Reflective Essay: London Borough Hillingdon In England

A REFLECTIVE ESSAY Student’s Name Course Professor’s Name University City (State) Date 1 Introduction This a reflective essay about fieldwork which was involved in the exploration of five key areas which are housing and homelessness, criminal justice, social work services, demography and employment and education and all associated issues with each and every aspect within the London borough Hillingdon in England. I am asked to discuss the particular experiences which I gained during this fieldwork and their impacts on me as a social worker. In this essay, I will talk about how each step of this practice influenced me at the core on a professional level as well as personal. I started this fieldwork with immense motivation to get to know how people are surviving while not having permanent shelters on their heads and what they have to face in their lives on a daily basis. Being a human, I was also sacred a little to find about home miseries and their forceful pressures on multiple lives in London. I did not take it as a task instead I assumed it as a constant procedure of wisdom and attainment of solid roots to improve myself. 2 Observations Our group of nine people was intended to observe about the homelessness with statistic evidence, the resources available to help the homeless. Social housing, houses prices, and rental within the area, the rationale in price differences between the affluent area and the non-affluent area, the impact of the housing association in partnership with social housing. The group explores unemployment rate, youth unemployment, job opportunity, job creation, the benefit of the food bank to people on social benefit and explore how the food bank is funded. Particularly I was liable to have keen observations regarding the demographic area: talking about political parties, birth and mortality rate, census of the resident within the borough, the statutory right of the resident and support available from the government. What is the resident stake in Brexit? Any support for people with disability? Student explored the crime rate within the borough, the impact of CCTV and how that had been of use to police, a rehabilitation programme for offenders and activities available for youth to prevent crime, substance misuse facilities within the London borough Hillingdon and programme to rehabilitate the users. I was also asked to visit the court to observe a proceeding and relate their experiences. The court experience was a drunkard who assaulted the British police and was given community service and a fine due to being a single parent with a daughter. The judged felt if jailed it will be more traumatized for his daughter and more expensive for the state to place the daughter in foster care. 3 Finding As the whole observation process was related to homelessness at the core, here I will share the findings in the form of a graph. Figure A1: “Homelessness in London Borough Hillingdon 2018/2019” (Young, 2019). Criminal Justice is prevailing hugely within the borough but still, it considers the limitations. Social wok services are playing their important role to prevent substance misuse. Demographical areas brought about the rate of disabled people and the government is providing the possible services to t...