a. What evaluation tools does your practicum agency use to evaluate the effectiveness of its interventions? Does your agency modify its strategies based on the results of the evaluations?
Family Focus evaluates the effectiveness of its interventions using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS). The NCFAS is a quantitative evaluation that is completed at the beginning of each case, every six months thereafter, and at the end of the case with input from the client and the staff member to determine how the family is functioning prior, during, and after an intervention is implemented. The scale ranges from three to negative three. Any area that has a negative number as the rating requires a written goal and objectives to assist the …show more content…
These are central because the social worker must chose an intervention that will meet the needs of the client while addressing the social problem that the client faces. The social worker should chose an intervention that allows the client to feel respected, valued, and involved with the change process. In addition, the social worker must display integrity while choosing the intervention that best suites the client, be transparent about the intervention, and respect the diversity of the client. I do believe a majority of the clients that I serve would agree with this. One of the most common complaints that I have heard includes the client feeling that they are not respected, an intervention does not meet their needs, and that they cannot trust the social worker that they are working with or have worked with.
c. In your agency, how is a particular practice model chosen for a specific client?
A particular practice model is chosen for a specific client depending on the client’s needs, the client ' situation, and why the problem is occurring.
d. Are interventions tailored to diverse clients? If so, provide a couple of examples. If not, do you think they should be tailored and …show more content…
The age, developmental disabilities, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, sexual orientation, gender, and national origin are all factors that are taken into consideration when an intervention is chosen for a client. An example of an intervention being tailored for a client includes the parenting education curriculum being read to a client based on the client’s inability to read the curriculum or lack of ability to comprehend the information in the curriculum. Another example of an intervention being tailored to a client includes searching for housing that meets a client’s needs if the client has physical disabilities, income based to meet the financial needs of the client, or a community designed for elderly
Family Focus evaluates the effectiveness of its interventions using the North Carolina Family Assessment Scale (NCFAS). The NCFAS is a quantitative evaluation that is completed at the beginning of each case, every six months thereafter, and at the end of the case with input from the client and the staff member to determine how the family is functioning prior, during, and after an intervention is implemented. The scale ranges from three to negative three. Any area that has a negative number as the rating requires a written goal and objectives to assist the …show more content…
These are central because the social worker must chose an intervention that will meet the needs of the client while addressing the social problem that the client faces. The social worker should chose an intervention that allows the client to feel respected, valued, and involved with the change process. In addition, the social worker must display integrity while choosing the intervention that best suites the client, be transparent about the intervention, and respect the diversity of the client. I do believe a majority of the clients that I serve would agree with this. One of the most common complaints that I have heard includes the client feeling that they are not respected, an intervention does not meet their needs, and that they cannot trust the social worker that they are working with or have worked with.
c. In your agency, how is a particular practice model chosen for a specific client?
A particular practice model is chosen for a specific client depending on the client’s needs, the client ' situation, and why the problem is occurring.
d. Are interventions tailored to diverse clients? If so, provide a couple of examples. If not, do you think they should be tailored and …show more content…
The age, developmental disabilities, religion, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, sexual orientation, gender, and national origin are all factors that are taken into consideration when an intervention is chosen for a client. An example of an intervention being tailored for a client includes the parenting education curriculum being read to a client based on the client’s inability to read the curriculum or lack of ability to comprehend the information in the curriculum. Another example of an intervention being tailored to a client includes searching for housing that meets a client’s needs if the client has physical disabilities, income based to meet the financial needs of the client, or a community designed for elderly