Write a 40-HOUR FIELD EXPERIENCE
1) Describe the practice setting of the social worker you shadowed. • Who receives services at this setting? • What types of services are provided at this setting? • What is the purpose or goal of the services provided? • Briefly explain why you chose this practice setting for your assignment. What interests you about this setting?
2) Discuss the social worker’s role and boundaries within the setting. • What role does the social worker play in this setting? What are 3 main responsibilities of the worker? • Are there other professionals within the setting as well as other community agencies with whom the social worker collaborates in order to help their clients? If so, explain. • What are the boundaries of the social worker within this setting?
3) Apply the social work competencies and the textbook and journal article readings to the social work practice witnessed and the experiences described by the agency representative(s). • Choose 2 of the professional social work competencies you believe are especially important to have when practicing in this setting and explain why you believe they are important. • Relate 1-2 experiences described in the textbook chapter(s) with the experiences discussed by the agency representative(s). What are the similarities? What are the differences?