Assignment Task: Role playing assignment
Client David, a 12-year-old student in the seventh grade, has come to you as the school social worker to report a bullying incidence. David has ADHD and struggles to connect with other students.
A description of the fictional agency setting, and types of services provided at this agency for child bullying
The fictitious organization is a social work department of a school that offers assistance and counseling to pupils who have been bullied. The organization also offers school communities prevention and teaching programs to increase awareness of bullying and its effects on children.
A description of the client system (micro, mezzo, or macro) for bullying
The micro system, which comprises the specific kids who harass and are bullied as well as the school personnel and administrators who are in charge of the students' safety and well-being, is the client system for bullying.
An explanation of the presenting concern (bullying
Bullying's primary concern right now is the mental and bodily damage that frequent acts of hostility and intimidation may inflict. Bullying may affect academic achievement and social development, as well as cause feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and melancholy.
A description of the client session scene in which you implement the GIM step and practice skills you have selected for working with this client system
The social worker would apply the GIM step in the client session by first meeting with the client to evaluate the issue and determine the objectives for the counseling session. The social worker would next assist the client in exploring the feelings and experiences connected to the bullying by using the practice skills of active listening and reflective questioning. The client would get help and direction from the social worker while they created a strategy to deal with the bullying.
A description of the techniques you used to implement the GIM step and the practice skills you selected for the client interaction that occurs between you, as the social work intern, and the client(s)
The social worker would carefully listen to the client while using active listening techniques to reflect back the client's emotions and experiences. In order to learn more about the client's emotions and ideas around the bullying, the social worker would also ask introspective questions. The client would get help and direction from the social worker while they created a strategy to deal with the bullying.
A description of the visual cues or non-verbal communication that both the social worker and the client exhibited during the interaction that support the GIM step and practice skills you selected
During the encounter, both the social worker and the client would show signs of attention and interest via their body language. The social worker would look the client in the eye and nod to show comprehension. When discussing their experiences, the client would be emotive and candid.
An identification of specific practice techniques/skills demonstrated for bullying
Active listening, thoughtful questioning, and offering support and direction are some of the practice tactics and bullying-related abilities that are shown. These methods are used to assist the client in exploring their feelings and experiences, creating a strategy to stop the bullying, and feeling supported in acting.
To assist the client in exploring their feelings and experiences, developing a strategy to stop the bullying, and feeling supported in acting, the social worker would utilize the GIM step and the practice skills of active listening, reflective questioning, and offering support and direction.
In 3 pages address the following:
1. Reflect on your experience in doing the role-play video.
2. Describe insights you gained from the experience and explain how these insights affect your approach to practice.
3. Describe the specific engagement techniques/skills you used and analyze why you used them.
4. Describe the colleague's role-play video you selected.
5. Assess what your colleague did well in the video you selected and recommend areas for improvement in your colleague's approach.