Journal 6

Rural residents are troubled with low economic, poverty, lack of transportation, workforce, health inequalities, etc.  As rural social workers, you are obligated to "enhance human well- being and help meet the basic human needs of all people, with particular attention to their needs and empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, and living in poverty" (Wehrmann & McClain, 2018).  For the final field journal, identify and discuss one socio economic and environment injustice you have engaged in at the field agency. Include the following: • Why was the situation important to the client? • The role you played in assisting the client? • How did knowledge, values, and skills helped the client's situation?  Did you feel like you needed to have been further knowledgeable and/or had more skillsets to work with the client with their situation? • How important does understanding rural challenges helped you to understand what client's need or how to advocate for the client's interest?   • If the clients was residing in a urban environment, how would assisting the client differ? • Implication to social work practice.  A brief paragraph on how you might inform (choose one) rural residents needs and promoting effective professional social workers that could help capitalize on the strengths, improve lives, maintain health families, and communities.    Field journals must be at least 3 pages, including the above information, previous learned information, and relating a core competency to the activity.  In this case, Competency 12: Rural Competency.  Total points to be earn 30 points.  Field Journal is due Tuesday, April 12, at 11:59 p.m.    Reference   Wehrmann, K. C., & McClain, A. (2018). National Association of Social Workers Policy Statement: Social work speaks. 11th ed., NASW Press, Washington, DC