Personal Values and Social Work
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Running Head: SOCIAL WORK1Social Work Name of the StudentName of the Institution
SOCIAL WORK2Social Work Task 1Values are important and inform how one behaves or perceives the self. People developvalues due to the influence of many factors. Primarily, people develop their values at threedistinct levels. Firstly, people uphold values that the inherited from the parents or caretakers asthey grow up. Secondly, values are developed from researching and examining the existingvalues then choosing the one that makes sense. Thirdly, values are developed as a result of lifeexperiences that a person encounters. For this reason, assessment of my personal values revealsthat the psychosocial theory has had an immense impact in their shaping. Erik Erikson, in histheory, contends that people's sense of values or self-growth or development stems from thesocial crises that they encounter throughout the life. These crises help a person react or evenadapt. He, therefore, cites three critical crises including industry vs. inferiority, isolation vs.intimacy, and trust vs. mistrust. Industry versus inferiority contributes to values such as workcompetency, ethics or self-worth. Isolation versus intimacy sires values such as love, respect orkindness. The trust versus mistrust social crisis connotes the experiences that a personencountered during their infancy and how these experiences shape their trust. I form my valuesfrom what the environment presents. For example, as a social worker, it becomes very difficultdealing with victims of a crisis such as a displacement after a war. In such a case, I ought notonly to have humility but also be emotionally supportive to the affected. Arguably, valueschange as one encounters different scenarios. Thus, one value can be applied in one situation butnot in another. This notion, therefore, creates the aspects of the dynamics of values. However, I feel challenged by the systems theory as a social worker. Systems theoryposit that a person's behavior (which in this case will be termed as values) is determined by some
SOCIAL WORK3factors that together function as a system. Therefore, the manner in which a person acts or thinksis shaped by such factors as the home environment, social events settings, friends, school,parents, peers, and economic class among others. It, therefore, means that a person's behaviorcan either be influenced positively or negatively. For instance, children who grew up in abusivehomes are likely to develop deviant behaviors. People who engage with peers who practice drugsand substances are likely to become addicts as well. In the same way, children who attend schooland follow the school rules and regulations are likely to be successful in their academicperformance. As a social worker, this theory presents challenges to me. Principally, a socialworker has to evaluate and analyze those systems that inform a person's behavior and welfare.Additionally, the social worker must work towards strengthening those systems whilediscouraging those that result in negative behavior. The systems theory, therefore, is far-reachingand calls for the social worker to work extensively to establish and maintain the supportivesystems. It is so because the systems compete to impact either positive or negative results. Task 2 The role-play experience was challenging yet a learning process. I had three role-plays.One was acting as a social worker, two as the client and three as an observer. In the first instance,I assumed the role of a social worker with my fellow student as the client. One of the things Iobserved is that the session was challenged by various problems. Firstly, I could not maintain adirect eye contact with the client. While keeping an eye contact is important and determines howthe social worker and the client relate, I felt that I did not do enough in this sector. Secondly, Ihad to focus on asking my clients some questions. The questions were related family, job andother more personal issues. In that case, I felt that I was getting too much personal informationfrom the client and I was not sure whether he was comfortable with it. It was a challenge because
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