Although providing services and support to clients can be rewarding and fulfilling, asocial workershould also take time to reflect on their own personal well-being and manage their mental and physical health accordingly. In this assessment, you create aself-careplan and consider the steps you can use to enhance your well-being and professionalism.

1. Assessment Deliverable

make aself-care action plan in which you identify self-care techniques that social workers can use to promote mental and physical well-being and reduce stress.

Audience: Develop your self-care action plan from the perspective of a newly hired social worker who has been asked to submit the plan as part of the onboarding process.

Include the following details in your action plan:

• Briefly summarize the concept of self-care, including its purpose.
• Describe 3-4 factors that can cause compassion fatigue or stress in social work practice.
• Describe some obstacles or barriers to self-care in social work.
• Identify 3-5 techniques, tools, or habits you will use to exercise self-care in social work practice.
• Explain how the techniques you identified will support your mental and/or physical well-being.

Cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

SelfCare Action Plan Summary of SelfCare Selfcare refers to the intentional actions individuals take to prioritize their mental emotional and physical wellbeing It involves recognizing ones own needs ... View the full answer