Social Work Practice Case Study

1) After watching the video lecture, what do you think about the idea of conducting spiritual assessments with clients in social work practice? Is this practice something that you would consider engaging in as a professional social worker? Why or why not?

The idea of conducting spiritual assessments with clients in the social work practice is an important factor to better assist the clients. I think this is a necessary and critical component to assist clients. Dr. Gabbard mentioned in the video, before a social worker can network with other organizations and resources, it is important to know his or her spiritually practice. As Dr. Gabbard mentioned in class, you do not want to send someone who is non-spiritual to a religious service facility.
Instead of asking a lot of questions, perhaps writing a few questions that could assist your research. Viewing the Winter in America, it is important to reword the questions for the individual to assist you with your research questions. The video showed the daily life of a homeless individual searching for food out of the trash can. Along with a woman reaching into the trashcan, she drank from a drink that someone tossed out. Rewarding the individual with a gift card for food or something practical like a blanket or coat would persuade the individual to participate in research. The gift card shows gratitude for their time. Another challenge was the language barrier. Perhaps if the individuals are not fluent in English similar to a few Greeks I met while in Greece, it is important to see about having a local to translate. If a translator is not available, as mentioned by Dr. Gabbard in SWRK 510, learn their language to be able to communicate with the individual. To overcome the challenge of the rural area is to network with locals to ask if he or she knows where a predominant place is to speak with individuals who are homeless. This happened in Athens, where I did not see any homelessness after the Euro Zone crisis, I asked a local Greek man to inform me where I could find individuals who were impacted by the Euro Zone crisis. I was informed to go into the rougher areas of Athens where I would be able to see how the Euro Zone crisis impacted some of the Greek Citizens. In the video, Winter in America, the area Shown is a similar area in Athens. The area is in the outskirts of the city and one will need to ask a local like I did to be able to find the location. When one mentions the word homeless, they might picture an individual on the street corner with a sign begging for money. Those who are homeless live in the