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.…
Social Services: On 05/16/2016, client Shante Cameron and her children met with assigned Case Manager for Intake and Initial Independent Living Plan (ILP). Client is 25 years old African American female. Client has a 4 years old son named Toshan Hurd and an 8 month old son named Khaliq Marcus. Case Manager asked client how and why she became homeless. Client stated that on May of 2015 she entered the shelter system after an argument with the father of her younger child.…
Hello everyone, my name Janice Jurkivo. I reside in Branchburg, NJ for over 3 years with my husband, three daughters (ages: 9, 6, and 3), both in-laws and a puppy. I lived in NJ for most of my life ever since I came to this country, therefore I only have known NJ. I’ve always wanted to venture out of this state, but majority of my family is here, which is the main reason we stayed. I work for a biopharmaceutical company in the study management arena, managing clinical studies for investigator initiated and cooperative group trials.…
Received a call from Mr Zimmerman, he expressed two concerns. 1. Customer Services, He said that the worker was rude when she said that she does not believe him he has 51% of his children custody. He said that he is in process of divorce, so he has not a court order yet, but he has a parenting plan when shows he has his two children 5 times a week including meals.…
Introduction Ian is an eighteen year old male, referred by the Juvenile Justice system for therapeutic counseling due to his conviction as a sexual offender. As a social worker reading Ian case file, Ian’s case history starts after his mother’s death when he was five-years old. Ian’s sister and her husband moved into the family home to assist Ian’s father with his care. While in the home, Ian’s brother-n-law murdered his 18-month old daughter, Ian’s niece. Ian mistakenly confessed to the crime because he hit his niece earlier with a toy.…
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.…
Ian White, 66, is a vulnerable adult experiencing dementia and cared for at home by his partner, Jackie, 69. Jackie has asked Adult Social Care to assess both their needs as Ian has suffered a couple of falls, with the latest resulting in him staying in hospital with broken bones in his foot. As a result of the request, I have a responsibility as a statutory social worker to help keep Ian at home. Homecare is not only a cheaper option, but it retains familiarity so Ian has a greater chance of remaining independent and achieving better outcomes. My duty entails ensuring Ian’s basic needs are adequately met and providing Jackie with appropriate support to fulfil her own needs and enable her to continue in her caring role.…
There are a number of implications for Social Workers who serve clients who are children involved in abuse. One implication is funding and space. Services such as Child in Youth or Halfway Houses are finding it difficult to find services to help children affected by the abuse. Services such as the Child Welfare System also acknowledge the underlying reasons of abuse such as poverty, culture, and race cannot always be fixed or helped by the agency responding to the abuse report (National Association of Social Workers, 2015).…
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…
My relationship with Him has not been the strongest in the past, but I am working on changing that. I have become more involved with Him in the past few years and I finally realized what was missing in my life. He was missing. I am nothing without…
Fieldwork is an important part of the undergraduate and postgraduate studies, which prepares the students for the professional field. Fox (2004) states that most of the professionals in the social work field are biased on the instructional methods that are applied about fieldwork. In the assessment of the strategies that have been applied in social work field instruction, there are various innovations in the instructional methods that have been noted in the current studies. Somers and Gitlin (1966) studies the innovations that have been made in field instruction in social group work. According to the research, the field of reference for the innovations in the field is based on the previous methods used.…
Instead of divorcing, we worked through our differences and reconnected on a deeper level than ever before. Through late adulthood, my spouse and I were stronger than ever and grew old…
The foundation of family social work lies within the awareness, theoretical, and decision-making skills of the case worker. He or she must be able to identify issues and strengths to effectively match appropriate resources, services, and techniques for the best possible outcomes. Family Social work originates when an initial referral is made to an organization. There is no script to follow, so it is imperative that family social workers possess positive communication attributes as wells as core competency requirements for family social workers. For an intervention to have a chance to be successful in the long-term, the starting point of family social work must represent an optimistic and environment in which families feel that services will…
Although there are several critical issues that would eventually need to be addressed, the primary goal for Ali in working with a social worker should be to improve her social relationships with her family and peers. It is clear that she is aware of how to form basic connections with those around her, but is unable to sustain them for long periods of time outside of the required interactions within her high school. In addition, she needs to be conscious of how to best relate to and communicate with her family members. Other matters to be looked into down the road include her anxiety over the future and overall sadness about her family’s situation. Since Ali is an overall friendly person and has a desire to succeed, using a strengths-based…
Volunteering at Little Light of Mine has continued to be a positive and rewarding experience. I continue to be impressed with the overview of the program and have learned a tremendous amount these past couple of weeks. The hands on experience I am having is truly remarkable. I have learned that the profession of social work greatly needs hard-working and devoted people. Looking professional and speaking professional are two very important key elements.…