Thinking back to your social work inspiration in Week 1, consider whether your perspective has changed, your goals have expanded, or you have affirmed your reason for beginning this journey. Now, reflect on what you learned as you interviewed a social worker in the field for this Assignment. How could you apply what you learned in your coursework to the field of practice you learned more about in person through the interview?
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WEEK6 6002 DISCUSSION
INTERVIEW WITH A SOCIAL WORKER
Thinking back to your social work inspiration in Week 1, consider whether your perspective has changed, your goals have expanded, or you have affirmed your reason for beginning this journey. Now, reflect on what you learned as you interviewed a social worker in the field for this Assignment. How could you apply what you learned in your coursework to the field of practice you learned more about in person through the interview?
Does the combination of your inspiration, your learning, and your experience with a social worker in practice help you visualize your future as a social worker?
For this Discussion, you interview a social worker and learn about their role in their current organization, as well as their social work career path. You create a professional PowerPoint presentation to share the information you learned from the interview and in reflecting on this experience.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity. Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
TO PREPARE
· Read the requirements of the presentation listed below, and with those in mind, review your notes from your interview and any other information you gathered. Organize the learning from your notes based on the requirements below.
· Tip: Don’t just paste an essay into your slides. Follow the best practices for creating a PowerPoint presentation. Use the Notes section in PowerPoint to represent what you would say to add context to the slides.
BY DAY 3
Post your Agency Presentation to the Discussion thread following the guidelines below.
In a 6- to 8-slide PowerPoint presentation, address each of the following areas:
· Describe the agency you visited. Include:
· Services offered
· Mission of the agency
· Clientele or population served
· Describe the social worker’s job activities and professional roles.
· Explain what brought the social worker to the field and their work history.
· Explain opportunities for advancement and what the social worker does for professional development.
· Describe the social worker’s overall job satisfaction.
· Identify the strategies the social worker uses for self-care.
· Analyze your experience. Specifically:
· Discuss your thoughts and feelings related to the agency, clientele, and type of work.
· Reflect on why you may have experienced these reactions to the agency, clientele, and type of work.
· Explain which social work values and ethics were evident (or not evident) during the interview.
· Explain how cultural awareness was demonstrated (or not demonstrated) within the agency or by the social worker.
· Explain how social justice relates to the services provided or population served by this agency.
BY DAY 6
Respond to at least one colleague identifying what you have learned from their presentation and further connecting it to the topics and resources of this course.
REFERENCES
· Gambrill, E. (2016). Is social work evidence-based? Does saying so make it so? Ongoing challenges in integrating research, practice and policy Links to an external site. . Journal of Social Work Education, 52(sup1), S110–S125. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2016.1174642
· Levenson, J. (2017). Trauma-informed social work practice Links to an external site. . Social Work, 62(2), 105-113.
· Parrish, D. E. (2018). Evidence-based practice: A common definition matters Links to an external site. . Journal of Social Work Education, 54(3), 407–411. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/10437797.2018.1498691
· Walden University: Writing Center. (n.d.). PowerPoint presentation Links to an external site. . https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general#s-lg-box-20293636 Note: This is a link to a Walden University PowerPoint template.
MEDIA
· Walden University. (2021). Evidence-based practice. [Video]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com/
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Family Health Services
Brianna Lynn
Masters of Social Work, Walden University
SOCW-6002-10: Changing Lives
Dr. Brookins
January 03, 2023
Mission Statement and Services Offered
Mission Statement:
“Quality care that has no barriers.”
Services Offered:
Family Health Services provides primary care, dental, case management, psychiatry, counseling, and behavioral health.
Populations served:
Family Health Services serves clients from 5 years old to death.
They serve regardless of income or class thus why their mission statement is “quality care that has no barriers.”
About the Social Worker
Katelyn Miller MSW, LISW-S
Katelyn’s Role at Family Health Services is to provide counseling
to a local school. This is separate from the guidance counselor.
Katelyn will have students come in via appointment while they are
In school, which overcomes the barrier of transportation when it
comes to children getting access to mental health resources.
Social Worker’s Professional History
Work History
Katelyn came to her position at Family Health Services after several different experiences with different agencies. She first worked with hospice care, and then went to community mental health. After her experiences there she went to work with child welfare. After working for a bit in child welfare she became a mother overnight to three children entering the system. She then took a brief break from working in the field so she could navigate motherhood. She then landed at Family Health Services where she is today.
Education History
From a young age Katelyn knew she wanted to be in a field where she could assist those with significant mental health struggles.
Katelyn attended Bluffton University to receive her Bachelors degree in Social Work and continued her education at the University of Tennessee Knoxville where she graduated with a Master of Science in Social Work.
Professional Advancement
Because Katelyn has her LISW-S she has the ability to take on supervisory duties. As her organization grows there is a chance that she could use her credentials to help prepare and teach other Social Workers. She could potentially become the supervisor of the school counseling department at Family Health Services.
Katelyn currently is content with her current standing and has no plans on advancing at the moment. However, she is aware that there are many opportunities for her to grow at Family Health Services.
For professional advancement she also continues her education and does the mandatory thirty hours of CE education to maintain licensure.
Satisfaction and Self Care
Katelyn informed me that she is incredibly satisfied with her job. She referred to herself as a “die-hard social worker” and says she would not want to be anywhere else
For self care she takes baths, meditates, and is very active at her church.
As a word of advice, she told me that I should always know myself, and my boundaries. She said that self care is so important so that you do not experience burn out or become unable to assist clients.
Analysis of My Experience
Family Health Services is an agency that my job works with often. I came into this experience with high regard for this agency. I knew they did so much for the community and my visit and interview just furthered my admiration for this organization. They do so much for the under-served populations. They truly make it so that all individuals in the area have access to all the forms of healthcare.
The experiences I had made me want to consider seeking an internship or employment with this agency. I have an appreciation for non-profit work that serves those in poverty. I know that without this agency, my clients experiencing homelessness would not have their medical needs taken care of.
Values, Cultural Awareness, and Social Justice
During the interview Katelyn upheld all of the Social Work Values. She was professional and respected and represented the six core values of social work.
Values: Service, Social justice, Dignity and worth of the person, Importance of human relationships, Integrity, and Competence.
Family Health Services demonstrates being culturally aware because they offer services in more than one language making care more accessible. They have Spanish speaking staff as well as staff who know ASL. Once again this helps them support their mission statement and overcome barriers to supplying care to clients
Social Justice is applicable to Family Health Services because they advocate for all of their clients regardless of culture or economic standing.
There is no discrimination on the services they provide, and they make sure all of their clients have the health care they need to survive.
This includes mental health care, medical care, and dental care.
References
Quality, affordable healthcare services in Sandusky. Family Health Services. (2022, November 23). Retrieved January 3, 2023, from https://www.familyhs.org/
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