Pros And Cons Of Family Team Meetings

Assessing an Individuals Strengths and Limitations
At my internship case worker’s asses’ strengths and limitations through Family Team Meetings (FTM). These meeting are held with the case worker and the client, there may also be therapists, wrap around coordinators or any other workers involved in the case. Also the client may bring anyone they feel is beneficial or involved in the child’s life. Usually there is a facilitator, or one of the case workers present may take on that role. The facilitator goes over the rules of the meeting and asks everyone to introduce themselves and then sign in. The facilitator then uses a white board to list strengths, concerns and need to do items. The meeting always starts with asking the client what the children’s strengths are, then the parents strengths and anything that is going well. From there it moves on to any concerns that they or the children may have which leads to the needs to do section. These meetings asses their strengths and anything that needs to be worked on and completed. The meetings take place throughout the life of the case.
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A social worker must always have a cross cultural perspective when working in the field regardless of the population they are working with. When working with children it is important to be understanding of cultural differences. Different cultures treat children differently. The value placed on children, how many people are involved in taking care of the child, the way their culture models the treatment of children and even to what extent people take responsibility for children. This all varies throughout different cultures. Working in the child welfare system there are laws that still must be followed regardless of culture but we must be respectful and understanding of the differences and provide as much explanation and services as possible to assist our