Walden SOCW6101 Week 2 Discussion Latest 2019 September

SOCW6101 Essential Skills

Week 2 Discussion

Challenges
in Micro Work

Working
effectively with individuals means building relationships. As a social worker,
there are certain qualities, such as empathy, warmth, and genuineness, that
help you develop rapport with clients. However, even when you appropriately
utilize your micro skills, rapport building can be difficult with some clients.
Challenges may include client hostility, silence, a request for
self-disclosure, or the necessity of using confrontation. Social workers need
to develop skills to appropriately work through these challenges.

For this
Discussion, you begin developing these skills through practice and analysis of
practice.

To prepare:
Watch the Parker video. In the video, the clients express hostility toward each
other, as well as toward the social worker. In addition, Stephanie asks the
social worker for self-disclosure when she asks, “Wouldn’t you?” and “You
really think you can fix that?” The scene ends with the client and social
worker falling into silence. Consider the challenges depicted in the video. How
would you respond?

By Day 3

Post:

Explain
when it would be appropriate to use self-disclosure.

Provide a
specific example of the type of self-disclosure you might use in this scenario.

Identify an
interviewing technique you learned from this week’s resources that you would
use when working with this client.

Provide a
specific example of the interviewing technique.

For
example, if you would use an empathetic statement or an open-ended question to
elicit information, provide a specific example of the statement or question
that you would use.

Explain why
you would use this technique.

Support
your post with citations to the course text to demonstrate that you have
completed the required readings, understand the material, and are able to apply
the concepts. As the course progresses, you will be expected to cite using APA.
To develop APA skills, utilize resources from the Writing Center
https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/apa.

By Day 6

Respond to
at least two colleagues:

Provide an
example of a 3rd technique not previously recommended by you or your colleague
and explain why you believe that technique might also effective in this
scenario.