For the past four years I have had the pleasure of working for a Non-Profit Organization named Seven Hills Foundation. It was created in 1951, by a small group of parents of disabled children, sharing the same vision. That vision was to advocate and improve the lives of their children while providing support to each other when needed. Since that time, Seven Hills foundation has flourished into one of the largest support networks for individuals with life challenges. Seven Hills Foundation has an organizational culture that appeals to many people.…
1. The issues: An Adult Protective Services (APS) investigation has revealed that Ms. S. needs to be placed in a facility where she will have more care, but Ms. S. has refused the assistance. The APS worker is convinced that Ms. S. will die if she continues living on the streets. 2. Stakeholders: Ms. S. is the largest stakeholder in this situation.…
In the case Communicating Toward a Winning Team at Southern Cystic Fibrosis Center a care team has come together with a similar goal of creating comprehensive and caring plans for patients and their families. In the beginning, everyone was working together effectively, until Dr. Goodman announced the bad news that not everyone in the group will be able to attend the Conference in Nashville. To follow the announcement, Dr. Powers state’s that he feels that it is essential for his secretary to attend with him, and would be more beneficial for her to go instead of the social worker and dietitian. This of course irritated others in the group, with the nurse coordinator quitting her job. In order to settle the dysfunction the task roles needed…
Jennifer Kortge is a School Social Worker for a special education consortium of three different school districts in Lapeer County, in Michigan. The three school districts she services include Imlay City, Dryden, and Almont community schools. As a School Social Worker for a special education consortium Jennifer is required to provide special education social work services for students that are experiencing social, emotional, or behavioral issues. During the interview Jennifer mentioned that she works with students receiving support in various programs, including the consortium emotional impairment program, cognitive impairment program, early childhood program, and resource programs. The students Jennifer works with is a wide age range of…
I know from reading the explanations that it is not uncommon for a Chinese woman to consult her husband on important issues. The client’s problems can get worse, because she does not express herself much. The only issue I’m trying to address is the doctors seeing signs of depression. The client found the talk to be helpful and needs an outlet to avoid problems at home. According to our textbook , the professional should follow the three-step process by describing the client’s behavior w/o judging, tell the client how they understood the behavior, and ask if the perception was correct (Summers, 2016).…
Bringing a client’s issues into the present moment allows for the issues to be explored firsthand (Yalom, 2005). This is an important concept that will be useful for me to implement when providing group therapy in the future. Although the current issues faced by clients may have developed in the past, it is important that I pay attention to the role these issues play in the current lives of my…
Shared records like electronic, written, emails, face to face, working effectively together with professionals, agencies and organisations enhance the wellbeing of people, and provide positive support and improved outcomes. As managers we use a variety of communication. Systems used within our workplace could include service users daily care plan notes, communication book and daily handover. This ensures good team work and partnership working. External partnership working could include calls to book appointments for service users with hospitals, doctors, opticians, liaising with other professionals such as the district nurse, chiropodist to arrange visits and calls to/from service users relatives.…
However, the results might be influenced by the luck of information, time, resources or when families are not willing to participate in collaboration. The practice method appropriate for this case could be brief solution-focused therapy, which relies on seeking positive changes with individuals and families moving away from a problem focused approach. This approach was influenced by Milton Erickson and De Shazer and is oriented on minimal intervention. Research rates effectiveness of this method in treatment of groups from 65% to 82%.…
Unfortunately many U.S. veterans have had trouble seeking care due to delayed health care or unmet needs (Miller, 2013). A most important problem with healthcare is the unusually long wait times according to Miller it takes the average veteran 215 days to file a health claim and an additional 315 days for the claim to processed, most veterans are finding a wait period of two years before being treated (Miller, 2013). There were several barriers in general that specifically predicted delaying or foregoing care, including unaffordable health care, inability to take off from work, transportation barriers, being uninsured, knowledge gaps about VA care, perception that VA providers were not gender sensitive, and military sexual assault history.…
This model advocates that when nurses communicate it is appropriate to use the first name of the person they are addressing in order to get their attention. The model further stresses that it is important to not only present the problem, but also present a solution and seek agreement to what has been proposed. Finally, the model suggests that if satisfactory resolution is not attained, move the problem up to the next level of authority (Abudato, 2004). Organizational structure often dictates the way communications occur and it is important to remember that no matter the situation, mutual respect must be maintained. Effective communication among all team members is an important aspect of delivering appropriate patient care and advocating for the patient, and is an area where things can often go…
In today’s ever-competitive healthcare market, patient safety, and quality of care is one of the top factors of an organizations survival. Quality improvement (QI) and safety have become a major component of our larger healthcare organization, because they value our patients, employees, and families, but why are we not following in their footsteps? A particular new idea that would be useful in a smaller unit is an action board, which allows anyone to write down a particular quality or safety problem (Steelman, 2014). In addition, the use of Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation (SBAR), which can assist with identifying the problem, examining evidence, and determining if a solution will be applied in order to improve communication handoff (Eberhardt, 2014). Both of these solutions are cost effective, and would not take very much training to implement on the units and throughout the organization.…
The task-centered approach is a very useful form of intervention due, to it originating in a social work context as a forward thinking, goal orientated approach. Moreover, it grew from the view that short-term intervention could be as effective in its impact as long term social work(Maclean and Harrison pg 214). Reid and Shyne developed the task-centered approach in 1960 as “a system of time-limited treatment of problems of living”(Reid and Epstein,1972 )as stated in Teater (2014 pg188).This approach focuses on the early establishment of goals, the development of tasks and a commitment to adhere to time limits. In using the approach with Joan, I draw upon the ideas of a Problem scale sheet as classified by Reid in 1978 and also a Want sheet…
Additionally, a lack of adequate support systems, skills and personal accountability results in communication gaps that can cause harm to patients. “(U.S.Newswire,2006.) As with any situation; with the good comes the bad and poor communication in outcomes. Among these flawed actions often reported on are; when staff take shortcuts that could be dangerous or fatal to their patients care or show poor clinical judgment. Staff that directly confronts their colleagues about their concerns could cause harm to come a patient as a result, due to unprofessional behavior or attitude.…
Client perception between the counsellor and client is also another crucial aspect in counselling. This can cause problems in counselling as the client has to aware of the counsellors unconditional positive regard and empathy towards them. If the client is unable to establish this unconditional positive regard and empathy being displayed by the counsellor then this may result in them being unwilling and reluctant in being fully honest and truthful with the counsellor and thus hinder both the communication and the therapeutic alliance between them (Rogers, 1957;…
However, this communication behaviour also demonstrates little to no empathy towards the client’s…