This is an example of a reflective journal to help you think about your own reflective writing. In this social work reflection journal, I will focus on social work. PCF: Intervention and Skills. I Will, Reflective Writing and Employability. Reflection strengthens your self-awareness because it allows you to reflect on the skills you have learned and what you have done, as well as think about how you might do things differently next time. By combining these experiences and skills into a story about yourself that you can communicate clearly, a reflective report is a detailed critical analysis from the student's perspective. The student should clearly define the objective of the subject, the efforts put into the project and the lessons learned from the project. Reflective writing can also include general comments about the topic, the student's opinion, and personal strengths. Reflective writing. Reflective writing IS: documenting your response to experiences, opinions, events, or new information. communicate your response to thoughts and feelings. a way to explore your learning. an opportunity to gain self-knowledge. a way to gain clarity and a better understanding of what you are learning. The following reflective essay uses this model to guide my thinking about teamwork, leadership, and time management in relation to creating a group Powerpoint presentation. The objectives of this essay are to evaluate the experience of such type of work and to describe how the things I learned can be applied to my future nursing,