prepare a set of 8/10 question to be asked for a social worker?
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General
Why have you selected a career in social work?
How is your previous experience applicable to the work we do here?
Have you had the experience of working with people of a race or sexual orientation different from yours? (be able to articulate how culture impacts our work re: abuse/neglect/prevention/ intervention etc.)
What do you hope to accomplish as a social worker?
What do you judge to be your major successes or accomplishments in your fieldwork? How did you achieve these?
What major disappointments/failures have you had in fieldwork? Or
Knowing what you know now, is there something you would do differently in the management of one of your fieldwork cases?
Assessment of Skills/Technique
Are you sensitive? Are you intuitive?
Are you an active listener? Are you able to engage clients?
How do you describe your personal boundaries?
What kinds of things go into a psychological assessment?
Do you believe in short term or long-term treatment?
How do you handle termination?
Think of a client you have liked/disliked and tell me how you dealt with the counter transference issues.
Personality/Working Style/Other
This position requires a lot of independent thinking and initiative. There is minimal supervision. Could you handle that?
Would you rather draw up plans and design a program or be responsible for implementing a program? Why?
How would your weaknesses interfere with your ability to do this job?
What kinds of problems do you like to handle? Can you give me an example.
What do you think is going to happen in the field in the next five years?
Are you a member of any professional organizations?
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