Relective Paper on Counselling in Social Work

Social work values call for everyone, regardless of their beliefs, practices, or backgrounds, to be treated with dignity, given equal access to societal institutions, opportunities and resources, and supported in contributing their unique talents to their families, communities and country. (Sevel, Cummins, and Madrigal, 1999, pg. 11) I agree with this statement whole heatedly because I have always believed that all people are unique and should be treated with dignity and respect.

I had a difficult time identifying what would be Shiela's value issues, and after much thought cannot identify any.

My values are to treat client with respect and dignity regardless of my personal feelings. Sheila was an easy client to work with and there were no value conflicts for me. However I know there will be issues for me in the future that will challenge me and my values and I will need to be always on the lookout for why I may have difficulty working with someone. It will probably be because of a value conflict.

-need for a computer for school was the issue she identified as being important for

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95) I thought about what issue would be presented to me by Sheila at our interview and

worried that I would not know what to respond, or that I would not be a helping person

for her. So I still not sure that it is a bad thing to ask as it helped in this instance. (2000) Challenges for Social Work Students: Skills, Knowledge and Values for Personal and Social Change.

Summarizing

Summarization can be useful at the end of a session to highlight relevant and related topics, and to set the agenda for the next meeting. I worried that I would freeze and not know what to say, or say something wrong. I also find that by the time they pause where I can ask a question they may have forgotten what they said or find the question irrelevant any longer. Although in my case it actually helped me focus on that she said she was better than before, and I could ask was something bothering her previously. Structural Social work: Ideologies, Theory and Practice. In another interview with a different client this would be something I would need to be aware of and I know that this is not something that I think about a lot. (1999) Social Work Skills Demonstrated. I imagined how she must have been feeling about this exercise, as I myself was nervous

about talking to her about my own issue. I think that while I am a good listener I did not do very well in this exercise as I missed a lot of the things I should have picked up on.

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