Competency Based Assessment and Interviewing

In social work practice, client assessments are important because they allow social workers to gather information from clients. This information helps the acting social worker better understand clients presenting problems. The assessment also helps social workers evaluate a client’s progress and evaluate the effectiveness of interventions used. In this paper, a multidimensional assessment will be performed on a client I have been working with at my internship placement, Urban Ministries of Durham. Once all relevant information is presented, and intervention and treatment plan will be discussed.

Mason commented, “I remembered bullying should not be taken lightly and it is anti-social behavior that harms point the bully and the victim and if I ever see someone being bullied I should stand up for them or go tell an adult.”

The purpose of social work assessment as a whole is to learn about clients. Assessments are a way for practitioners to gather necessary information for the helping process. An assessment gathers information on the key issues and an understanding of them, and is the foundation of the intervention plan (Dean & Poorvu, 2008, p. 597). It is important to learn why the client is there, which can be done in several ways; through verbal and nonverbal communication, as well as by reading through

In reviewing the information that was given while trying to determine whether or not AB is competent to stand trial the best option at this point is to conduct a competency test, being in Virginia the test that would be administered as per the Dusky v. United States (1960) ruling that established the basic test to see whether a person is sufficiently able to consult with his lawyer and have a rational degree of understanding to comprehend the charges that are being brought against him. AB has seemed rather compliant while he has been in jail, the correctional officers seem to not have many problems with him though they do seem to be concerned with the fact that he has been talking to himself late at night. This combined with his rather lengthy

Competency based assessments ensures that organizations are aware of what their developmental needs are. Competency based assessments will also benefit the employees by providing them with a better understanding of what their role requires and where their interests lies.

Self-Management: here we are identifying self-confidence, the ability to manage stress, personal creditability, creativity, and flexibility. Likely, an individual may test high in creativity, flexibility, and confidence (Janz, & Mooney, 2000). Whereas, they may score lower on self-starter, and attention to detail. This individual shows strength in an ability to work in a non-conformist business, they tend to approach ideas from a new vantage point, however, they are less likely to pay close attention to detail or begin a project until creatively inspired (Janz, & Mooney, 2000).

When I develop this assessment, I need to employ five general principles of assessment are met like reliability, validity, authenticity, washback and practical. For me, it is not only good practice of designing assessment but also it is a requirement of a procedure to develop an assessment. I made a pre-assessment validation record which is used to record if the assessment process and instruments meets these

Competency-based interview questions are used to assess your ability to carry out a particular job efficiently. The purpose of competency-style interview questions is to evaluate your skills for the position being offered. Different jobs require different skills - retail positions often require skills in communication and teamwork, whereas someone applying for a job in a legal field will need strong research abilities.

The field of Social Work utilizes the Biopsychosocialspiritual perspective for assessment because it provides a more comprehensive insight into the client and what is necessary in determining, addressing, and resolving the issues that are affecting the aforementioned client’s well-being. It recognizes that people are multidimensional and the issues that they find themselves currently facing, be it a healthy or unhealthy, are brought on by more than one factor such as genetics, family, environment, culture, etc., and this perspective pulls all these things in a cohesive manner. When using this approach, the social worker has a valuable tool as it factors in more than just the individual when the assessment is done.

I really like reading your post. I think assessment is very important when referring to groups without assessment how would a group or a person know if they are making progress towards a goal. After all the purpose of a group is to accomplish something, some possible goals may be to overcome anxiety or to change a policy. A group needs to know what is working for them and what is and the only way to find that out is with an assessment. Since you so assessment with veterans at your workplace I think that you already know that assessments are very helpful to the client and the social worker. A situation when a assessment s helpful could be when a social worker comes across an opportunity and the client is not around, if the social worker has

Assessments serve as a great resource to obtain more information about a client that a Social Worker is working with. Assessments are used to collect information, analyze the information, and review the information to provide proper feedback, develop goals, and determine strengths and weaknesses a client may have. Assessments help narrow the best possible services for a client, so they don’t end up participating in services not beneficial for them. Assessments also gives a bases for a Social Worker on what goals a client needs to work on and what goals to be set for a client. These goals need to be age appropriate and attainable for the client. As a Service Coordinator, for a foster care agency, assessments are done on every child that comes

The Bio-psycho-social assessment is one of the first assessments conducted on a client in a therapeutic practice. The assessment illuminates both the strengths and weaknesses of any one of these three areas and can show the relationship among them as well. The assessment gives the practitioner a holistic picture of his or her client. The latter half of the paper explores the National Association of Social Workers’ Core Value of the Importance of Human Relationships. The Bio-psycho-social assessment is one of the first assessments conducted on a client in a therapeutic practice. The assessment illuminates both the strengths and weaknesses of any one of these three areas and can show the relationship among them as well. The assessment gives the

The strengths based perspective is as well established concept in case management services for people with mental illness (Saleeby, 1996). Many service agencies have procedures and policies which operate under the strengths based perspective or concept. The strengths based model intends to find the client’s strengths and resources in order to empower them to make improvements in their own life. It is at the core of a social workers code of ethics and values. Throughout this paper I will explore the strengths perspective and how it works within the assessment process and why it is important. I will also discuss how the strengths based model is limited with in the diagnostic process. I take the stand that the strengths based model is

This is another competency area where I need to find balance. My analytical skills are beneficial in some areas, but can be detrimental in others. Related to the previous competency, I need to learn to trust my gut instinct and not over-analyze everything. I also need to learn to "go with the flow" and not seek out every small detail. At the same time I am working not to over-analyze aspects of my personal life, I need to be sure I am maintaining my analytical capabilities professionally. I will have total success in this area when I learn to balance my analytical skills appropriately and no longer analyze all aspects of my life.

Assessment is an essential element of the counselling process and ethical client care. Through assessment, counsellors are able to ascertain important information about the nature, magnitude and impact of the problem ; the interplay between family , relationships and past experiences with respect to the problem; the client’s strength and readiness for counselling ; and whether counselling can be beneficial to the client (Drummond & Jones, 2010).