Feedback Summary Part B Professional Portfolio SOWK 14009

Throughout the placement I have received feedback about my practice and my reflection of my practice, from various sources, university lecturers, organisational workers, and other professionals with whom I collaborated with as part of my capstone project, peers, foster carers and clients.

Initially, at the beginning of my placement it was evident from feedback that I received about my journaling that I was not using critical reflec...

Professional Portfolio SOWK14005 Assessment 3

Reflexive Practice Summary

As the course has unfolded I have been able to reflect upon my skills and abilities past and present to practice assertive communication.

An aspect of learning that I have taken away from the course is how assertive communication is about decision making having an extra ‘tool’ to work with when needed, sometimes it is appropriate to take a passive stance for instance when the situation would provoke an agg...

Professional Portfolio SOWK14005 Assessment 3

Reflexive Practice Week 10

Effective communication skills are an essential component of social work, it is required that social workers are capable of combining being both ‘sensitive and purposeful’ (Boswell 1997, cited in Trevithick 2000, p53) with the capacity to recognise the uncertainty that is inherent in looking into another person’s world. These skills involve being able to communicate with a range of diverse people with d...

Professional Portfolio SOWK14005 Assessment 3

Reflexive Practice Week 8

Assertive Communication

It is said that there are many differences in communication between genders with men processing information analytically while women tend to process things abstractly (Kirtley & Weaver 1999; Braedyn 2010). Each gender has a characteristic communication style and can incorrectly assume that the opposite gender reasons in the same way as they do this can lead to miscommunication, because each...

Professional Portfolio SOWK14005 Assessment 3

Reflexive Practice week 4

Assertive Communication

The social work values are based upon the practitioner acting as an advocate and in the best interests of their client by promoting; human rights, social justice, respecting their clients and their clients values, beliefs, culture, spirituality and identity.

Social workers are required to collaborate with other professionals, to engage in the community they have responsibilities...

Professional Portfolio SOWK14005  Assessment 3

Reflexive Practice week 2

Assertive Communication

There are a number of skills associated with assertive communication; ones that I believe I have strength in are,

Non-verbal behaviours such as;

•   maintaining a relaxed posture (Hepworth, Rooney & Larsen 1997, p. 428)
•      appropriately varied facial expressions (Hepworth, Rooney & Larsen 1997, p. 428) 
•  moderately expressive gestures (Hepworth, Rooney & Larsen 1997, p. 428)

Verbal beha...

A summary of feedback received during my learning journey

 I have undertaken numerous assessment pieces, written, verbal, media presentations, client worker counselling scenarios, and group assessments during this program, from these I have received numerous critiques regarding my capabilities. It is evident from these that there are many areas in which I need to progress, I have received positive feedback relating to my written expression, although grammar, lack of structure and inflated ...

Journal Portfolio

Practice with Children, Youth and Families is an area where I began my journey into social work many years ago and where I wish to undertake my second Field work placement in 2012.

An element of this course was the written submission of two assessment pieces. On this page it is my intention to critically review my performance in these two assessments from my own evaluation and from feedback provided by the course tutor. Then to provide a plan for ongoing development of ...

What I can do, and what I need to learn

Prior to starting the field education placement, I assessed my capabilities, strengths and limitations to gain a more thorough understanding of what skills I needed to learn, or information I am required to know, that will further my development and future practice as a Social Worker. Then after starting this fieldwork placement I was able to turn these requirements into learning goals and objectives, relevant to the environment that I have found my...

Self Reflections

At the begining of the placement my initial emotions were ones of expectancy, fear of the unknown and excitement. I was enthusiastic to engage in this new chapter of my social work journey while at the same time unsure of the agencies expectations and my own abilities. during my placement I have participated in numerous learning opportunities, which have included:

• Assisted a facilitator in presenting workshops to older people in the community
• Attended a therapeu...