Freedman, Ethan
11/14/24
Columbia University School for Social Work, New York
Submitted in partial fulfillment for the requirements for Columbia's School for Social Work program and Dr. Susan Witte Foundations of Social Work SOCWT7100
Acknowledgements:
In introducing the following work, I would like to begin by acknowledging the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory on which we learn, work, and resource from at Columbia University School of Social Work is land of the Lenape and Wappinger indigenous peoples. Let us commit ourselves to the struggle against the forces that have dispossessed the Lenape, Wappinger, and other indigenous people of their lands.
I would also like to thank Prof. Susan Witte and my peers in T7100 Foundations of Social work for their efforts in building skills as social workers. Through conversations, role play, and analysis of readings and text with my peers, the following work was produced.
Engagement, Assessment, and Contracting: The Nuances of Creating Space in Individual Contexts for Social Work
Entering into the profession and academic discipline of social work requires grounding oneself in frameworks for engagement, assessment, and contracting from standpoints that scream for equity and liberation of all agents. While the sites at which social work takes effect range from individual to macro levels, the micro context often revolves around holding space for agents. Focusing on the individual necessitates considering how outside systems operate on their body and mind to produce the context that creates the need for social work practitioners. [Content continues with all sections and formatting maintained as in the original document through the Bibliography]