hearing aids, making their child “hearing impaired”. Hearing parents are usually unsure of what to do, and end up following the path the professionals recommend. The book really helps emphasize the importance of not doing that. Instead, exposing a the child into the Deaf community would be the best option. They’ll be welcomed with wide arms, and it will help them feel most true to themselves.
Case Study 2 As a setting it is our responsibility to note down all events seen, including the date, time and where it took place. It is also important to monitor this, seeing if the child comes to the nursery like this often, or on particular days. It is our duty to safeguard the child and if we feel that they are being 'neglected' we have the right to report it. However, we could support the mother by having an informal meeting, talking about any issues that she may be having.
Respect the differing needs that parents and carers themselves may have, such as a disability or communication and linguistic barriers. Recognise the need for flexibility in the timing and structure
4. Acknowledge children as competent learners and build active communities of engagement and inquiry. – the carer is not acknowledging that the child is a competent learner and building an active environment, 5. Sensitive to the vulnerabilities of children and families and respond in
During this developmental interview, I chose to conduct an observation/interview study with my one of my cousin’s child. This child is a 4 year old girl and will be identified as “child K” in relation to her first name. Her parents had no problem letting me interview her, but I had them stay in the same room as us. The purpose of this interview was to observe the child’s physical, cognitive, and socioemotional development. I observed her behavior and gave her several tests to show how well she has progressed.
To raise children is overwhelming alone, and requires a lot of commitment and time, not to talk about caring for an aged individual who needed more attention as she need help to with her self-care. Caring for an aged person is very tasking and need new skill in order to carry out daily activities. In this situation with Susie, she needed education, reassurance and how to enhance community resources
Introduction A famous film star, Katherine Hepburn once stated, “Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.” Even though Hepburn was probably interviewed too many times and asked many questions, most social workers must utilize the interview process to make assessments of their clients. An accurate assessment is critical and significant first step in the social work process.
One of the advice she constantly was recommending me was to get my master degree because she though it would help me get more opportunities in the field of social work. A similar connection I thought about while hearing her speak was that as well as me she wanted to be in a field where she could help people, but she though nursing was not for her, so she decide to go into social work. At the end of the interview I thought that I did learn more about social workers who work in a nursing
Being the clinician and conducting an intake interview was one of the most the practical, informative, and thought-provoking assignments I have completed throughout undergrad thus far. While allowing me to practice clinical interviewing skills, I learned how difficult yet essential various skills were in order to successfully complete an intake process. Specifically, I found taking a direct approach and asking specific questions was most successful. For example, with my client, Ian, I was able to find out the most relevant information about his manic tendencies through asking him specific questions. His intake form described having manic tendencies in the past, though there was not enough information there to really get to the core reason for
Additionally, as a counselor, it is important to be genuine with whatever feedbacks one presents to the patient and what one believes regarding the situation of the client. Mrs. Perez believes the more authentic and genuine he is with her patients, the more help he will be able to offer the clients. As a counselor, it is important to have a fine and professional interaction with one 's client but boundaries must be maintained. Through this, a counselor is able to demonstrate their focus on helping the patients by showing the client that they understand their problems. It also through such engagements that counselor is able to use the non-judgmental attention that does not require words for illustration in helping the patient.
Therefore, I seek to apply this knowledge when I conducted this interview. I felt that I managed to build a good rapport with my interviewee as he felt comfortable in sharing his stories with me. Overall, this ensures that the interview went smoothly. Besides building rapport, the social worker’s interview style is important.
Maintenance of Clients’ Dignity in the Practice of Social Work The person is always a central axis in the process of social work. A person who becomes a client of the social worker is unique, his life history is unrepeatable. When a professional social worker affiliates a relationship with his client, he knows that his personality is violated, so they together have to try to restore a mutual beneficiary interaction between this person and the society. A social worker can accomplish this purpose just if his activity is conducted by highest values.
Introduction In any helping process, it should be guided by goals as they support the process ("Crafting Goals and Objectives", n.d.). Thus, as the head of the social service agency, I would work with both social workers to develop their goals. Goals
Having the chance to experience this Mock Job Interview open my eyes up to a lot of things. Being a Roanoke Valley Early College these are some of the great opportunities that you will receive. In class we took notes on how to properly do an interview from the day that you will walk in the door until the moment you walk out. We learned the expectations on how to properly groom, dressing, sit in the chair, answering questions with length, grammar, eye contact, firm handshake, making resumes and thank you letters.