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Running Head: Process Recording Template
Process Recording Template
Process Recording Template
Student Name: Shaneka Ratchford Date of Contact: 6th Dec 2018
Session number or Contact number: Location of the client interview: Mrs. Michelle Rowell’s house
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Verbatim dialogue |
Assessment of client |
Student impression/ feeling / thoughts/ reactions |
Identify skills /theory/ conceptual framework |
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Social work intern: |
Hello Madam, I am pleased to meet you |
I am a little bit nervous since I have not gained so much confidence in the field study, but I want to deliver good results I start with the greetings to start the conversation in and make my client feel at ease.
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Invites her in the conversation |
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Client: |
Hello, am also pleased to meet you. Call me Mrs. Rowell. |
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She greeted me in a friendly way and seemed to be at ease |
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Social work intern: |
As we had agreed, I have come in your house for a pre-assessment and see your readiness. Are you ready for this? |
I look at the client, she is not looking at me, I take a deep breath to ease my nervousness |
I used closed-ended method requiring a yes or no answer to start the dialogue
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Client: |
Yes, I am ready |
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She is confident and seems very ready and nodded in acceptance |
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Social work intern: |
It must be very difficult accepting that you cannot bear children biologically? You must have thought about adopting a child for a long time? |
I feel confident now that my client looks like I could now see she has full confidence with me |
I deploy open-ended tactic to kick-start the conversation |
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Client: |
It has been a tough time for me, this is one of the reasons I ended up being divorced by my husband of many years |
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Her face changes and she looks very thoughtful |
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Social work intern: |
I am sorry for this ma’am, everything will be fine |
I feel sorry for her |
I deploy empathy to make her feel more |
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Client: |
Thank you for your concern |
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Her face brightens again |
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Social work intern: |
You believe that you can be able to take care of the child alone bearing in mind you seem to ambivalent about a child below the age of ten? Please tell me more about that? |
I try Showing some concern |
I try engaging her to get clarifications of what she exactly wants |
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Client: |
As I earlier told you I am working, I would like a child who is a little bit grown up since I will not be at home at all times due to work commitment |
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The client looks uncomfortable at this point since she starts fidgeting |
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Social work intern: |
How will you handle this alone |
She Seems confident |
I try digging more from her |
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Client: |
It is a difficult task as I have said, but since I have been working as a teacher for many years, I have a lot of experience in parenting |
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She smiles as she explains her passion with children.
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Social work intern: |
Now that your mind is set in the adoption of a school going child, how will you handle the discipline of the child? |
I feel she is fit for the task |
I want to understand her preparedness in parenting
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Client: |
I have learned a lot in the field I am in relation to discipline |
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She points at the wall, showing me her certificate awarded for counseling |
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Social work intern: |
Have undergone any form of abuse in your life and how did you handle it? |
I can see she is a little bit nervous |
I want her to open to me and say it all |
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Client: |
Yes, I have from my ex-husband. After various counseling sessions I am now okay |
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She looks down shyly |
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Social work intern: |
I believe this is not all the information you can share on the extent of the abuse and how it affected you. |
I feel she is hiding some information |
I confront her in a friendly manner to get it all |
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Client: |
He used to beat and abuse me publicly |
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tears roll down her cheeks |
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Social work intern: |
All is well ma’am; you are now healed and ready to settle for a new family? |
I sad for her since she seems in an inner pain, she seems sad but not upset |
I was not prepared to handle such like emotions |
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Client: |
Yes, as ready as now |
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She nods her head |
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Social work intern: |
So you cannot subject your child or a child under your care to what you went through? |
She seems disciplined |
I want to dig more about her discipline measures |
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Client: |
What I went through was so bad; I cannot love to see anybody else go through such |
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There are other methods that one can employ in case of a dispute |
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Social work intern: |
Thank you very much, ma’am, for your cooperation, I shall reach to you any other time I need some more information |
The client seems at ease |
My empathy works well, she opens up |
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Client: |
You are welcome any time you need to know anything about my family or me in person |
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She smiles |
Summary assessment
This was a home study, I was so happy with how this whole assessment proceeded. I was happy that I was able to use different methods and skills we have been learning in this whole session. I managed to get a lot of information without having to ask very many questions and using little time. This was made possible through involving my client in a professional manner (Ainsworth, et al., 2015).
I have learned many things in that session that helps me understand clients more. I have learned that clients need you to put yourself in their shoes and you get the work done easily. I have also understood that it requires a good listener and a person slow of anger and full of patience.
The major theme in this session is a conversation is an effective evaluation and assessment of an adoptive family. It also brings into limelight the use different skill of communication and interrogating (McClennen, et al., 2016)
During the session, I have learned that it is hard when the client is sometimes emotional and you have to deal with it there and then, in this case, I have learned how to deploy different tactics to deal with this. It is also a challenge to keep the client talking more so when they have already become emotional.
A lot was accomplished during the session; I have learned how to dig information from the clients with ease and without hurting their feelings. I have learned how to be a good interviewer.
The use of supportive responses and being involved in active listening has greatly helped in building the trust of my clients. This makes clients be more honest when giving information. The dialogue has helped in encompassing all the skills that I have been learning in engaging clients, effective assessment and the tactics to deploy, and finally an effective evaluation process. The student seemed nervous at some point; this is probably because of not practicing often. The student is, however, having good communication skills and is able to handle the nervousness by breathing at any time the feeling arises.
The questions with task instructors were several, like, did I employ the method of empathy well, and did I show my feelings more often to the client? It was also a concern about how someone can dig information with few questions.
The student has shown great social work skills but needs to use empowerment theory so as to help the client feel they are winners in all situations in the future.
References
Ainsworth, M. D. S., Blehar, M. C., Waters, E., & Wall, S. N. (2015). Patterns of attachment: A psychological study of the strange situation. Psychology Press.
McClennen, J., Keys, A. M., & Day, M. (2016). Social work and family violence: theories, assessment, and intervention. Springer Publishing Company.
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