The service user I chose to assess is a 17-year-old Hispanic female whose modified name is Tiana Santos. I provided therapeutic casework services to Tiana for a year in my previous role as a Therapeutic Caseworker at the Children’s Village, a foster care agency. Tiana was placed in foster care after been removed from her mother’s care due to emotional and physical abuse. Tiana’s father abandoned her mother and her youngest sibling when she was 5 years old. Tiana’s memories about her father were very limited due to her young age.…
Faith Harper was a 37-year-old African female from Kenya. In Kenya she was a practicing general surgeon that everyone admired. In hopes of a happy life, Faith married a Caucasian man named Bob and moved to the United States. The hopes of a happy and successful life deteriorated when Bob became controlling and abusive. He would beat, kick, chock, and even force her into doing different sexual activities.…
A phone call was held with Mr. Cornelius, Naisha Lawrence and Kim Drayton. The purpose of the phone call was to discuss the issues regarding Christopher therapist Melisa Davidoff. Mr. Cornelius is requesting that he has an open line of communication with Ms. Davidoff. Mr. Cornelius stated that the issues with Christopher's therapist aroused from a statement made during visitation with Peaceful Measures as Michael Stephen and Christopher were returned home after visiting with their dad. Mr. Cornelius stated that as the boys was returning from a visit with him, Christopher attacked his mother.…
The general knowledge was that any form of child abuse or neglect should be reported. The DHHS failed to report the abuse that Logan was received from Sally. The argument could have been made that Logan stated those abuse, because she wanted Sally seen as a bad foster parent. It was understandable that, when children acted out, they wanted to receive attention or to have things done their own. The case worker assigned to Logan and Bailey’s case should have been held responsible, because the child stated that she was abused and no action was taken.…
Staritt expressed that the Li children were residing with Ms. Byron for approximately eight month which coincides with their initial placement in foster care. Mr. Staritt indicated that the Li children are young and they adjusted to living in the residence of Ms. Bayron. Mr. Staritt explained that one of the “greatest harms” for children in foster care is the consistent relocation from one foster home to another. Mr. Staritt conveyed that this only heightens the trauma that foster children experience in foster care since their initial placement resulted due to traumas they endured while residing with their biological parents. Mr. Staritt articulated that stability for foster children is paramount and the Li children informed him that they were happy and contempt with Ms. Bayron after he met with the children in June of 2015.…
Focus: Taliana’s family will be able to utilize coping skills to manage Taliana’s inappropriate and depressive behaviors in diverse setting. Ms. Smalls (MHP), Taliana and Mrs. Clark (MHS) assist Taliana express emotions. Intervention: MHP request update of Taliana’s behaviors in the home and community. MHP and MHS discuss how MHS process school report of inappropriate behaviors with Taliana.…
Bell-Davis followed up with the QP about setting a time to sign the PCP because she was going on vacation the next week. • Mrs. Bell-Davis shared the QP can contact her by phone and by email; however, if she is not responding social workers in her unit can be contact and sign documentation as well. • Mrs. Bell-Davis reported the Kayla and her brother were removed from the home due to safety concerns because their mother had an emotional meltdown; however, reunification is the goal. • Mrs. Bell-Davis stated the children are in foster care within CPS; however, their mother does not require in home CPS service because she has employment and a place to live. •…
O’Neil acknowledged during the children’s initial placement in her home, there were instances when she took the children to Ms. Molina’s residence to spend the night while she went out of town to complete requirements to obtain a professional license. Ms. O’Neil conveyed that during those instances, Ms. Molina was still a foster parent for Leake and Watts and the agency was aware that the children were sending nights in her residence. Ms. O’Neil articulated that the agency did not have any issue with the children spending nights with Ms. Molina. Ms. O’Neil expressed that since Ms. Molina is providing foster care services for another agency, she brought the children to her home to spend the day, but they returned home that same…
The social worker decided to use Christine’s behavioral incident reports as a way to evaluate her intervention in an A-B single subject research design. The social worker believed using the incident reports would reduce bias in the evaluation because it was a method the foster parents were accustomed to using. The social worker also chose to not tell Christine about the evaluation, because she wanted the intervention to be the only thing that influenced Christine’s behavior. The behavioral incident reports used in the single subject research design were the ones that pertained to Christine not following the house rules, making impulsive decisions, and having poor boundaries with male peers. The social worker established a baseline by examining…
The sample that is being evaluated is a random sample. By selecting the population of my interest in this case that is foster children and youth, I will be able to demonstrate the main conditions as to why children and youth are being sent to foster care. The stories that are being told will have an age category and I have categorized children by those of ages 0-14 years of age and youth as those of ages 15-24 years of age. The data collection examines ten stories publish by the children and youth that have had to endure all these experience before they were removed from their home and placed in a foster homes. These stories are personal and very detailed stories of the terrifying conditions that these children and youth tolerated for years before having the courage to speak up and receive the adequate care needed to live in a health…
The impact of foster kids is serious and effects every age. However, I will focus specifically in young adults in the foster care system. I studied young adults in foster care through observations and a personal interview, which made me understand the reality of their…
Many children do not have stable homes and are in need of care. Realistically, children do not have the same home set up as on a television show and it is important to showcase the real problems that appear in the foster care system. Foster care is set up to be beneficial, but it has many flaws in the system, which…
There are approximately 397,000 children in foster care in the United States of America currently and I used to be one of them. However, foster had not even been near the forefront of my mind that summer. The summer before I started my first year of high school, I had plenty of anxiety about the tall tale I invented in my own mind that stood before me. Stories about how hard high school were numerous and often regaled on the crowded bus ride home by high schoolers who seemed to have the knowledge of every wise teacher in history combined. which that scared me to death; I had always held my position as a good student who followed the rules of my middle school.…
Anne Goddard is a Social Worker for the State and a mother of two girls, Jessica 9 years old and Megan 6 years old. We asked her a few questions to see what her opinion on spanking children as a form how punishment is. How long have you been working as a social worker? “I have been a Social Worker for about 10 years now. When I first started I worked for nursing homes and worked on behalf of patients with abuse accusations from the nursing staff.…
This made me have a positive view of social worker's and service users and carer's relationships. At the time I was thinking how happy I was for the carer and her son for getting the help she needed. The thing I would improve if I went back to this would be to ask the carer how she felt when the "weight was lifted off" her shoulders. ' (Commensus, 2017). I'd ask her if she has any breaks to herself and how she finds things to do for herself like hobbies…