Mondo della Scienza Sociale

Interacting with the people of Virlanie Foundation for some hours made me realize one thing, although they are not mentally or physically stable, people like them should still be treated as a normal healthy person. People shouldn’t degrade them and see them as useless people. They should be appreciated, cared and loved. We should talk to them and play with them because there will be times that they will feel sad and lonely and we should also put ourselves in their shoes so that we’ll at least know what they feel and how we should deal with them.

Being social worker doesn’t necessarily require a license. Just like being a hero, we can be a social worker if we want to. Through simple chit-chat and words of wisdom, we can be a social worker wherein we helped a person in need not professionally though, but still we can somehow lift their mood up. If we see someone who is in need, don’t hesitate to talk to them. With these, technology that we have today, we can help not only the ones that we know but also the ones that is anonymous to us.

A day for sacrifice is worth it we can see smiles from faces of kids that we helped. We serve as the silver lining of the clouds of the children that are in these situation.

Although they are not the one who’s taking care of some us, our grandparents should also be appreciated. Without them, we won’t be here. And aside from that, the lessons that are parents teach us came from them. Growing older as day passes by, grandparents should feel more love and care from us.

Just like the 10 commandments that God gave to us, some profession also have commandments in the form of ethics. According to Google, ethics are moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity. So thus, code of ethics are the do’s and don’ts of a person which will make him or her act professional. Under the code of ethics, the scope and limitations of one’s job is also included and these rules should be followed to achieve a peaceful work environment.

The 2-hour seminar taught me 4 things that I have to remember when doing a counseling. First, we have to actively interact with the client. We have to show interest and that we are listening to what he is saying. Aside from that, we have to remember dome of what the client is saying. We can take down notes from time to time but we have to make sure that we won’t focus on recording what he is saying, we should still be focused on him. Next, we can know the client more by getting to know him during his childhood. We have to build up first our relationship with the client to make him more comfortable. Lastly, we can use different methods during the counseling process like word association, role playing and discussing about his dreams. These methods can help us know the client more and gives us ideas on how to solve his problem.

In terms of suggestion, we suggested that the counselor do a self-assessment and self-study to improve her skills and competence.

Being a counselor doesn’t always require a license, we can also be a counselor in our own way. 

To sum it all up, being a qualified counselor needs a lot of effort and things to consider and it is a job that the humanity needs as of the moment to improve our world’s current condition.