Social Work Assignment.
The Assessment Paper is the common assignment for all sections of the Generalist Practice with Individuals Across the Life Span. This paper is designed to help you think critically about your work with a client through your critical analysis of case from your field placement or an alternative assessment case to be determined by your instructor. You must integrate the relevant required readings and at least 5 outside sources to support your analysis of the assessment interview.
You will be graded on your ability to demonstrate 1) your ability to write up an assessment based on what you learned from the interview 2) your discussion of the multi-level information explored within the assessment interview 3) your discussion of the way in which the information was obtained and explored 4) your discussion of the case formulation and intervention planning process
Instructions for Completing the Common Assignment:
Complete the following questions about the assessment of your case from your field placement or the alternative assignment. Please note, if you are doing the alternative you will need to review all or parts of the audio tape several times in order to fully and accurately answer these questions.
Part I. Write up of the Assessment
1. Describe what you learned about the presenting problem.
2. Describe what you learned about the client on the individual/person level (key demographics and any individual risk and protective factors
3. Describe what you learned about the client’s family and the family level risk and protective factors.
4.Describe what you learned about the client on the environmental level..
5. Based on what you learned about the presenting problem and the information on each of the above levels, write a case formulation
6. Describe an intervention plan that would be responsive to this case formulation
Part II. Discuss the Information Gathered on Each Level
1. Discuss what information was gathered on each level and the extent to which it assisted you in understanding the client’s situation This discussion should be informed by the relevant published literature that you found about this client population and client situation including what you have learned about the relevant individual, family and environmental risk and protective factors for clients in this developmental stage. Please be sure to discuss any further information you would recommend be explored based on what you learned from the literature.
2. Discuss how the information was gathered and explored including the interviewing skills utilized. Discuss how effective you were based on what you have learned about effective interviewing and client engagement for the client’s developmental level and any other factors that could impact the engagement process. Be sure to ground your discussion based on the literature.
Part III – Discussion of Case Formulation and Intervention Plan
1. Discuss any literature that supports the case formulation and intervention plan
2. Discuss the extent to which the client was involved in the case formulation process and whether the level of involvement was appropriate given the client’s age and developmental abilities.
(I will email separately the audio file with the interview between social worker and the client)
