The purpose of this part of the assignment is to develop insight about what informs you as a social worker and how this may influence your work with clients. Our own experiences impact our personal “story”, and if we are unaware of our own story, we risk the possibility of our story impacting our work with clients without us knowing it. Specifically, you should identify a ‘narrative’ (a storyline) that you have internalized that informs who you are as a social worker. ‘Narratives’ are stories or groups of concepts that give meaning to our experiences. Areas to consider may include your experience with dominant discourses from our culture, your family, attachment experiences, your relationships, and your biases.
This paper should be 2-4 pages in length and include the following:
Describe a narrative that you have adopted or internalized, including components that influence your identity as a social worker, your goals, and your adherence to values or theoretical ways of thinking.
Describe how the narrative developed, including influential persons, experiences, and how you’ve made meaning from them.
Discuss how the narrative is constructive and/or destructive (problematic) to your functioning as a social worker.
Discuss ideas for how to deal with your narrative in order to be most constructive in your career as a social worker.
I am a black male who works with children that have been sexually abused. You can make it up from there.
