Essay Instructions: Social Work Practice with Individuals
This assignment will focus on examining similarities and differences in engagement strategies with clients. The purpose of the assignment is to assist you in becoming familiar with your personal values and preferences in a social work relationship, and to contrast these values and preferences with those that might be expected from an individual of a different racial, ethnic, gender or sexual orientation background.
To complete the assignment you should:
1. Describe how you would prefer to be engaged in a professional social work relationship as a client, determining what personal and cultural values, beliefs and preferences you hold. In other words, determine how you would want a social worker to interact with you if you were a client in the engagement phase. What kinds of things should a social worker do and say that would further the development of rapport and trust? What kind of attitude would the social worker maintain and which values and ethics would the worker demonstrate ??" and how would they demonstrate them? Relate your preferred attitudes, values, ethics and behaviors to concepts described in the professional social work literature, citing appropriately. (Note: as this is a description of personal preference, your personal preference does not need to align with what is traditionally described in the literature. If it differs, simply describe how it is different.) Part 1 should be approximately 2-3 pages. This section is worth 40% of the assignment grade and will include how clearly and specifically you identify your values and ethics and your use and integration of the literature, including correct citation.
2. Select/Imagine a hypothetical “client” who is different from you in terms of a diversity profile. That is, the hypothetical client should differ from you in one or more characteristics such as race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, or other characteristics that are approved by the instructor. Briefly describe your hypothetical client and then conduct a similar analysis of the engagement phase as you did in Part 1 of this assignment. Describe values, beliefs, behaviors and preferences that are described in the literature as related to your hypothetical client. In other words, what would your hypothetical client want a social worker to do and say? What kinds of things would a social worker do and say that would further the development of rapport and trust? What kind of attitude would the social worker maintain and which values and ethics would the worker demonstrate ??" and how would they demonstrate them? Relate these preferred attitudes, values, ethics and behaviors to concepts described in the professional social work literature, citing appropriately. (Note: it is recognized that individual preferences exist within any group of people. For your hypothetical client, you are assuming he/she conforms to typical group preferences described in the literature. In actual practice each individual client may, or may not, hold these same preferences.) Part 2 should be approximately 2-3 pages. This section is worth 40% and will emphasize how accurately and sensitively you demonstrate knowledge of the client’s diverse characteristics and values and how specifically they should be addressed in practice.
3. Compare and analyze the differences and similarities between Part 1 and Part 2 of this assignment. What values, beliefs, behaviors and preferences are similar and which are different? Why are they different? Part 3 should be approximately 1 page. This section is worth 20%; please see rubrics for details.
The paper should be 5 pages, typewritten, and double-spaced. It should be written in a formal scholarly manner, in consistent APA style. Papers will be evaluated in terms of thoroughness of the assignment, degree of literature application to the analyses, degree of complexity and critical thinking, and the clarity of writing. This assignment is worth 20% of the Course Grade.
Content refers to specificity, accuracy, and scholarship (use of the literature).
Process refers to how well the paper is written taking into consideration grammar, spelling, syntax, and complexity.
I WILL UPLOAD DESCRIPTION ABOUT MYSELF. YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD FOR THE COMPARING PORTION. THANKS!
APA style