Reflection

The way I used my creativity was helping to come up with a solution on how to help the patient in need. I may not have had much input what I did contribute they took into consideration, and as well as when my mentor was talking to me about many cases and how much they changed her life, and when she explained the decisions she made, I would create my own scenarios and make my own decisions with the well-being of the patient in mind. I used my communication skills by talking to the other social workers and seeing how it is that they do their job and what they do in order to accomplish everything they need to do. I've also learned that I need to listen to everything that occurs around me because it could be relevant to a case that I can be handling or dealing with.

What I gained from this capstone project, socially I would have to say that I feel a lot more comfortable talking to people now and actually being open and putting my own opinion out there without having to feel scared about what other people are going to think, I've learned that my communication skills aren't as bad I thought they would be. Personally I learned that I am a lot stronger than I give myself the credit for. I know that I am a very emotional person and that a lot things do make me want to cry, but I also know that with years of practice and if I can maintain myself then I can do anything and I can help out anybody that needs the help.

There were a lot of challenges that I had to encounter, for example the commute from San Bruno all the way to San Francisco after school. I'd have to take Bart, and then my mentor would be nice enough to drop me back off at home, and even on the car ride back we'd continue to talk about more cases and how the life of a social worker is. I learned that being a social worker your schedule has to be very flexible because you never know what will occur or who will need you right away. I learned that I need to control my emotions which I think will be the biggest obstacle for me, I encountered that by thinking about the brighter things, the brighter outcomes that are yet to come.