Role Of A First Year Social Work Student - 1412 Words

State what you perceive is the role of a first year social work student as an adult learner in the field practicum agency. The main roles of a first-year social work student who happens to be adult learners in the field practicum agency are growth, gain, and refinement. As individuals with degrees, we have already gained some sort of skill set regardless of the field that we were in. I have a degree in Human Services, so I am familiar with some of the things that it takes in order to better serve our clients as practitioners. Even in my short time at Norfolk State I have been continuing to gain more insight on different skill sets that are in place for social workers through the different courses that I have taken.†¦show more content†¦I am a firm believer that I can gain something from every person that I encounter. Refinement will especially come into play when there are times where there is a situation that I could have done something a bit better. Because this will be my first year in practicum, it is safe to say that I will not do everything perfectly. I will be refined through this practicum experience because the times where I could have made a better decision will remove the wrong mentalities from my practices. Identify the strengths you bring to the practicum experience and also the area of professional development you need to work on. My biggest strength is genuineness. I am not the kind of person who does something just to do it. Most of the time, if I am fulfilling a task it is because I have a desire and passion for doing it. If not for this, then I am doing something because I know that it is important and that it will better me. This, in turn, means everything I do will come from a genuine place. Nothing hurts me most than dealing with people that are not genuine in what they do and how they treat people. Another strength that I have is that I am very driven. Being put in a professional setting means that I am there to be the best practitioner that I am capable of being. It is natural for me to go above and beyond to get all that I can out of an experience. I believe that if one were to ask those I interned for, they would