Overview
This week, you have been exploring the importance of self-care for social workers. For this assignment, you will need to complete a self-care assessment worksheet, create three SMART goals for yourself related to self-care, and develop a self-care plan. You can use the resources from the week related to self-care assessment and planning.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAs and advanced practice behaviors:
- EPAS Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice
- C3.SP.B Demonstrate cultural humility by applying leadership skills, ethical use of technology, critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- Describe the importance of self-care for social workers.
- Describe the process of completing the self-care assessment, demonstrating self-awareness, and identifying three personal insights.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- C3.SP.B Demonstrate cultural humility by applying leadership skills, ethical use of technology, critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- EPAS Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed-upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- Identify three SMART goals to promote your self-care practices.
- Related Assignment Criteria:
- C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed-upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
Instructions
There are two parts to this assignment.
Part 1
The first part of the assignment is to reflect upon the importance of self-care for social workers and your current self-care practices.
To complete this part of the assignment, please review and complete the Self-Care Assessment Worksheet [DOCX]. You do not need to share your specific ratings on this assessment but rather consider the overall findings of the assessment and share the insights you gained from completing this assessment (for example, you noticed that you have room for improvement in the area of physical self-care, or you did not consider some of the items listed on the assessment as self-care, etc.)
Part 2
For part two of the assignment, you will work on developing a self-care plan. This plan will allow you the opportunity to practice writing SMART goals.
SMART goals are:
- Specific.
- Measurable.
- Achievable.
- Relevant.
- Time-Sensitive.
Please write your goals in bullet form (each goal is one sentence; they should not be written in paragraph form).
Write a 1–2 page self-care plan including self-care reflections with three goals.
- Describe why self-care is important for social workers.
- Reflect upon your completed self-care assessment and share three insights you had as a result of this exercise.
- Write 3 SMART goals, based on your self-care assessment, for yourself related to self-care.
Additional Requirements
- Due Date: Submit your assignment by 11:59 PM Central time on Sunday.
- Written communication: Your paper should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language, with no technical writing errors, as expected of a social work professional.
- References: References and citations are formatted in consistent style. Follow current APA style and format for citing sources
- Number of resources: Use a minimum of two scholarly resources related to the content of the assignment.
- Length of paper: Approximately 1–2 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title and references pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 13: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
- Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
- Competency 6: Demonstrate cultural humility by applying leadership skills, ethical use of technology, critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C3.SP.B)
- Describe the importance of self-care for social workers.
- Describe the process of completing the self-care assessment, demonstrating self-awareness, and identifying three personal insights.
- Competency 7: Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C7.SP.B)
- Identify three SMART goals to promote self-care practices.