8/19/2015: The social worker was asked by the nurse to assist a patient, per Dr. R. Sundaram. The patient was requesting a letter to state his competence in supervision of his two children. The Social Worker is not qualified to address a letter such as this and consulted her supervisor about this matter. The Clinical Services Officer, Nursing Service Director, LPN – Team Lead, Dr. R. Sundaram and the social worker met to discuss this patient’s case. It was substantiate that there is not enough evidence available to compose any type of letter addressing the issues that the patient required, because the patient has only been seen twice at our clinic and only first established care on 07/31/2015.…
According to Sheafor & Horejsi (2012), a social work activity is to link individuals to the resources, services, and opportunities they need, want, and can use (p. 147). This referral will give Mr. Ramirez more information and give him options to the services he can use. Having Maria and Olga as a support is a strength they have and to encourage their father to take the services will be beneficial to get the medical treatment he needs depending on his medical evaluation from a…
Guillermo is an 8-year-old Hispanic boy that don’t have any family in the United States so a major obstacle in engaging this client is getting him to open up and trust the social worker. Guillermo trust may be altered because the main person in his life that he trusts, his father, he just witnessed hurting his mother. This becomes an obstacle because Guillermo may feel that if he speaks up on the situation he may say something to get his father in more trouble or he even worse his father may hurt him next. Guillermo may not engage with the social worker because he and his family immigrated to the United States and Guillermo may believe that they might have to go back to where they immigrated from. Also, since Guillermo is placed with a foster…
Running head: Latino Family 2 My Critique of the Latino Family Background: According to chapter 8, “A Latino Family recently arrived to the United States, and are experiencing problems, while trying to adjust to a new way of life. Thus, the husband can’t find work, and as a result, has started to drink on an everyday basis, and it has put a strain on his marriage. The children ages six and ten, are witnessing constant quarrels among their parents.…
Two social workers from the Special Education Treatment Center for Emotionally Disturbed Children were assigned to the cases of Suzanne and Cindy. Suzanne and Cindy have been living in a group home for two years. Cindy is a 3-year-old girl and Suzanne’s younger sister. Suzanne is a 7-year-old girl who has been diagnosed with attachment disorder. Suzanne has been seeing a caseworker twice weekly for the past eight months.…
Jaymie (Client Services) says she usually discusses post treatment when she does exit interviews. Her role is to give information on supports, connect them through the alumni Facebook page, and stay in contact with them through the alumni phone (24/7/365.) She aims to use connection and bonding language when speaking to clients so she can connect with them and meet them at the level they’re at. Jaymie is also educated and knows when to be serious with clients depending on what situations are arising. She feels a high level of connection with them as she can relate through recovery and the struggles they face.…
Many social workers start their professional journey in the career field of social work to “give back” because of past experiences and events that they have been through. This can lead to both challenges and opportunities. As Pat Betard decided at a young age that she did not want to get married, and for this choice she was kicked out of the convent, which caused family issues for her and eventually lead her into becoming an alcoholic. Cases that really get to her are ones when a thirty year old women is on the verge of losing their home and kids because of being an alcoholic, because Pat knows what it is like to be going through something of that nature. It gives you a scene of a calling, like a responsibility because you got through it…
In Stan's case he expressed that he lacks motivation, encouragement, self-esteem and he wants to be more accomplished in life. In my service agreement with Stan I would make sure to establish a plan to help him become more powerful in his own life as well as have more control over his feelings. I would make sure to that all the goals that we establish are goals that Stan understands and embraces. Without setting reasonable goals that the client can understand and actually accomplish the treatment will not be successful. During the intervention process it's important for social workers to be great listeners and to be able to show empathy, identify client's strengths, and immediate needs.…
Today I met a new client by the name of Zachary. He 's a 19 year old African America male. He 's diagnosed with Bipolar. He 's a client that’s being suggested to be a client with the Supported Employment program with CCS. His mother is also a client in CCS.…
Currently, the initial visit would involve the social worker ascertaining five principles of capacity of the older person included in the Mental Capacity Act (2005), unless ‘it is established he lacks capacity’ (Mental Capacity Act 2005 c9 p1 s1 (2)). This is in conjunction with the Care Act (2014), which states that support would be via ‘any person whom the adult asks the authority to involve or, where the adult lacks capacity to ask the authority to do that, any person who appears to the authority to be interested in the adult’s welfare’ (Care Act 2014: c23 p1 s9 (5)). Therefore, unless other provisions have been made, the responsibility may be given to partners or families regarding care needs. However, research suggests that the…
This paper will conclude on the case study’s life and how it will influence the subject in becoming the best professional social worker they can be. Biological My subject in this case study has no apparent physical disabilities. However, she does have other biological factors that…
This was a hard movie for me to watch because I struggle with watching such overt racism. It disturbs me to see such unnecessary violence at the hands of the people we are supposed to trust to protect and serve us. I do not suffer from anxiety very often, but this movie made me very anxious. Seeing such brutality and people begging for their lives for no obvious reason is beyond something I can understand. Discrimination and racism, have always been hard for me to comprehend because I grew up in a very diverse neighborhood in Madison.…
Social workers have long worked with people who abuse substances. They have helped many by programs such as “Alcoholics Anonymous, designing inpatient detoxification programs, and applying youth-oriented prevention and education programs(Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse 2010, March 24).” The field of social work deals with making a change within an individual as well as to the community. Social workers have changed the world of substance abuse by leading advocacy for anti-alcohol campaigns like the Temperance Movement and Prohibition. These advocates also differentiated two major behavioral illnesses, alcoholism and mental illness.…
Ever since I was little, I was aware that my brother Keng was physically unable to do things that everyone else in my family could. However, this aspect about my brother introduced me to the profession of social work. We always had a social worker come in and out of the house. I remember my mom telling me who they were and what they did. I respected their line of work and their ability to understand my family’s life situation.…
Introduction There is so much power in research. In the context of social work research is an important tool to understanding diverse populations. The importance of research with social worker can influence decision making with clinicians. Gathering data and analyzing its results is helpful to providing certain areas with necessities.…