Finding Balance: Group Membership and Professional Development

Authors

  • Imad A. Mohamed At the time this article was written, Imad A. Mohamed was a first-year M.S.W. student at Minnesota State University Mankato (imad.mohamed@mnsu.edu)
  • Robin R. Wingo Robin R. Wingo, M.S.W. is Associate Professor and Field Director at Minnesota State University Mankato (507-389-5084; robin.wingo@mnsu.edu).

Abstract

Field education is said to be the experience that all students talk about and remember the most after they graduate. Social work students from immigrant backgrounds experience unique challenges in applying and finding a balance between the obligations of the NASWcode of ethics and being culturally responsive. These challenges may be even greater for immigrant social work students who are working directly with the target populations with which they identify. A crucial challenge and asset that is experienced by immigrant social
workers is the knowledge and identity membership that they hold in dual cultural systems. Learning to manage that balance in a field practicum setting will be examined in this narrative.

Author Biographies

Imad A. Mohamed, At the time this article was written, Imad A. Mohamed was a first-year M.S.W. student at Minnesota State University Mankato (imad.mohamed@mnsu.edu)

At the time this article was written, Imad A. Mohamed was a first-year M.S.W. student at Minnesota State University Mankato (imad.mohamed@mnsu.edu)

Robin R. Wingo, Robin R. Wingo, M.S.W. is Associate Professor and Field Director at Minnesota State University Mankato (507-389-5084; robin.wingo@mnsu.edu).

Robin R. Wingo, M.S.W. is Associate Professor and Field Director at Minnesota State University Mankato (507-389-5084; robin.wingo@mnsu.edu).

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Published

2013-10-09

How to Cite

Mohamed, I. A., & Wingo, R. R. (2013). Finding Balance: Group Membership and Professional Development. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 18(2), 37–41. Retrieved from https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/45