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Shanell Bathersfield conducted a self-assessment. She initially determined that the systems theory was one that she was not comfortable with. Through the last few course weeks, she was able to gain an in-depth perspective on several theories that are impactful in the social work field. The coursework and utilizing Juana and Adelina as case studies, truly gave an exclusive insight on how theories are used to understand the client’s circumstances and improve their well-being.

I believe that the overall theme of this article was to show the different theories that are used by Social Workers on a daily basis. By understanding the different theories mentioned in this article you could better understand how to work through different cases. This article also showed that not all theories are helpful despite what one may believe. In this article, it also mentions that before using a specific theory/case management style you should be sure to evaluate the person of interest. I found this article to be very useful and it helped me better understand how each theory is supposed to work and how important it is to evaluate clients before choosing theories.

Ways in which human services professionals can meet the needs of families and children are to actively listen to each individual’s perception of the problem and address each issue. If the worker is qualified to provide counseling sessions, such as a marriage and family therapist, single members in addition to the family as a whole should receive services. Referrals should be given to the family if the worker cannot provide counsel (Martin, 2011). A family social worker can assist in providing resources for food, medical, housing, child care and utility assistance, support in filling out appropriate paperwork should be offered as well. Professionals can offer referrals to legal assistance offices in order for a single parent to obtain child support. Informing those in this population of the means for furthering their education can help them regain their independence. A school social worker may be appropriate for those children suffering in their academics due to family matters so they can provide support for the child and to determine what further resources are needed (O*Net Online, 2010). Child welfare investigators as well as health care social workers may have to provide investigations as well as working with other professionals to assess patients' medical or physical condition

According to Gardiner and Kosmitzki (2008), most recently the ecological perspective has become a leading approach towards addressing the relationships among persons and environment. In Essentials of Human Behavior, Hutchinson (2013) uses a multidimensional approach to better understand social work practice. Using this approach, one can analyze the connection between a client’s person, such as psychologically or biologically, a client’s environment, such as families or communities, and a client’s time, such as their linear time in past, present, or future. Specifically analyzing the environmental component, Uri Bronfenbrenner’s (1999) ecological perspective identifies four levels of systems a client may be associated with: microsystems, mesosystems, exosystems, and macrosystems.

Social Scientist started to examine the family structure when they began to notice a high divorce rate that began in the 1960s. They wanted to know how divorce was affecting children mentally and if they were more likely to commit crimes than those who had both parents. Social scientist studies began to show that children who come from divorced parents tend to have more academic, behavioral, and emotional problems. When parents decide to divorce or separate, the child or children begin to stress because they know that everything is going to change and this can cause fear among the child. Studies have shown that a few children begin to adapt to their parents separation. However, more than one-third of children were clinically depressed, failing in school, had low social communication, were unable to sleep and eat, and hoped that one day their parents would get back together. Many of them

There were no provisions which guarded their health nor adequately looked after their compensation in case of injury. Those things seemed very wrong. I was young and was inspired with the idea of reforming, or at least doing what I could, to help change those abuses.” When she got home, her parents told her that she should be a teacher or work at a church. She expected them to be more open minded and accepting of her career choice: a social worker.

Social Work practitioners every day interact with individuals who are challenged by personal, societal, environmental barriers to life, and in amidst this face inequities and injustice as part of life (Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2011). It is the role of the social worker to use their therapeutic and facilitation skills to assess the clients risk and then work with the appropriate interventions in order to help promote social change for the individual and their family.

Jaynelle is obvious with her displeasure at social services and how no one is willing to help her. Social workers should help clients feel comfortable and competent in their ability to navigate social services, and be wiling to disprove any false truths about social workers. After Jaynelle is comfortable with social workers and a more understanding of how social services works, we can move on to the type of help Jaynelle needs: Mental illness assistance.

This paper will focus on the case conceptualization and treatment planning for the client. Through offering the client's case history this will allow the reader a better understanding of how certain theories would be more effective. This writer will delve into detail regarding the client's presenting concerns and explain the hypothesis regarding such problems. By providing this hypothesis, this writer will explore and apply Object Relations Theory as it relates to the client’s issues. After developing this case conceptualization, goals and interventions will be created for the client. This writer will delve into the psychodynamic approaches that

Furthermore, after mum explained the events which had unfolded I can understand the reason for her distrust of social workers. Mum feels that social services appoint ‘blame’ and work against her and her partner. Mum talked about being lied to and deceived, as opposed to ensuring the parents feel involved and empowered in decisions which affect the family. However, I am aware that the need to safeguard the children may have accounted for disallowing the parents from having too much influence or say in developments.

Prior to engaging with Ms X for the commencement of work, it is necessary to 'tune in ' to the case circumstances applying a holistic approach to gain as much insight to the service user(s) as possible before contact is made. Douglas (2008) states that "the pre-contact phase which helps to prepare the social work student for face-to face intervention, is a prerequisite for effective practice". With this in mind, I took the opportunity to contact the designated social worker assigned to this family to arrange a one-to-one meeting to allow for more information sharing. This meeting proved to be positive and it allowed me to gather more insight to this case from the observations and findings from another individual. However I must be sceptic in these circumstances and not take all information as face value. Referring to the conceptual model (...), each

Instead of working on problems, the work is goal oriented. The strengths based perspective builds on the strengths of an individual to enhance resources and work through the difficulties in the lives of the client. This helps to raise the level of functioning in these individuals and increase their sense of empowerment. Hewitt (2005) stated that this is an “optimistic way of looking at situations,” and that the social worker must not focus on what the client cannot do and instead on what they can do (p. 23). This is important in the case of Trenise and her family, because there is so much going on in terms of problematic situations that it is easy to lose sight of why it is necessary to try and solve issues. If things always look bad then many people might not attempt to handle the stresses in their

The “Client Scenario” video reflects the main character as a client that currently has several needs based on the fact that she has went through a divorce, has one child to provide for, and is in need of financial assistance to pay monthly bills and provide food for herself and her child. The client appears frustrated, overwhelmed, stressed, hostile, and entitled throughout the video. These are often common feelings that are displayed by clients when clients and social workers are meeting for the first time. The client is seeking services due to the needs of her family caused by unforeseen events that recently occurred, which can be a very stressful time for clients. The social worker revealed concern, empathy, and a willingness to assist the client as the social welfare policies

The goal of systems theory in this case is to help Deborah transform her behaviour patterns so that they are more adaptive and productive (Family Solutions Institute, 2005). By exploring this time using a family systems perspective, Deborah will see how her current ways interacting and relating with others may be influenced by the way her entire family functioned during these difficult years (Nichols, 2011).

This Case study will discuss Louise (The Client) given that the emotional difficulty seems to have begun for Louise since adopting a new child (Peter) due to the death of her husband’s (Robert) sister, Furthermore, a gambling addiction has emerged. The question arises of how each psychological modality, theory or model could help Louise.