Instructions

Your work will be about the process of termination. This should not be written in a question-and-answer response since it is work. Do not give bullet pointed responses. Make sure to support your insights and integrate the social work literature into your work using scholarly sources. Remember, the lecture is not an appropriate source for your work. Use the prompts below to guide your writing.

• Why is termination such an important part of social work? Why can’t we just say, “so long” and move on? Discuss the process of termination as it relates to your current practicum placement and the clients you serve and reference the NASW Code of Ethics values that apply to the termination process.
• Provide a brief description of your client and your work together.
  • Identify the interventions that were particularly useful in your work together.  
  • What theory of change informed the interventions you employed? What challenges did you and the client have in implementing the interventions you identified above and how did they contribute to the client’s growth, self-awareness, and coping? What would you have changed looking back on your work together?  
  • What are the factors that led up to this termination? Is/was this a planned or unplanned termination? What does the literature say about this type of termination?
• How did you introduce termination to the client? Were the reactions what you anticipated? Discuss both your and the client’s response to the termination. What concerns do you have for the client regarding termination?
• How do issues of racism, oppression, gender, culture, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, age, race, and religion affect the termination process? Speak to the differences in your identity vs. the client’s and how you managed that in the relationship.
• What specific social work skills unique to endings are necessary for a successful termination?  What are some common pitfalls social workers often fall into around termination? Discuss how cultural awareness as well as awareness of intersectional factors may have impacted the process. What are some factors that led to a faulty or effective termination for you and your client? 
• Include a part of a process recording where you talk to a client about saying goodbye and ending your working relationship. What skills are evident in this process recording?  What is your self-assessment of how you managed termination? What could you have done differently?
• What are your feelings about ending this relationship and about termination and transitions in general? Discuss processing this in supervision as it relates to completing your internship (clients, supervisor, and colleagues). What evidence of transference and countertransference can you identify in the ending process? How did you manage this?
• Reflect on your supervision experience and how it guided your practice, interventions, ethical thinking, and skill development.

Requirements

• Your work should be an 8–10 page Word document and needs to demonstrate integration of the literature.
• Your work should include a minimum of five references beyond the required texts in this course, including peer-reviewed journal articles and material from suggested readings and related readings. You might want to use some of the articles listed on Module 5: Summary page. 
• The Lecture is NOT an appropriate source for work. Do not use random websites like goodtherapy.com. You must use scholarly sources.
• APA (7th Edition) is required throughout the assignment and for the reference page.