Part 1 - Practicing your social work skills through a role-play

Part 1

Practicing your social work skills through a role-play scenario is an essential part of a social work education. This is an opportunity to learn before interacting with vulnerable clients and unintentionally causing harm. Role-play assists you in identifying the areas where you are strong, as well as the areas where you might need improvement.

In this two-part Assignment,

TO PREPARE

Choose a scenario from the list below. Use this scenario to establish the client system for the role-play. That is, the client in the role-play takes on the role identified in the scenario.

Client Sara, age 26, is a working mother of three who relies on child support payments. Child support payments have not been paid, and she is at risk of losing her job. She is in a tough spot, and she is coming to you for support.

Client Judy, age 76, is being admitted to an inpatient hospice care center. Her son and grandson are her only family. As a social worker for this family, you must help the patient and family address end-of-life issues.

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 student.

Write an Engagement Role-Play, and submit the Engagement Role-Play Report. The directions for Part 1 of this Assignment are described below.

PART 1:

Write a role-play that demonstrates engagement skills. You take on the role of the social worker, while a friend, family member, or colleague takes on the role of the client.

A demonstration of the interaction between you, as the social work intern, and the client based on the scenario you selected that reflects the Engagement step in the Generalist Intervention Model. The scene should include the following:

A demonstration of effective attending skills

A discussion of agency services and client expectations

A decision of whether or not the agency and worker can help

An offer of agency and worker services to the client

An orientation for the client to the helping process, including:

A discussion of confidentiality

A discussion of a social work intern’s role

 

Assignment part one

Note from student. Write an Engagement role play with one of the scenarios listed below.

Client Judy, age 76, is being admitted to an inpatient hospice care center. Her son and grandson are her only family. As a social worker for this family, you must help the patient and family address end-of-life issues.

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 student.