Evaluation Of An Advanced Practice Social Worker

The reporting party (RP) stated referral #1143-3655-1102-7078895 was generated from the following referral #0534-9062-5752-307279 dated 1/28/15 regarding resident Nicole Morris age 14 DOB: 6/1/00. Per the referral Nicole is an alleged victim of sexual abuse, physical abuse and general neglect by an unknown perpetrator. According to the RP on 1/28/15 a staff member named Rebecca took Nicole to Long Beach Memorial Hospital clinic to be examined after she disclosed having suicidal ideation. Nicole revealed to hospital staff that she planned to hang herself. While waiting at the hospital Nicole disclosed being "fingered" by two different boys (names unknown) at the home. Nicole also disclosed that a girl (name not provided) beat her up. Referral 0290-1132-4581-1002176 dated 3/13/15 reported by Tatiana Garcia, Clinician with Bayfront Youth Group home.

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.

REPORTER: The reporter/ daughter (Kathy) called to report abuse for the victim, Susan. Susan’s vulnerability is her age, and she needs assistance with her ADL’s. The reporter said Charles Mims is abusing the victim. On yesterday (04/27/2016), Susan called the reporter and she was crying. The reporter said she could hear Charles cursing and hitting the victim on the leg. The reporter said Charles forced Susan to sign over the deeds to her home, and he (Charles) owns the home. Charles will not allow anyone on the property. The reporter and her sister would like to care for the victim, but they are afraid of Charles. Susan was receiving services through Home Health, but the services were ended. The reporter said they are trying to get an extension on the Home Heath Services for the victim.

This paper will review and critically evaluate a submission by The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW). Being put forward to the Senate Education, Employment and workplace Relations Committee in 2012, in reference to “the adequacy of the allowance payment system for jobseekers and others, the appropriateness of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market.” (Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Reference Committee, 2012).

Shannon met with several of Janet’s clients. After meeting with clients, she discovered a pattern in which the clients would report that they have not seen Janet in 2 to 3 months. However, the case files reflected face-to-face contact with all of her clients, despite what her clients stated. When Shannon investigated further, she found that the client notes were all at the same day and time, which is unlikely. Further, several of Janet’s clients needed referrals for counseling, but Janet never

The individual who was brought before the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, for an ethical violation, was a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. This LCSW worked with a client who reported she was depressed and tried 3 times to cut her wrist within a year’s period of time. The client was also seeing a Psychiatrist nevertheless she did not inform them that she had tried to slit her wrist or the number of attempts. The LCSW also documented that the client was a victim of sexual abuse as a child, considered suicide, and used arm cutting to get attention. The medication taken by this client was Ambien. The LCSW diagnosed the client with borderline traits, Bipolar Disorder, Adult Child of Alcoholic, PTSD, Alcohol Abuse, and Personality

How do you know if you are really helping the client? Evaluation is an essential part of the social work profession offering monitoring and measuring interventions created for clients. Research has concluded evaluation is an integral part to social work practice approach to evidence-based methods. In recent years, training on evaluation has increased however it remain under-utilized by social workers in practice, (Hitchcock & Baker, 2010). The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics charges practitioners to ‘‘monitor and evaluate policies, the implementation of programs, and practice interventions’’ (NASW, 1999).

The behavioral and chemical dependency hospital I worked for was 70-bed hospital employed mental health technicians, nurses, social workers and doctors. One day I received a call from one of our mental health technicians who informed me that her colleague is “having an affair” with one of our patients. According to the claim, the night shift mental health technician witnessed what seemed to be a shadow of the technician performing inappropriate sexual acts with the patient. Two of our technicians supposedly witnessed the incident during their night shift. One witness stated that our technician made a comment about being in love with the teenager. After learning of the incident, I tried to reach out to the accused to understand her side; however, I was unable to reach her because she has been calling in sick. I later learned that the patient involved was only 16 years old and our mental health technician was in her early thirties. The sixteen year old patient was released from out hospital shortly after I learned about the incident and some claimed that our mental health technician picked her up and took her in. I reached out to the technician once again to start my investigation and I was successful in setting up a meeting with her. She arrived thirty minutes before and seemed very upset when she came into the office and said “I quit” slamming her hand on my desk and

Evidence-based practice uses empirically supported interventions to provide clients with effective therapeutic treatments. There are four important areas to gather information from when engaging in evidence-based practice. These four areas include: scientific evidence, client’s needs, clinical expertise, and service context. As students, our clinical expertise is still growing; therefore, it is valuable to reach out to practitioners with experience in our area of study. My main learning circle topic is depressive disorders and my sub-topic is depressive disorders in elementary aged children. This paper will discuss the information gathered from an informative interview with a social work practitioner who has experience in working with children and depression.

The client was referred to Mr Jacobus Biersteker the psychologist by the client’s husband. The client was suffering from depression which Mr Jacobus Biersteker was treating. The therapeutic sessions went for some time until the client’s husband wanted to change the psychologist. The client’s husband wanted the client to go to a female psychologist after some time, but Mr Jacobus Biersteker refused to comply and continue to treat the client. The client’s husband started to get suspicious of the client and Mr Jacobus Biersteker relationship. The client’s husband confronted the client and she confessed to her husband that she and Mr Jacobus Biersteker had sexual relationship during their session. The client’s husband then filed a complaint against Mr Jacobus Biersteker to the Commission for concern about Mr Jacobus Biersteker’s other female clients. The professional misconduct of Mr Jacobus Biersteker was addressed by the Commission and Psychologist Tribunal and was deregistered as a psychologist for two

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The client comes to therapy for help sorting through thoughts and feelings regarding her marriage. She reports she left her husband approximately one month ago after an argument where he made her feel belittled and stated he was tired of her and did not care if she left. This argument resulted after the client did not offer to help the husband with a project he was working on. The client reports that her husband became irate when she did not offer to help, calling her selfish and self-absorbed. Subsequently, the client states her husband acted silently and coldly towards her for approximately a week and a half.

I have done it. I am a Black woman. I am the child of a retired navy chief. I attended six different schools before receiving my high school diploma. I have done it—interacted with people from diverse backgrounds in the greater multicultural society that we live in. While living in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, I interacted with native Hawaiians who were prejudice against non-native people. I saw how poverty impacted my mother’s students’ abilities to read and write. While living in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania I experienced the prejudice that white people had against minorities. I watched my brother be bullied because he looked different and talked so well mannered. Moreover, I watch the crime rate rise in the city as a result of poverty political corruption.

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is a national association of educational programs and individuals that confirms and improves the quality of social work education to become a professional job. CSWE puts in a countless amount of effort to strive for this mission by setting up a bachelor's and master’s degree programs in social work. On the other hand, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is the largest membership organization of professional social workers in the world, with approximately 132,000 members. To be more specific, NASW has a determination to intensify the maturity and developmental process of its members. The main goal is to retain professional standards and to create fair social policies. NASW progresses

Overall improvement in client’s lifestyle can be judge when the client’s can establish sobriety. In most cases this means no drinking at all. When he/she is able to afford trouble related to under the influence of substance abused, when he/she is able to maintain a job, family and friend.