Competency Goal Analysis

Many assessment tools and interviewing skills are available to the clinical social worker within a mental health setting. This paper will examine one such assessment tool, the competency based assessment, and its applicability in a mental health setting. A comparison will be made between this advanced assessment method and a generalist social work assessment. Interviewing people who have mental health concerns can offer challenges for clinical social workers. Several interviewing techniques that can help with some of these challenges will be outlined.

In any job that you have you have to maintain professionalism in the workplace. You especially need to maintain that professionalism when your work with children. It is very important to do this because it reflects on yourself and your employer. If you work in a childcare facility and wear very inappropriate clothing then chances are you will not be working there long. Professionalism is very important when you work with children.

It is important to maintain a safe environment for students inside and outside of the classroom. My goal is to make sure that the children understand what being safe is. I make sure that they know how to play safe. All of the toys and the materials that the children use are safe. I make sure that there are no broken toys that may harm them around. The children along with me create the class rules. I make sure that the outlet plugs are in place and that the cabinets are secure. The children follow the classroom rules. I make sure that I supervise the children at all times. I also make sure that I observe the areas where they play, work, and eat. I make sure that shoes are tied. I make sure that

Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Career & Technical Education CDA-Ready Certificate Documentation Infant/Toddler (Developed from The Child Development Associate: Assessment System and Competency Standards Infant/Toddler Caregivers in Center-based Programs, Second Edition, ©2006, www.cdacouncil.org ). Student Name: _______________________________________________________________ School: Instructor: ___________________________________________________________ Instructor Contact Information Phone: E-mail: __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Requirements Enrolled in approved Child Care Program, CIP 19.0708, or FCS Child

2: Maintain positive communication and teamwork with all co-workers and supervisors: kitchen staff and Chef.

Christiana was in a good mood when the QP met with her for a session.

James commented, "I really don't want to hear you talk about this to his mother."

Adam’s mother informed the QP, “When Adam is one on one with one of us he is fine there is no attitude he is happy and talkative, but when we are together talking to him he gets defensive, displays an attitude, and becomes disrespectful.”

Lizzie commented, “I don’t want you to change my mother by telling her to put rules and punishment in place and when people tell her to do things

Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2015) states that all nurses should be competent at carrying out an accurate assessment on patients of all ages safely using invasive and non-invasive procedures. Benner (1982) formed the stages of competency: Novice; this is where I started in year one, I had never done a manual blood pressure before and lacked confidence. Advanced beginner; this is where I feel I am at present, I can take a manual blood pressure with occasional supportive cues, I am more confident than the first time and my knowledge is improving. Competent; this is the stage I expect to be at when I qualify, I would like to feel confident and I intend to know exactly what I am doing and why. Proficient; this is where I expect to be

I chose this team and this topic because I am a nurse who recently started working in a CCU. We take care of cardiac patients, and we have to closely monitor their heart rhythms. So, I would like to learn to better identify dysrhythmias, to improve competency assessments, and to better implement current evidence-based practices.

My friends and colleagues would describe me as charismatic, nurturing, and with a strong desire to learn, all

Using the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test (CRCT) to measure Georgia public schools’ Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) put pressure on the Atlanta Public Schools and fostered Beverly Hall to use dishonorable tactics to meet the goals of President George W. Bush’s No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which required states to conduct annual assessments of student academic achievement to determine financial rewards or penalties for schools and teachers. This act failed to recognize the underlying problems in low-performing public schools, often problems that money could not fix, and had unintended negative consequences such as the “Atlanta cheating scandal.”

The preceptee orientation focuses on three different aspects according to Walker, Burk & Tarka (2010).

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.”