Critical Incident Analysis
• Brief outline: what is the ‘incident’ and its context? i.e. What is the social, professional, legal context? What happened (who said/did what?) What did you think and feel at the time and immediately afterwards? Why is this a ‘critical incident’?
• What relevance do your professional social work and personal values bring to bear? Can you identify a personal bias, viewpoint or mind-set? Could it have been interpreted differently?
• What were the ethical concerns and dilemmas and how did you engage with them and deal with challenge? Was there a ‘clash’ of values or perspectives (personal and/or professional?)
• Which core theoretical perspectives and social work knowledge and value-base informed your practice?
• What were the outcomes of the incident and what do you think you have learned from it? How might it inform future practice? How did you arrive at your decision and what informed this? Were you motivated by your moral stance? Professional knowledge? Pressure?
• What future learning needs have you identified from this incident and how might these be addressed?
This is an academic piece of work and should therefore demonstrate an appropriate standard of written English, including the use of reference to relevant literature and research using APA referencing.
