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Jan 1, 2010 · This refers to an approach in social work that is open and undetermined by its very essence, as it enables social workers to remain sensitive to the complexity of their work and to stay...
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The use of Self means eficiently and rationally using the knowledge, skills, and values of the social work profession to enhance the well-being of a client— whether individual, group, community, or society as a whole. The notion of self forms the base of therapeutic social work.
Sep 1, 2017 · This article draws on one social worker’s narrative of encountering emotional abuse to illuminate some of the professional and personal challenges the work can present.
- The Role of Self-Awareness and Reflection in Social Care Practice
- The role of self-awareness and reflection in social care practice
- Participants
- Procedure
- Ethics
- Findings and Discussion
- Participants’ understanding of self-awareness and reflection
- Engaging in reflective practice
- Factors that support/impede reflection
- Conclusion
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Aoife Greene This study examined social care workers’ understanding of self-awareness and reflection, the impact of reflection on their practice, and the factors which support and/or impede reflection in their practice. Given the limited evidence base in general on the use of reflection in social care practice, this qualitative study contributes to...
The sample group was purposively chosen with the eligibility criteria of participants having a degree in social care and at least three years work experience in social care. These criteria were used to ensure that participants had the opportunity to learn about self- awareness and reflection and to practise it in the workplace. The participants wer...
To recruit the participants from the course a short presentation on the study was given to the class group as well as email being sent to the class with an information sheet and consent letter attached. Once the volunteers made contact, arrangements were made as to the time and place that suited the participants in order to conduct the interviews....
The research proposal was approved by the ethics committee of the third level institute in which Master’s degree was being undertaken. Informed consent was obtained from all participants. Some of the sample group were classmates of the researcher and as such prospective participants may have found it difficult to say ‘no’ to a fellow classmate who ...
The data were analysed in relation to the topics relevant to the objective of the study in exploring social care workers understanding and use of self-awareness and reflection in their practice with a number of themes identified. This article reports on three main themes: participants understanding of self-awareness and reflection, how the particip...
Participants had a general understanding of self-awareness and reflection as well as its relevance to their practice as social care workers. Almost half of the participants could name models of reflection such as Schön’s reflecting-on-action and reflecting-in action, Kolb’s learning cycle and Gibbs’s reflective cycle. However they could not provide...
Critical incident reports were found to be one of the most common tools used in order to reflect. These critical incident reports were provided by the participants’ organisations. The participants reported that at the end of the critical incident report there was a section which encouraged practitioners to reflect on an incident by describing it, n...
While discussing factors that support and/or impede reflection, the participants’ responses fluctuated between hypothetical assumptions and actual experiences. When they spoke about the factors that supported their reflection, the participants spoke about hypothetical supports for the practitioner in general. It appeared that the participants had n...
The findings of this study suggest that while social care practitioners generally understand the concepts of self-awareness and reflection, they tend not to reflect constructively unless they are reporting on a critical incident. Furthermore, while all participants identified reflection and self-awareness as important factors in promoting client-ce...
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The purpose of this chapter is to explore the concept of the social worker’s use of self, a process of developing self-knowledge that enables social workers to use their personal characteristics and experiences to enhance their work with clients.
Aug 31, 2017 · The Evaluation Self-Efficacy (ESE) scale was designed as an outcome measure for evaluation research courses in social work. A revised version of the Social Cognitive Theory–based ESE (ESE-II) was developed and evaluated in the current study including both new and revised items.
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Self-evaluation of Social Work Practice Through Reflection on Professional Mistakes. Practice Makes “Perfect”? Alessandro Sicora. Published 2010. Sociology. Although criticized by some authors, self evaluation through reflective practice is of great importance in providing better professional services.
