Sample Case Study For Social Work

John Marcel aged 47 and his wife Alexia aged 39 have been one of my most fascinating neighbors for about fifteen years. The couple has five children, of whom two were in college, one in high-school, and two in primary school. Marcel was working as a heavy machine operator in a certain factory as Alexia worked as a bank teller in a certain bank. Over the past seven years the family has been living in an overwhelming peace free from major conflicts.

Kris is a 65 year old white female. She is currently an entrepreneur and also the manager to five of her children. Kris has a convenient lifestyle. She has a house and gets frequent visits from her children, kimberly (age 34), khloe (age 32), kourtney (36), Rob (age 29), Kendall (age 20), and Kylie (age 19).

Ms. Apple is a 45 year old African American woman who has been a widow for about 4 years. Ms. Apple has three children, whose ages range from 5-12 years old. Ms. Apple has been struggling to keep her family afloat since the death of her husband. Ms. Apple convinced herself that she would not require the extra assistance. However, she realized in attempting to provide alone has not only become very strenuous, but also quite costly. Expenses have become overwhelming for Ms. Apple to maintain, since her husband took care of the finances and was the breadwinner for the family. Ms. Apple has minimal education as she is able to read and write at grade school level. Ms. Apple also has never been employed as she was a home maker. At this

At hours on June 26, 2016, I, Cpl. Lessane, along with Deputy Wright, with the Hampton County Sheriff’s Office, responded to 2863 Two Sister Ferry Road, in the county of Hampton, in regards to a disturbance incident. Upon arrival, deputies spoke with the complainant, Susan Wells, who stated a yellow aggressive lab, chased her and her husband while riding their bicycle on Two Sister Ferry Road. Deputies attempted to make contact with the dogs and its own, no contact was made.

Together they will make a list of encouraging forms of expression and communication to use with one another. The family and counselor will create a list of weekly chores and assignments each week, as well as rewards to be given to each child for chore completion. Tammy and Johnny will meet with a Parenting Specialist for counseling and resources to learn strategies to help discipline, communicate, and interact with the children. Tammy will also be provided resources on dealing with stress and anxiety. The sessions will be 2 hours in home and once a month.

Today, we have a patient arrive for a scheduled appointment, self-referred, with her sister. The client, Anika, is a 31 year old female of Indian decent. She has never been married or have any children as well. She is a part time graduate student in Library Sciences and currently holds a 3.79 GPA. Anika is also a full time employee at a bank. Originally from Boston, she now lives in Western New York to attend school. When she arrives for the appointment, she is properly dressed, not a crease in her clothes, or a hair out of place, and is average height and weight. She is cooperative with the appointment process and also provides logical information pertaining to the questions at hand. On the paperwork given to Anika, she states that she was demanded by her sister to attend the appointment, unclear exactly why her sister wants her to come. Her sister replies that Anika is very “stubborn” and “inflexible” with everyday life and, therefore, causes tension between them. When asked about her general lifestyle, Anika states she devotes almost all of her time to work. Working 40+ hours at the bank, and also being the part time student, the client says she lacks time for hobbies with friends and family. Even in her place of employment, she doesn’t have

At approximately 1558 hours on May 10, 2016, Hampton County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Melvin Circle and Co-op Road East, in the county of Hampton in regards to a fight in progress on a School Bus. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with the bus driver, Arneal Thompson, who stated he had two students fighting on the School Bus. Deputies made contact with both students, transported the subjects to The Hampton County Sheriff’s Office, gathered the pertinent information needed and released both students to their parents.

The main goal of Social Work practice is the psychosocial improvement of the individuals within a system and the system where they operate. Social Work has three different concentrations, Micro practice, Mezzo practice and Macro practice. Micro practice focuses on individual and small groups such as couples, families and groups. This practice is more direct or face to face intervention. Mezzo practice focuses in medium communities, it can be face to face or indirect practice. And Macro practice focuses on larger systems such as organizations, institutions, regions and countries. In this paper I will compare the role of Social Work intervention in Jose’s situation, young Hispanic LGBT, and the current situation of the LBGT community from the

Christine is in a particularly vulnerable position right now. Not only is she an adolescent on the verge of adulthood, but she is also in foster care. She is trying to achieve a sense of autonomy for herself, but she has several adults determining what happens in her life. Unlike typical teenagers who only struggle against the protection of their parents, Christine has case workers, lawyers, foster care supervisors, and foster parents in addition to her biological parents. Her foster care Case Manager needs to stand out as someone Christine can trust and feel comfortable talking to about her life.

I: CM met with client to inquire about updates relating to his housing goals. CM noticed client had a black eye and some swelling on the right side of his face. CM questioned client on what had happen to him and how he got hurt. CM assess program’s logbook for incident report and consulted with the monitors to see if they knew anything relating to client’s well-being. In an effort to educate the client on safety and his well-being, CM explained to the client that is important that he he takes every precaution while using drugs and when confronted with violence. CM continued to assess for PTSD symptoms, substance abuse, and medication compliance.

SM reported that currently he does not have a job but noted that since being placed on TDRL he has had 5 different jobs and explained that while in social situations including while on the job he has had panic attacks or becomes extremely anxious which has made it difficult for him to function in the job environment. He stated, "The jobs haven't worked out mainly because of my PTSD." He reported that beginning in January of 2016 he had a job for a company called the USMC construction as a construction worker, that he reports that lasted approximately 180 days until about April of that year. SM related that at the time that he was having a lot of nightmares and unable to get good sleep. He also reported while on the job having flashbacks and

Trust informed that a nurse worker from the hospital accompany Corey to his last Friday assessment, his name is DJ and stated that information provided was not clear. As requested the writer provided a brief summary of Corey's housing needs, mental Illness and drug addiction. Trudy was glad to hear that Corey has been referred to PARc / Dandenong as this will provide extra time for a Housing Worker to support Corey to find a sharing accommodation. Trudy stated that according to Corey' income this is the only choice Corey had to find a place to live.

On 6/15/2015, Client attended to her ILP meeting with her oldest daughter Joeli, son Pablo and her granddaughter Anna. Client stated that her daughter Nurys was still at school.

MSTT met with Nikki, Billy, and Ercia for a session in the home. MSTT worked with the family discussing ways to increase family interaction. Everyone agreed establishing a little more structure within the home could help. Nikki felt it would help because most of the issues start when Billy has to much free time. Nikki would like for Billy to engage in more productive things at home instead of playing his Xbox. The plan is to establish a chart listing chores and other expectations to be completed before Billy can engage in free time. MSTT will continue to work with the family to increase positive interaction and decrease the level of disrepect toward his mother. MSTT and family will develop the chore chart next session and begin the implementation

On the contrary social and caseworkers have flaws when working on cases, but they still try their best to help families. As more issues come up, more changes are made to the system, Moyer explains how even if caseworkers are the problem for over years, there has been changes that don’t help the situation because they expanded the definition of child abuse and mandated reports. As the system changes some of the workers aren't well trained with new information, which can affect the way that deal with cases. Another reason why some workers struggle is due to budget cuts, May Bulman a social affairs correspondent explains the issue of budget cuts in her article “Record number in children in care as social services reach ‘tipping point’”. “The