Religion And Spirituality In Social Work

I have learned a lot in this course, first and foremost, I have learned about myself in terms of where I fall short in the topic of religious and spirituality. I learnt about my own biases and how to deal with my biases so that it doesn’t interfere with my work. I know myself better than I started this course. I had a deep thought of where I would be when I am not counted among the living. For the first time it done on me reflecting on end of life. I have learned that as a social worker, I need to understand religion and spirituality to develop a holistic view of the person in environment and to support the professional mission of promoting satisfaction of basic needs, well-being, and justice for all individuals and communities. We live

It has offered me the opportunity to understand how prejudice, stereotype and discrimination can affect the work of a social worker. I the course of the semester I learned a whole lot on different religious and spiritual group and how they align with social work values. As a social worker it is important to know your client’s religion or spirituality as it play an important role in the healing process.

Prior to this course, I have some doubt about certain religion or spirituality groups but this course has allayed my fears about the teachings of Hinduism, Buddhism and others I knew nothing of. This course has given me the insight about other religious group. I learnt that my Christian religion share similar resemblance with other religious group like Buddhism, Islamic and other religious or spiritual faith. I have a clear understanding sometimes about the different religious denominations. What I have learned in this course that will assist me in handling challenging situations related to religion, spirituality in the field is empathy. Empathy is very important because it is the cornerstone of human relationship. Empathy is, having a true understanding and sharing one’s feelings or experience especially my