Social Work Report: Applying Motivational Interviewing in Social Work

This report provides a comprehensive overview of motivational interviewing (MI) within the context of social work practice. It begins with an introduction to the methodology and its aim to improve social care services through research and the encouragement of available resources. The main body of the report delves into the research behind MI, its assumptions, principles, and techniques, including the Colombo approach and decisional matrix. It discusses how MI is situated in social work, its role in counseling, and the importance of empathy. The report further describes how MI influences interviewing, planning, and the execution of specific questions and strategies during interviews. It includes a critical reflection of MI, detailing the author's experience and analysis of the process, along with a conclusion summarizing the key findings and the importance of motivation and confidence in social work practice. The report concludes with a list of references including books and journals related to the topic.

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................................4
Research motivation interviewing assumptions principles and techniques..............................................4
Discuss about the MI is situated in social work.......................................................................................5
Describe about how MI influence interviewing planning and execution of specific question or strategies
during interview......................................................................................................................................6
Critical reflection of motivational interview............................................................................................6
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The practice skills for social work report are the methodology that includes the aim to improve
the social care services by the help of encouraging the use of available resources. By the help of
research and practice that has to develop the services, that helps to measure the impacts of using
the evidence by doing the practice (Chacón-Cuberos and et.al, 2021). As well as this assist to
promote the role of the practitioners as the creators and gain the knowledge and helps in
influencing of change in the social environment.as well as the social work provides the six
theoretical framework that is system theory, transpersonal theory. Psychological theory as well ss
the social learning theory. Now, this report includes the discussion of research and the
motivational interviewing assumption as well as techniques that will be used in the practice skills
for social work report.
MAIN BODY
Research motivation interviewing assumptions principles and techniques
The main purpose of using the motivational interviewing is the counseling of the peoples
with the use of evidence. This approach is used by the health care and the providers that can use
to help peoples and patients to provide the proper treatment and suggestions. That helps in the
interaction that can helpful to promote the behavioral changes by helping the affected peoples
and patients and focused to resolve their problems. As well as the principles of motivational
interviewing that it will be helpful in expressing the empathy with the help of reflective learning,
because reflective learning gives the proper direction to express the people feeling. This also
develop the relationship between the clients their goals and values of their present behavior. This
will also assist the interviewer to avoid the argument and direct confession of the problems in
front of the social workers. Some of the techniques used in motivational interviewing is as
follows-
The Colombo approach- The Colombo main character includes the skills of “deploying
the discrepancies’’ and motivational interviewing therapist is using the same skills to help their
clients. As well as with the help of Colombo approach that interviewer is taking very serious
enquiry about the patients ( Germain and Knight, 2021). That the behaviors of the patients are
being judgmental or blaming. This technique will help to resolve the problem quickly.
Decisional matrix- this is the way that can help to determine the decisions of the client
that helps in deciding whether the behavior of the clients has changed or not. This will assist the
client of pros and cons of changing their behavior.
Express empathy- this is one of the most important elements of the motivational
behaviour that includes the interviewing with the empathy. This gives the ability to view the
world through the eyes of the clients. Through these techniques the interviewer deeply
understands the concerns of the peoples that what they are trying to say, and what they are

experiencing. These things will helpful to find the reasons behind their behaviour. Due to the
reason the high level of the empathy that is related with the positive results of the interviewing
with the help of broad range of different therapist of motivational interviewing.
Discuss about the MI is situated in social work.
The motivational interview is type of counselling approach where it is developed of
through part of clinical psychologists. It is detailed practice which enhance about to provide
proper guidance and elect generate optimum information to people ( Sapiro, 2021). The role of
MI in social work is largely use to make better counselling style within the field due to
practically merge. It is only have purpose of provide motivational interviewing in social work to
help for better resolve client issues and problem which thye are facing into their daily life. The
suited factor for Motivational interview is to having effective work collaborating procedure
between between client and counsellor. MI is use to determine about counselor which help to
opposed to being an expert in where five importance values of MI are elaborates:
 Being emphatic
 To create discreparancy between the client’s presenting behaviour and their goals.
 Instead of contracting within client resistance through direct adjust to it.
 To suggest self efficacy and optimum.
By applying ORAS:
 Open Ended Questions: It is to avoid questions that only provide yes or no answer in
which framing this type of question which is deeply more elaborately.
 Affirmations: To better acknowledge about client’ strength and affirm nation provide
clarity, honest and loyalty of answer in very opened questions.
 Reflection: Thus it is being provided where the client through reflective statement as
shows that to actively listening and highlight about triggered thought. This situation
client or candidate is need to focus on main task or important work point to make those
moment miserable.
 Summaries: for summarisation which is similar about to reflection but it recaps on which
larger portion through better counselling session. This is tool which is use to highlight
about what is current attention of important elements. Promote strategic change and to
move on next topic or having ending of until next time to gain positive response.

Describe about how MI influence interviewing planning and execution of specific question or
strategies during interview.
The major influence of Motivational interview through into patient that identify through and
feeling that cause her continue which helps to healthy people through better develop new
thought pattern to aid behaviour change ( Hohman, 2021). There are some impact which generate
in close ended questions such as :
As per the video of motivational interview, in that Interviewer and applicant is having
normal conversations. In that conversation Interviewer is mapping about applicant’s issues or
problem which he/she is facing in their daily life. The only objective for conducting motivational
video is to creates positive environment on which applicant can feel relaxed and release stress o
problem through express or share with someone. Similarly in Motivation interview video when
interviewer asked question to applicant that Did you feel work stress while working? In this this
question applicant shared that he is facing high work stress because he do too much work for
money. And the reason behind as he wanted to maintain work life balanced as well as to cover
financial problems. Then the another question interview asked that How you overcome from
your stress? Applicant replies that he consume cigarette around 26 in a day which make him
relax from its problem. Before he was used to play sports but due to high responsibilities he quite
to play sports.
After completing the motivational interview, interviewer asked about applicant’s goal
where he wants to stop consume smoking which is the main priorty for applicant. Strategies
which suggest by interviewer is that how health is important and smoking creates harmful
diseases.
Critical reflection of motivational interview
 Description:- During the phase of motivational interview I was been asked about different
questions with respect to directive questioning style. In accordance with my comfort level
I felt very much confident because direct motivational questions were there. When I
reached for the interview the main thing which gets assessed is the skill level and
confidence in accordance with all aspects. My mentor who was taking the interview was
continuously asking easy questions with respect to my knowledge area. As per my skill

and comfort level I applied for motivational interview and always wanted to determine
directive questioning style.
 Feelings:- It was my first experience of giving interview and all in the aspect of directive
questioning style. I felt very much stressed because due to financial problems lot of
problems occurred and I had high responsibilities and used to consumer cigarette. During
the interview I got motivated because interviewer asked me continue performing sports
activities and quit smoking.
 Analysis:- I analyzed that client provided full support to enhance my growth level and on
the basis of that only I further achieved growth. A person can get motivated only if client
supports at their best level. So, by analyzing the video I learned that I should decrease the
usage of consuming cigarette so that I can fulfill my responsibilities efficiently and on the
basis of that I should continue doing sports. I also got motivated because interviewer
asked each and everything about me due to which my stress level was getting reduced.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that motivation is the most important thing
which is needed while doing work in an organization. When any kind of interview takes place
then the first thing which is required is the motivation and confidence level of an employee. If an
individual would be encouraged and motivated then they will not work in an efficient manner.
Motivation is also needed at the time of building up the self -efficacy level. There are various
types of assumptions and techniques in relation with the concept of motivation. While doing
planning for an interview it is important that proper motivational skills are there so that while
working with other coworkers such actions helps in their process of providing best level of
performance. From the report it is also been concluded that in relation with motivation there are
many actions which are involved and it should be used at appropriate period of time so that those
actions helps all workers in their future aspects.

REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chacón-Cuberos, R., and et.al, 2021. Skills for Future Work (H2030): Multigroup Analysis in
Professional and Baccalaureate Training. Research on Social Work Practice,
p.10497315211002646.
Germain, C. and Knight, C., 2021. The life model of social work practice. Columbia University
Press.
Sapiro, B., 2021. Teaching Social Work Practice in the Shared Trauma of a Global Pandemic.
In Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic (pp. 323-329). Springer, Cham.
Hohman, M., 2021. Motivational interviewing in social work practice. Guilford Publications.
Pithouse, A., and et.al, 2021. Understanding social work-force satisfaction. Journal of Social
Work, 21(1), pp.107-127.