[humanser] Questions regarding Masters Level Social Work Practicum

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Yiska,

Is there something particularly, in the name of being a thorough 
social worker, wrong with somebody's being there to inform you of 
potential bruises on the bodies of your elder or child clients? And 
yes, this reader would be bound to the same legalese as you are.
I mean, I don't think they religated you to shaddowing a sighted 
social worker? I would imagine your agency guy was wondering the same 
thing as I about seeing physical layers of your casework?
Car client's?
It remain doubtful that sound like the came up
  At 03:39 PM 3/17/2016, Lora :\) via humanser wrote:
>Hello List,
>
>I am new to the list. My name is Yiska. I am trying to get a practicum
>placement for fall and am running into some challenges related to
>blindness. I figured this would be a good place to ask my questions. I
>am getting my master's in social work. The practicum liaison and the
>agencies have some concerns about being able to fulfill the duties of
>the job. They are concerned that I will be unable to complete an
>assessment without vision. They are also concerned that if I use a
>driver in order to go to client's houses, courts etc that there will
>be confidentiality issues. I have informed the liaison that the driver
>would be bound by the same confidentiality rules that I would be. I
>have told them that there are other ways to get information besides
>vision such as vocal tone and questions. The placements that I am
>looking into are such things as dealing with severe mental health
>issues and child abuse cases. One agency will only accept me if I just
>shadow a social worker but this is not how other students have their
>placements. If you have any ideas or suggestions on how you would
>handle such a situation it would be greatly appreciated if you would
>share those thoughts. Thank you for your time.
>
>Yiska
>
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