What is your social work training?

Summarize your interview and personal reflections in two parts, using the questions below as a guideline. You may want to use the following questions to help you gather information. You can adapt these questions to suit your personal interviewing style and the interests of your interviewee.  What is your social work training?  What would you define as the primary purpose of social work?  What do you see as the important broader issues that affect the individuals/groups/families you work with? How do you address these issues in your social work practice?  What do you see as the important broader/structural issues that affect these individuals? How do you address these issues in your social work practice?  What is an example of a value or ethical dilemma that you might deal with in your practice? How do you deal with ethical dilemmas?  What theories guide your social work practice?  What is your definition of social justice and how do you act on this?  Do you believe Social Work should be engaged in social justice efforts? If so, how?  What do you see as the challenges facing the profession of social work today?  What do you do for self-care? Does your workplace support your self-care efforts? If so, how? Reflection Questions I recommend you separate the Reflections portion of your paper from the main section (above). After your interview when you are writing your paper, consider:  Is this an area of Social Work you would like to enter? SOCW 200A: Course Outline Interdisciplinary Studies Page 10 of 13  What do you think the biggest challenges of this particular job would be for you?  How do you think your attitude & approach would differ / be similar to that of your interviewee?  What stood out as particularly interesting about this social worker / job / agency for you?  Any other personal reflections are welcome as well.