>> I think the, one of the primary
ingredients, regardless of whatever setting
that you're working in as a
social worker, is empathy.
Is being able to put yourself in the shoes
of that student who is failing their grades,
that student on probation, that adult
who is in the substance abuse program.
You know, that employee who's working in a
corporation, and what some of the barriers
that they might be facing,
or some of the barriers
to communication team development, for example.
Organizational development challenges.
Regardless of wherever you look, you
know, we are working with individuals,
and it doesn't matter if you're in business,
doesn't matter if you're in engineering,
in finance, whatever area that you're in,
people are the main ingredient,
I mean, main ingredients.
Human capital is really what it's all
about, and that's how you get things done.
So whenever you're going to have human
capital, regardless of whatever the setting is,
if you can have a social worker there who
has that empathy, who has that compassion.
I think also a good social worker also
brings that, lends a being able to assess,
to be present, to listen, which I think the
listening skills are also very important
because through the listening, through
the observing, whether it's body language,
whether it's the language of the
organization, the culture of the organization,
what is happening out in the community,
all of those different facets.
I think being able to be present and to listen
and to use your analytical skills really lend
themselves well for you to understand problems
and ultimately be a change agent because that's
what I really think a social worker does.
A change agent on an individual level if
you have an individual who's depressed,
helping them changing a better, or if it's
an organization that you want to help,
etc. I think those are some of the skills
that I think make a good social worker.