Select any one or several of the self-care strategies described in this chapter and describe how you might apply it to yourself in a social work job, student placement, volunteer experience, or any other type of current or recent employment.
What will be an ideal response?
The self-care categories (but not the individual strategies) are listed below. For this assignment the student needs to personalize these self-care strategies, and also demonstrate how implementing them will have positive outcomes for clients as well as the social worker.
• Appreciate the rewards of social work practice
• Do not deny or minimize the stresses inherent in social work practice
• Cultivate and maintain connections with other people
• Set clear boundaries with clients
• Create a facilitative physical work environment for yourself
• Cultivate a sense of mission
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