Social Work Practice and Spirituality
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1. Describe your approach for discussing religion with a client in your community, including at least two questions you would ask.
2. Reflect on your comfort and familiarity with religion and spirituality in general. In what ways might you develop to better serve the specific religious and spiritual populations in your community?
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This posting explains how religion and spirituality is incorporated in social work practice.
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1. My approach for discussing religion with a client in my community will be to provide spiritual support to clients to self-determine, and observe their faith without projecting onto the client's faith. I will not project my faith, religious beliefs, or spiritual beliefs onto those of my clients. I will not impose my beliefs on the clients and I will train myself not to cross the boundaries between my faith and my work. It is important to discuss religious faith because it determines how people feel about the world, about themselves, and how they act in their world (a). Social workers can help clients find and explore the wonder in their lives. The Supreme Being is the one towards whom the people can turn during hard times.
There is increasing evidence that there is a strong impact of faith, prayers, and spiritual practices on one's mental and physical health. In case of serious ailments, there is evidence that spiritual and religious ...
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- MBA, Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
- BSc, University of Calcutta
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