SCWK 440

SCWK 202

Sample of Weekly Log

WEEKLY LOG

(SAMPLE)

Please follow this format:

A. Name: JANE DOE

Volumteer Agency: FAMILY SERVICES

B. Dates and hours actually in agency:

EXAMPLE:

JUNE 22 - 1:00-05:00

JUNE 23 - 8:30-12:30 Total hours this week 8

Accumulative hours to date 21

C. Chronological account of each day:

EXAMPLE:

Monday (1/22)

8:30-09:30 Supervisory conference with Mr./Mrs. X.

9:30-10:00 Prepare for interview with a new client. Read referral information, gathered necessary forms and checked to make sure interviewing room was available and ready for use.

10:00-11:00 Interviewed 23-year-old divorced white female (mother of two) who was referred to our agency by her family practitioner. She identified her problems as. . . .

11:30-12:00 Read over notes taken during interview and jotted down significant data. .

12:00-01:00 Lunch

1:00-02:00 Observed my supervisor interview a family with a severely retarded 8-year-old child.

D. Brief description of one thing (new) you learned about yourself from this week's field experience.

EXAMPLE:

Although I was very nervous about actually interviewing a client I found that once I was able to focus on the clients issues I was able to settle down and try to gather the information we needed to provide the client help. I learned that I might actually like working with people in this way.

E. Description of volunteer work that is directly related to your objectives.

EXAMPLE:

My experience in interviewing a client was directly related to my learning objective of wanting to find out if I might like to work directly with clients on a one to one basis. I found that I did.