Client reported both of her daughters are on her budget. CM informed the client this is a Single Shelter and she needs to go to HRA and take off her daughters off her budget; and to have HRA re-budget her income. Client reported she does have an active Medicaid, and client need to submit a copy of the Medicaid…
Ms. Gezalyan provided guidance and support while monitoring participants' progress throughout their time in the program. She quickly ensured that their housing needs were accurately assessed. She utilized departmental and community resources to better serve participants. She correctly entered participant's information on computer systems in a timely manner and thoroughly documented all case actions…
This client is going through multiple situational/developmental crises; at the age of five she was sexually assaulted by her biological mother’s boyfriend, there was also a sexual encounter with her biological father at the age of nine, there after client was removed from her home at the age of nine, by CAS/FACS causing developmental crisis. Client was placed in foster care that was in Peel Region; where the abuse continued, clients foster mother’s brother became inappropriately involved with the client, at the age of thirteen. The foster mother reported it and CAS became involved and the client was removed from the home at the age of fifteen. Client feels she is to blame and that the foster mother will not speak to her anymore. Client moved…
Clinical social workers conduct psychosocial assessments to better understand the complex lives of clients. It is a guiding tool that aid social workers in obtaining relevant information such as demographics, identifying the problems and concerns, past and present experiences in order to give meaning to the client’s life. While this process is relevant to social workers, one can encounter challenging or difficult clients who will test the expertise of a social worker. This paper will discuss such client who was court ordered to complete parenting classes, individual therapy, random drug screening and has been non-compliant with treatment. Background Information: Salina is a 39-year-old Guyanese American female.…
I transported Demarion Tailor and Bureisha L. Williams from their individual placements to be to visit their mother Lashawn Railback. Mrs. Railback arrived on time with snacks for the kids. The child conversed with their mother and the meeting ended amicably. The worker while transporting both clients overheard Demarion saying he didn’t want to return to his foster home. I asked why Demarion didn’t want to return to his foster home.…
Providing overall casework services to children and adolescents referred to therapeutic foster care and/or adoption services. Providing care coordination and case management services, for the client and their foster/biological families, such as, advocating, linking, planning, placement monitoring, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and other relevant services. Completing and maintaining accurate up-to-date records and documents of all services and behaviors of the client.…
Developed to identify needs and coordinate referrals of families outside agencies for specific services not provided on site. In addition, other programs were implemented, including workshops for parents and children’s, health, career awareness, job readiness and housing placement. All documents required information…
This poor dog luckily only received minor injuries but we need to find the owner. The Dog was checked out by a vet and was treated and now is at the Town of Oyster Bay Shelter and will be put up for adoption on 12/30 if the owner can not be located. The dog was well fed, clean and very well behaved. He's a big Ole…
First, the case worker should have coordinated preliminary treatment plans for the initial stages of Gabriel’s placements. Here, the worker should have referred foster parents to speak with specialists or attend educational/informational classes on caring for children with unique social, cultural, and behavioral barriers. A class such as this would have been geared toward educating foster parents on identifying common behavioral disturbances, how to respond to future issues, and, importantly, warning signs of suicidal ideations. Plans set forth by the case worker should have also included family therapy sessions to better prepare Gabriel and his foster parents for their transitions in living situation. Next, the case worker should have worked together with the foster parents in collectively coordinating a step-by-step ongoing treatment plan to aid in Gabriel’s recovery, including continued family therapy sessions and weekly reports from the foster parents updating the case worker on Gabriel’s progress, changes in behavior, and/or any concerns that may have arisen.…
The problem for the homeless family is that emergency shelter is most often unavailable because of the scarcity of shelter beds available, despite the tremendous need. Another problem is that the available shelter does not accommodate their unique needs and thereby perpetuates their homelessness; homelessness that by all indications is not a chronic condition for these families. Emergency shelter is an important, but temporary, solution to the problem of homelessness.…
Children’s needs began to be considered when being placed into homes. The federal government began allowing and supporting inspections of family foster homes. (“Foster Care: Background…”; “Foster Care History…”; “History of Foster Care…”) Brace’s Children’s Aid Society has helped initiate the advancement on a host of child welfare laws, including, but not limited to, child labor laws, adoption, foster care services, and nutrition and vocational training. Children’s Aid has changed foster care for the better. It works with both the birth parents, if available, and foster parents to ensure the best possible living conditions and lifestyle for the child(ren).…
The family by law was eligible for shelter because they had a letter from their doctor saying that the housing where the family lived was making the asthmatic child ill. The family ended up relocating in frustration after being denied services for their family (Shipler, 2004, p.…
The failure in this is that they, as case workers aren’t required to meet with a child’s counselor or the foster parent to get an update of their actions and behaviors. Mr. Ries also said that they have to establish a case plan of what their treatment is to be. When asked how many child cases one of his colleagues has his response was 16. (Interview). They are only required to have meetings twice a year to review each individual case with the child’s counselor and legal guardian or family that is approved through the court system to care for the child.…
Paul, Minnesota, since then over 5,000 other shelters have opened their doors (Gosselin, D. K. , 2014). While Shelter’s are there to help the victims of society, they also have their weaknesses. The shelters can be found to be inadequate and lack to meet the needs of all survivors. Consequently, for every woman that is admitted into a shelter four women are denied access. Another weakness in these shelters is that Women that have teenage male children commonly are not granted access to shelters.…
Ethical dilemmas are an inevitable aspect of individuals work within the field of psychology. Professional psychologists are constantly challenged and faced with decisions that place them in precarious positions as they execute their roles with the different clients they serve. An ethical dilemma is defined as “a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two courses of action, either of which entails transgressing a moral principle” (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/ethical_dilemma). Ethical dilemmas extend beyond professional obligations to situational contexts which places competing ethical principles at stake (Knapp, Gottlieb, & Handelsman, 2015). On the same note, ethical dilemmas may occur in response to…