Values
Well it is finally happening. I have just finished my Practice Educator training this week. On day 2 of the training we talked a lot about values and we did an interesting exercise which got you thinking about your own value base but also what you prioritise most. We started with more options then narrowed it down and I found this actually quite difficult to do because although it was just crossing out a choice it made me feel like I was losing a part of myself. Obviously I know that is not what it actually did but that is how it felt to do it. It felt like forgetting or deciding that a value I hold close my heart is not as important as something else. We got into some very interesting discussions about how what we prioritise value wise changes depending on where we are in our lives and how what we chose now is not what we would have chosen 5 years ago and is probably not what we would choose 5 years plus into the future. Obviously values are a big part of Social Work as they ar...