Applying Gibbs Model Of Reflection In Social Work Practice
Reflection is the action of putting together experiences and knowledge, in order to enhance your personal development (Kathpalia and Hear, 2008). This reflective account will recognise my personal values and how they can impact on my social work practice. It will also outline how the learning from this module has impacted on my personal values. I will apply Gibbs’ model of reflection, in order to identify my thoughts, feelings and action plan (Gibbs, 1988).
Many sessions in this module where interesting, however the session that grabbed my attention was the Forced and Arranged Marriages session, because I never expected that they still existed in the contemporary world. During this lecture we went through a PPT, which mainly included a case …show more content…
One of my personal values is the Freedom of Choice under the Human Rights Act 1998, it states that every human being should have the right and freedom of choice, as it is a violation of act to make a forceful choice on another person. If such situations occur during my social work practice, it will be my duty to empower and liberate the service user by promoting change, this will then enhance the well-being of the service user (IFSW/IASSW, 2000). Another one of my personal values is respect, as I feel that everyone deserves respect, however I feel that in Shafilea’s case she was not given the respect that she deserved. Although respect is my personal value, it is also one of the professional values, because social work values are based on respect for the dignity and worth of people (BASW 2015). Furthermore, before learning on this module, the Freedom of Choice was not one of my values, but having learnt on this module I’ve learnt that social workers have to comply by the Human Rights Act, in order to protect the service
Many sessions in this module where interesting, however the session that grabbed my attention was the Forced and Arranged Marriages session, because I never expected that they still existed in the contemporary world. During this lecture we went through a PPT, which mainly included a case …show more content…
One of my personal values is the Freedom of Choice under the Human Rights Act 1998, it states that every human being should have the right and freedom of choice, as it is a violation of act to make a forceful choice on another person. If such situations occur during my social work practice, it will be my duty to empower and liberate the service user by promoting change, this will then enhance the well-being of the service user (IFSW/IASSW, 2000). Another one of my personal values is respect, as I feel that everyone deserves respect, however I feel that in Shafilea’s case she was not given the respect that she deserved. Although respect is my personal value, it is also one of the professional values, because social work values are based on respect for the dignity and worth of people (BASW 2015). Furthermore, before learning on this module, the Freedom of Choice was not one of my values, but having learnt on this module I’ve learnt that social workers have to comply by the Human Rights Act, in order to protect the service