Orientation Visits in Social Work: Building Practical Understanding Early
Important aspect of a fieldwork is the called orientation visits. the importance of orientation visits can be planned once you visit the agency. how this agency is functioning how this program are being delivered, how services are being provided what are the objectives of the agency.
In another sense you have to develop a spirit of inquiry you have to observe you have to develop your observational skills to know more about the agency program, agency structure, what are the agency resources, who are the people they are being benefited by the agency, how this agency takes up the program, whether agency run by a non-governmental organization, it is a agency which runs the program for the poor people.
It will be running aid programs for the different categories of people there can be different kinds of agencies so orientation widget will help you to understand the nature of agency there are programs their schemes they are the way the functions and it will also develop your observational and analytical skills so in orientation program we slowly induct you with the field and with the agency where you can appreciate how the agency is functioning.
You can also learn to develop the understanding of the program’s of welfare programs developmental programs services and this will slowly and slowly you will see that you are able to understand how this professional social worker can play an important role, what is your role there and with the person with whom you are attached the agency people those who are running this agency the functionaries, they will help you to understand the style of functioning administrative mechanism.