Case Study in Social Work Practice

It has been debated that children and families have received poor service because of the failure of professionals in understanding each other’s roles or working together in a multi-disciplinary

P1-There are many different reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after which are unforeseen, unexpected and planned situations. Common reasons could involve family related issues including: family breakdown, bereavement, loss of parent, illness or incapacity of a parent such as: hospitalisation, substance misuse or mental health needs, which means there is no one else to provide care. A Child or young person are suspected or actually being maltreated. Children and young person related: health issues, behavioural problems, disability, learning difficulties or rejection by parent as a result of a new partner or because of the child or young person’s behaviour. The child or

It is important to identify needs early and seek consent, before you do a common assessment you should check who else is working with the child or young person. You should also check whether a common assessment already exists. This will be assisted by the introduction of contact point, which will indicate whether a Child Assessment Framework exists for a child or young person and the contact details for the practitioner who ‘holds’ the CAF or who acts as lead professional (Contact point will only hold records for children and young people from birth to their 18th birthday. It will not hold records of unborn babies).

The practice intervention that I will be evaluating was undertaken in a local authority statutory children in care team. Kieran was made subject to an interim care order (S.38 Children Act, 1989) shortly after birth, following concerns that his parents were not meeting his basic needs in terms of food, warmth and nurturing. The mother Sarah has three children from a previous relationship who have all been removed from her care. Paul is the putative father and Kieran is their first child together. My role in this case was to assess the parenting capacity of Paul alongside concurrent planning for the adoption of Kieran. Paul and Kieran and were placed in a parent and baby placement as part of the assessment, however at the point of my intervention Paul had left the placement, leaving Kieran with the foster carers. Whilst this intervention was the subject of TMA 02 in my early stages of practice placement, there were further developments in that Paul was found not to be the father of Kieran and the birth father was in fact Sarah’s previous partner Martin, who was the father to her previous three children. Martin then made an application for the care of Kieran and therefore I was required to undertake a parenting assessment of him also. I have selected this case again as it demonstrates my continuing development as a critical practitioner in ‘applying reflection and curiosity to practice’ (The Open University 2016 a p.92) as well as how critical appraisal of further specialist

Sheryl is a single mother who lives with her two daughters, Jasmine and Kylie. Sheryl works two jobs to support her children and the only family she has is her mother who she cares for. Jasmine has informed her school that her mother had beaten her, resulting in an involuntary attendance with me. I have met Sheryl once and intend to work with her and her family for at least the next couple of weeks, in my role as a child protection social worker. Refer to appendix A for further case data.

My client is Kelly, a forty years old white female with a history of homelessness and incarceration. She is single and does not have any children. she was accepted into the agency on October fifth, 2016. Kelly was interviewed by the therapist as a part of the agency criterion for the eligibility. Kelly has been fifteen months of sobriety from illicit drug. Kelly developed a concurrent illness of depression disorder as result of losing her house and properties while she is in prison. But the depression range is moderate. She has a strong supportive system of brother and sister who reaches out to her to know how she is fairing. Kelly works full time job at Walmart but overwork herself with overtime which is affecting her depression.

Trust informed that a nurse worker from the hospital accompany Corey to his last Friday assessment, his name is DJ and stated that information provided was not clear. As requested the writer provided a brief summary of Corey's housing needs, mental Illness and drug addiction. Trudy was glad to hear that Corey has been referred to PARc / Dandenong as this will provide extra time for a Housing Worker to support Corey to find a sharing accommodation. Trudy stated that according to Corey' income this is the only choice Corey had to find a place to live.

On 6/15/2015, Client attended to her ILP meeting with her oldest daughter Joeli, son Pablo and her granddaughter Anna. Client stated that her daughter Nurys was still at school.

Clare 54-year-old female here today with concerns for a lump under her right arm. She also would like to talk about her medications.

Dan Sutton is currently the general manager of Pismo Oceano Vegetable Exchange also known as P.O.V.E. He was not just handed this job but he has worked hard in many different positions in the agriculture industry and worked his way up to this position. Dan got into the agriculture world at an early age when he would help his father out by working on his 5-acre kiwi farm. Dan loved farming with his dad as a hobby and was the only boy in the family who liked the work. He graduated with an Agricultural Business degree from Cal Poly in 2001 after 7 long years of being a student at Poly. He worked with agriculture companies over the summers and part time during his quarters at Cal Poly. The work was tough and he worked long hours trying to

AP applied for Social Worker GS 12 April 28, 2016. She received an email from Timothy Wilson, member of the hiring panel board on June 20, 2016 informing AP that she was not referred and was not the best candidate for the position. AP applied for same position one year ago and was interviewed but not selected. August 30, 2016, AP sent an email to Donald Hull (RMO) explaining that the AP had a meeting with Timothy Wilson that morning to discuss ways to improve her resume so that she does get on the hiring certificate. AP stated TW yelled at her that he knew she had reported him for being a racist. He also stated him a told her to “get her brown Indian ass out of his office. “ AP stated that she was frightened of TW and requested that

Sarah came in the door with a pumpkin for her and Willow to paint. The foster mom stayed for the visit, and they all worked on painting and crafts.

Mr. Reece is a 71 year old male who presented to the ED via LEO under IVC through DayMark. Per IVC, Mr. Reece has been non complaint with medications, reports he is going to racing police cars, recent hospital visits due to medical issues, and hypomanic episode. At the time of the assessment Mr. Reece denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. He expressed compliance with his medication. He states, "The doctor can't tell me I can't drive and I did nothing wrong, so I told him I want do it." Mrs. Reece was contacted for collateral information. She reports her husband recently had a medication change and has been attempting to engage in goal directive actively. She reports managing his medication. Per assessment

This social worker met Dick on time at the client’s residence. The client asked if we could change the location of our session, because he was hungry. This social worker agreed to have the session at Dan’s Coffee Shop located on 16th and Nob Hill, for a 1-hour session. Dick states that Mike continues to complete his chores. Dick states that the chore system is successful and has noticed that Mike looks for ways to improve the decorating of his room. Dick continues to witness the coping techniques work for himself and Mike.

This worker met with Alexis Schroeder at her home. Both of her parent were present. Privacy practices and Tennessen notices were reviewed verbally. The interview was not recorded due to no battery.