SOCW 6530 Week 10 - Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings

Week 10: Self-Reflection

Important Note:  Please use the media player below to hear an audio course introduction that will give you more background information about the course topic. Also provided is a transcript for you to download and print out.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013f). Self-reflection [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minutes.

 

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Learning Objectives

Students will:

· Analyze social work practice skills in field education experience

· Apply social work practice skills

Learning Resources

Note:  To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Reupert, A. (2007). Social worker’s use of self. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35(2), 107–116.

Van Voorhis, R. M., & Hostetter, C. (2006). The impact of MSW education on social worker empowerment and commitment to client empowerment through social justice advocacy. Journal of Social Work Education, 42(1), 105–121.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013f). Self-reflection [Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

 

Note: This audio introduction is located in the “Introduction and Objectives” section. The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.

Optional Resources

Click the following link to access the MSW home page, which provides resources for your social work program:

MSW home page

Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings

A process recording is a written tool field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty use to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.

For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.

The Assignment (800-word): The counseling session is with a 42 year old client who has substance use disorder with alcohol and crack/cocaine and mental health conditions of Bi-polar and PTSD (Sexually abused by a family member) and traumatic brain injury (Vehicle Accident). The client was incarcerated for 8 years for beating up his childhood sexual abuser and causing serious and permanent damage to the abuser. Prior to coming to CRN the client was either living on the street or in a homeless shelter. Client is in the CRN IOP program and is in CRN sober living. The client is not currently working but would like to gain employment with help writing a resume. The client does not do much with the exception of coming to group and attending his individual counseling sessions. The client did not graduate from high school and does not have a GED. Client just recently obtained a government ID and is waiting for his social security card. Client says he wants to get things accomplished but stays in his house all day.

The Assignment :

· Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.

· Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice or theories.

· Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.

· Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.