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Experienced Social workers

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In my work at the child development centre, I provide a social work perspective within a wider multi-disciplinary team which includes paediatricians, occupational therapists, psychologists and others. I have developed a thorough understanding of attachment styles in children and parents and I have undertaken several training courses which have licensed me to assess attachment styles in both children and adults – for example the Attachment Style Interview (ASI) and the Child Attachment Interview (CAI). Members of the multi-disciplinary team will often refer to me when there is a need to explore attachment styles in families at the centre. I try to keep up to date with this area of my practice by using resources in the centre library and through online sources available on the College of Social Work website. I have also taken out a subscription to the journal 'Attachment and Human Development'. I have organised a fortnightly multi-disciplinary case discussion group where one person in the team presents a case for analysis and reflection by the group. With the help of a psychology colleague, we established the working methodology for the group which has been running for the past year. I have presented cases several times. I have established with my supervisor that for six months we will explore my own contribution to the work I do with families during supervision. I am interested in the effect I have with families and recognise from the feedback I have received that with some families I am more effective than with others. Concentrating on an area of my practice like this in supervision over a period of time has been helpful in challenging the assumptions I have about my work and I have been able to modify how I negotiate professional boundaries with parents and children. I have used this learning in discussion with colleagues from other professions and we have consequently had some really useful reflection on practice.

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