My first ST goal is starting on my Associate Clinical Social Work (ASW) package at the beginning of May 2017. In order for me to obtain my LCSW, I’ll need to apply for my ASW number. My ASW number will allow me to collect clinical supervision hours in order to meet the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) criteria. Once I apply for my ASW number, I will have to study for the Law and Ethics exam. This is a new requirement from the BBS, as of this year, and I must complete and pass the exam before the year is over. This is a part one of two tests that must be completed in order to receive an LCSW credential. In order for me to prepare for this, I decided to join my student colleagues from my USC cohort and work on the ASW application together. …show more content…
This will give me enough time to complete my resume, obtain my ASW number, and come back from my mini vacations. I gave myself permission to take a small break and not job hunt immediately after I graduate because I need time to transition. I call this, self-care. In order for me to be an effective, and dependable social worker, I need to learn about doing self-care. Otherwise I’ll burnout and hurt nobody but myself. Furthermore, the resources that I’ll need in order for me to start applying for jobs is to create an online profile with the agencies that I’m interested in working for. In order for me to start my personal vision proposal, I need to apply for jobs that will provide me with clinical supervision towards my LCSW hours, exposure in the clinical setting, and working with adults or the elderly. At my current internship, I already made connections with people who will hopefully consider me for a position. However, I do not want to solely rely on my current internship for a job opportunity if there are no available positions after I graduate. Nonetheless, those connections have already agreed for me to use them as a reference for my resume. According to Gerard (2011), getting students to network can be one of the biggest challenges, but it will potentially lead to that first job. My identified strength of being likeable has helped my to build these connections and will also strengthen over time as more people get to know
The committee then reviewed its list of relevant content areas drawn from the literature and from public comment and developed a number of rough drafts, the last of which was shared with a small group of ethics experts in social work and other professions for their comments. In the third phase, the committee made a number of revisions based on the feedback it received from the experts who reviewed the document, published a copy of the draft code in the January 1996 issue of the NASW News, and invited NASW members to submit comments to be considered by the committee as it prepared the final draft for submission to the 1996 Delegate Assembly. Many states require the legal regulation of social work practice; some states require a special license for practitioners of clinical social work as well as those in independent private practice. Generally, certification for clinical social work requires a master’s degree in social work plus at least two years’ experience as well as an examination. The SC code of ethics and the NASW code of ethics are very similar in that they both contain similar content and expectations. The SC code of ethics has a little more detail than the NASW code of ethics. This is mainly due to the fact that one is state
I knew I loved to help others but it was not until I was an emerging adult that I knew what my calling was. My devotion to improve the quality of life for those who are disadvantaged is one of the reasons I have chosen to pursue a Master’s in Social Work. After obtaining my masters, I plan on diversifying my masters by getting licensed and becoming a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I would like to study social work because I feel it will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers available, as well as giving me the chance to combine helping people 's mental well being with their physical
The social workers in both videos gathered information regarding each of the client’s issues. Another common denominator in both videos is that both of the social workers repeated what the client had said in their own words to allow the client to feel heard and understood. In the first video, social worker Karen asked direct questions relating to Mike’s alcohol addiction while also addressing how the addiction impacts his relationships including his marriage. Karen also addressed inconsistencies with the client doing so appropriately and quickly. It appears that in the first video, Karen focuses on the reality of the issue at hand to assist the client with establishing and accepting
If I was the social worker in case 3.3, it would be difficult with me to confront the husband about the information that I heard. Of course, I would want the husband to be honest to me about his extramarital affair, however, I do not want to force him to admitting to such an action. The man might be receiving the help that he needs without me knowing about his extramarital affair. On the other hand, being he is seeing me for counseling regarding his marital concerns, becoming aware of this third party is likely to be beneficial. I would not want to directly tell him that I discovered some things about him, because this will cause a lot of issues that I am not technically a part of. For example, conflict between him and his wife might arise for a variety of reasons. The man might not have known that his wife was also seeking services and once
Choosing a career is a very important aspect to people’s lives. One goes to college, usually around the age of eighteen, and by the time they leave they are expected to have decided on the career that they will have for the rest of their lives. Being a psychology and interpersonal communication major, I have always had an interest on relationships between individuals given certain stimuli presented to them. I want to have the ability to touch people’s lives by helping them understand themselves and why they behave the way in which they behave. Relationships are such an important aspect to the process of human growth, and they impact each and every one of us. Due to this assessment of myself, I have decided to go to college to pursue my goals of being a clinical social worker.
Identify and explain the three major sources of conflict and misinterpretations in social work practice: culture-bound values, class bound values, and language variables.
To provide effective social services, a social work graduate must possess a multitude of knowledge, skills and abilities. This will be a reflective paper on everything that I know for sure as a student of social work who is about to go into the world of work.
1. Understanding of problems and concerns relative to social work: Describe your understanding of the social work profession and the problems social workers address by using one example to discuss a particular social problem and how a social worker could intervene.
Clinical social workers in the community strive to enhance and maintain psychosocial functioning of individuals, families, and small groups. They also focus on prevention of psychosocial dysfunction or impairment, including emotional and mental disorders. The perspective of person-in-situation (psychosocial context) is fundamental to clinical social work practice (Austin, Barr, & Coombs, 2006).
Within the past week, I was able to meet a patient that had been through a very difficult life. He was admitted into the hospital almost one month ago because he had a stroke. He was a carnival worker and was only planning to be in Lexington for a temporary amount of time until the carnival left. When he was admitted into Saint Joseph Hospital, there were no indications that he had family and/or friends that should be contacted. At first, he was unable to talk, and his mobility was extremely limited.
Social work practice requires many skills, which need much practice themselves. This needs social work students to be open to trying within safe environments and scenario’s for mistake, such as with their peers and with emotional safe scenarios such as stress at University. This begins with a requirement to do 5 minutes of interviewing with a peer which includes many social work skills such as active listening, encouraging, paraphrasing, being/creating a welcoming and safe environment and other such basic and beginning skills.
I strongly considered a career in social work after completing my undergrad school; my yearning for helping and advocating for all children of the world led me to Barry University. With increased knowledge in the profession of social work, I realized, I have been absent minded in the numerous roles that a social worker plays. As advocators, counselors, mediators, and researchers, social workers uphold principles and core values written within the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics. Social workers mission is entrenched in the Code of Ethics. “Code of Ethics set fourth these values, principles, and standards to guide social workers’ conduct” (The National Association, “n. d.”). Service, Social Justice, Dignity
For the first two years of college, I excelled in taking Nursing classes and even got into the Nursing Program at UCM. But something changed at the beginning of my junior year and I could not deny not wanting to be a Nursing major any longer. As my classes advanced I realized that the passion I once had for Nursing was not there any more. I could not see myself being a proficient Nurse if I did not have a desire for the job. So after researching Social Work again, the option that I once ignored came back into my life. For a while, I challenged myself to see if this was a career choice that would make me happy.
A recent requirement in every state is that a private practice clinical social worker must acquire licensure (Brauner, 2015). Clinical social workers in private practice also move through levels of professional competence. The first level is the postgraduate practice level, or the Masters in Social Work (MSW) level. An MSW will provide students with a wealth of information about clinical social work, but it does not qualify them to immediately work in their own practice. The general consensus is that MSW graduates must work in a supervised environment for at least two years before becoming licensed to work privately. The second level is the autonomous practice level or licensure level. Autonomous practice means unsupervised practice, inside or outside of an agency. Social workers who are at this level have completed at least two postgraduate years of supervised clinical work. They should be competent in diagnosing and treating clients, establishing intervention plans, and working within the parameters of the law. They can apply to be licensed and move on to independent practice. The next level is the advanced practice level or diplomate level. In order to get to this level, the social worker must have at least five years of clinical work post-MSW graduation and have achieved the autonomous practice level. These social workers are advanced and are now typically
My passion to become a social worker began when I was pursuing an undergraduate degree.