Acelero Executive Summary

Acelero has a very hands-on way of assisting their clients to achieve pre-set goals while also ensuring that their mission is accomplished and achieved. Making reference to Wood and Tully’s (2006), Frame of Reference for Social Work Practice, Acelero utilizes all four (4) quadrants in their program. They work with the client on behalf of the client – quadrant A. Acelero’s clients are families of all registered children in their program. Every client has to be directly involved in the program whether they need direct assistance from Acelero or by way of volunteering at Acelero. They work with the client on behalf of themselves and others in a similar category – quadrant B. Acelero sets up behavior specific/goal specific workshops for the participants within their …show more content…
These workshops are used, in a group setting, to ensure that the client’s specific needs are met and that they can learn from the strengths or weaknesses of the other participants. Quadrant C – they work with non-clients for the benefit of their clients. Once goals have been set with the client as to their identified needs for specific assistance, the necessary agencies and institutions are contacted and the resources or information for follow up is passed on to the clients in order for them to make the needed contacts with these agencies. If the clients need assistance, due to language barriers or the inability to read, then the social worker assigned to the case will assist the clients with the needed forms to complete the process. Quadrant D – works with non-clients for the benefits of a category of clients. Acelero has clients that are non-English speakers and they need to learn English, English as a Second Language (ESL) classes are provided for them free of charge. Also, using an online-based system, Shine Insight, Acelero does training for other head start programs that is used to the benefit of the client system that