Case Study : Ramesh is 45 year old Sri Lankan man who works as a telephone call centre agent. He was close to and lived with his mother, who died 18 months ago. Ramesh was recently hospitalised after a suicide attempt. He had been taking anti-depressants for several months before he took an overdose. According to his sister, he had become depressed and was drinking and smoking a lot, and hardly ever eating. He had been taking time off work, and was at risk of losing his job with BT. His sister says that Ramesh went downhill after the death of their mother, but that she was surprised at this as he always complained about all the things he had to do for her when she was alive. The sister has a family of her own, but says that she has …show more content…
The social worker has to assess Ramesh’s ability to understand his problems and their extent especially taking into consideration that he has issues with alcohol and dependent on anti-depressant drugs. Establish whether Ramesh acknowledges he has a problem and is willing to do something about it. The process of problem exploration will entail the answering of a series of questions: How did his problems begin? What happens typically when Ramesh drinks a lot of alcohol? How often this happening iand what quantities of alcohol is he going through per day/week? What efforts (if any) he himself has put into resolving his problems? Phase two This is when the selecting and prioritising of the problems occur. This has to be what both the Social Worker and Ramesh acknowledge as the ‘Target problem’ and explicitly agree will become the focus of their work together. Commonly there will be a series of problems identified and will be ranked in order of their importance (Stepney and Ford, 2000). There are basically three routes for problem identification. The most common is through client initiation. Clients express complaints which are then explored. A second route is interactive. Problems emerge through a dialogue between the practitioner and client in which neither is a clear initiator. In the third route to problem identification the practitioner is clearly the initiator. So for example, using the information in case
1.1 Explain how and why person centered values must influence all aspects of health and social care work:
3. Understanding that HIV is a retrovirus (a virus that uses reverse transcriptase), answer the following questions:
1. Write a client outcome to help Mrs. Ross resolve the symptoms (i.e., defining characteristics). Refer to Section III (beginning on p. 119) of the Ackley and Ladwig text.
However due to organisational policies and procedures, the use of both the questioning model and procedural model can be unavoidable. “Workers are trained to be needs led, but agencies seem to be risk and resource led”. (Milner and O’Byrne, 2001, p. 261). On the other hand, the questioning model has roots in psychosocial therapy were congruence, empathy and unconditional positive regard are key elements and this ethos is also a main factor of the exchange model. The procedure model has positive aspects in that the format is clear for both the service user and social worker. This format, adopted at the same time as the exchange model, enables the service user to have a clear understanding of the process, with clear aims and goals.
Finding out the history, preferences, wishes and needs of an individual will contribute to their care plan, you would do this by asking and talking to the person concerned, or if they were unable to tell you this information, you could speak with their family. Ask the individual about their life, and what they used to work as etc, if they are able to tell you all of this, then you will learn a great deal about them and this will help you to offer support to them in the most appropriate ways. Residents can often find it hard to
When working with an individual it is important to uphold their rights to be fully involved in their own care, whilst adhering to legal requirements. It is also the individuals right to refuse any care, support or treatment they do not want. It is also essential that people not only give you their consent but also that they understand what they are consenting to and the implications of this. Gaining consent protects not just the career but the individual receiving the care and support as-well. If no consent is given then you cannot proceed with the care. It is illegal to pressure anyone into
The ally bank launched in 2009, when the market is at worst time possible but that time everyone is looking forward for a new brand and ally bank came up with creative idea was simple to build a better bank for customer rights. GMAC officially changed its name to “Ally Bank”. Ally bank comes up in market with a large customer and success rate of small business. They gave customer the online banking service that is extending its services due to that there is a less overhead but interest rates are higher as compared to other competitors. They provide the mobile service and social media services to the customers. Ally bank has focused on providing 24/7 customer service.
To apply the information that I learned as a therapist seeing a client with a substance abuse problem, I would first need to completely and thoroughly assess the situation. With the purpose of discovering the various issues of the client, I would need to complete a thorough background history. I would most certainly have to assess his religious views and beliefs.
1. Personality is a relatively stable set of traits that aids in explaining and predicting individual behavior. What are some of Mark Cuban's traits that can explain his behavior during Maverick games?
There are three important aspects to the therapist’s approach; congruence, unconditional positive regard and accurate empathic understanding. These are three core conditions that facilitate the actualization and growth. These conditions relate to the shared journey in which therapists and clients reveal their humanness and participate in a growth experience together.Its only
1. Table 8.1 shows results of an eight-center clinical trial to compare a drug to placebo for curing an infection. At each center, subjects were randomly assigned to two groups.
In the task centred model service users and social workers work on a partnership on a mutual agreement set of targeted problems. The phases of this method should flow sequentially to maximise the service users outcomes. When working with a service user preparation should establish the justification for social work involvement and identify who the client is. All limits and boundaries must be clarified regarding the relationship between the service user and the social worker. The first sequence of task centre practise would be to explore the problem, the purpose of this is for both the service user and the social worker to come to an shared understanding of the problems which are of concern.
Sally is a 4 month old baby girl with unilateral talipes equinovarus (TEV) and congenital hip dysplasia. Serial plasters in hospital began since day three of her birth and today she is admitted to the day surgery unit for left Tendo Achilles lengthening and plaster cast application. Following surgery Sally has returned to the ward with an intravenous cannula in her right hand and a plaster of paris cast encasing her left lower leg and foot. The focus of this essay is Sally’s two priority nursing problems, which are post surgery pain related to Tendo Achilles lengthening and the plaster cast application, and secondly peripheral tissue
There are four main approaches to person centred practice, “Pathway” planning, “Maps” planning, “Person centred portfolios” (otherwise known as “Essential Lifestyle Planning”) and “Personal Future Planning.” Discussion will prove that “ each shares characteristics that explicitly emphasise the personal empowerment of service users, in which the principal direction for support generates from those for whom planning is being carried out.”(Langley, 2001) However the use different formats means that each approach focuses on different aspects and my comparison will note strengths and weaknesses, and how they are designed for implementation in different scenarios of person centred practice and planning.
The two key elements in successful practice are the social workers ability to guide clients through the phases of the change process and assist clients in making decisions that will result in enhancement of their social functioning or the improvement of a social condition (Bradford W. Sheafor, 2008, p. 52). Social workers select and use specific techniques that have been individualized to the needs and situation of the client or client group being served, and the resources that are applied to help resolve the client’s problem or concern (Bradford W. Sheafor, 2008, p. 51).