Reflect on your own identity and the skills you bring to your work. Consider your social group memberships—age, gender/gender identity, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, language, and culture, as well as your personality, values, and the family and life experiences you have that have impacted you and shaped your identity.

Reflect on your own identity and the skills you bring to your work. Consider your social group
memberships—age, gender/gender identity, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, language, and culture, as well as your personality, values, and the family and life experiences you have that have impacted you and shaped your identity. Consider your strengths and weaknesses. Reflecting
on this information and the material you have learned so far about direct social work practice.

In a maximum of four double-spaced pages, please respond to the following questions:

Given your own identity, culture, values, and life experiences, what skills or strengths do you feel you bring to
the practice of social work? Are there characteristics or beliefs that you feel will assist you in your professional use of self? Are there any you perceive as challenges or barriers that you might have
to overcome or work through to be successful as a practitioner?
Address how your own ethics and beliefs may influence your approach to practice and your ability
to work well with various client populations or practice areas. Are there issues or populations that would be particularly challenging for you to work with because of your own experiences, values/
beliefs, or identity? If so, how would you handle this in your work?
Consider working with a client
who differs from you, holds different values, or engages in behaviors that conflict with your
values.
Compare how would you respond as a professional versus how you might respond to similar circumstances in your personal life.
Your paper should include at least two scholarly references

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