Option 1:
For this professional self-reflection, in approximately two typed pages (double spaced), describe a situation that you experienced in field this semester that really stands out to you. It can be a situation that had to do with direct client practice, an issue within the organization/colleagues, a policy issue, etc.
Reflect on which of the following competency areas that experience most embodied (in whatever way, and more than one is certainly okay) and how:
- Ethical and professional behavior
- Engagement in diversity in practice
- Advancement of human rights, social, economic, and/or environmental justice
- Engage in practice informed research and research informed practice
- Engage in policy practice
- Engage with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
- Assess individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
- Intervene with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities
- Evaluate practice with individuals, families, groups, and organizations, and communities
Optional helpful prompts (answer as few or as many as you’d like):
What do you wish had gone differently (if anything)? What did you learn from the experience? How might this shape your practice moving forward? What wisdom might you wish to pass down to a social work student from this experience? What might society gain from understanding this situation?
