Social Work
Evaluation of an Early Interview
The interview conducted was with a colleague of mine who I met in school a little while back. She comes from a Persian family, as her parents immigrated to the United States from Iran in the late 1970s. Watching her parents start from scratch in a whole new country was always very inspiring to her. Although she was born in the United States, her extended family, including aunts, uncles, and grandparents had all been born in Iran. Theirs is a tight knight family group, one which is very different from the culture I was raised in. She came to the career choice of social work because of her desire to really immerse herself into American society and give back to the society that had embraced her parents and other family members. The desire to strengthen the community that strengthened her family was one of the primary motivators for choosing the field of social work. This motivation was clear throughout our interview, as she really stressed the importance of her family and providing for them by strengthening the community that they now know.
Overall, I believe the interview went relatively well for such an early stage of the process. I had known this colleague for a while now and she and I had become friends. Speaking with her was easy and fluid, as we have had conversations about such topics in the past. I felt it was like revisiting and old friend. In her feedback about my interviewing skills, she did clearly show that I was comfortable throughout the interview. I made direct eye contact and engaged in the conversation in a friendly and accepting manner. Although there were some instances where I did make assumptions about her culture,...
Social Work Exercise The imaginary recording helped me to examine the language that I use commonly, and listen for embedded biases. I noticed that I assumed that the client could hear me and see me, rather than acknowledge the fact that the client could be deaf or visually impaired. It might be helpful to establish immediately whether the client requires assistive technologies when understanding the types of services we provide. I also
I told her that there had been three caseworkers since I had been in foster care this time, but none of them had ever gone to visit my mom. She had been alone in all of this. It wasn't fair for her. The third caseworker visited my mom and saw how hard she was trying. I was able to go home overnight and then, finally, we were all back together again
Cradock's 2004 study of a correlation between population categories and child abuse lead to the development of an assessment tool that allowed social workers to determine when children were at risk for child abuse and when to intervene and what actions would be seen as an over-intervention. By using this assessment, social workers will not only know how to identify the serious danger of child abuse and what children
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Social Work Exercises Preparing for 3 Clients Mrs. Nancy Cannon telephoned from her place of work ( the Capital Insurance Company -- phone [HIDDEN] She sounded concerned. She said that on the previ-ous Saturday night, her 14-year-old daughter Amy had come home after her 9: 00 p. m. curfew, smelling of alcohol. She says that she " grounded" her daughter but now wants to talk with a social worker about the situation.
The stopping of treatment is the primary reason for this early intervention. This tactic has been extremely successful for many years and should be Once the induction interviews are complete, the client and the social worker can move on to treating the patient. Once the treatment has started it is vitally important that the social worker pay careful attention to eliminating communication patterns that are counterproductive. Social workers have to
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