Recommended: The importance of respecting authority
Ms. Stevens and her child, Tjayda Stevens are receiving preventive services with Harlem Dowling Westside Center for Children and Family Services (HDWC). Ms. Stevens’ case was referred from ACS and accepted thru HDWC on 03/02/2015. The services provided to Ms. Stevens are casework counseling, community advocacy, housing advocacy, and monthly home based visits to ensure stable family functioning and child safety. Ms. Stevens has been receptive to services since the agency obtained case planning responsibility. Administration for Children’s Services recommended the following service plan for Ms. Stevens to complete parenting and anger management class, individual counseling, and domestic violence.
MHP, MHS and Samantha progress the reported incidents and display of dishonesty. MHP and Samantha review the rules and the prior agreement because of Samantha’s feelings about leaving the placement. MHP, MHS and Samantha review interventions the was effective to decrease reported behaviors. Response: MHS reported Samantha refuse to complete chores,
Cassel is a difficult patient who has many needs and frequent tantrums. To have a social worker whom will be able to handle Ms. Cassel, it must be a middle-age Caucasian woman who have great experiences with clients like Ms. Cassel. In addition, that person must have patient and skills that will be able to touch many bases with Ms. Cassel with not much difficulty. Importantly, it must be a social worker who is open-minded and understanding to prepare any experiences Ms. Cassel will expose such as by soiling or unable to control her bowel-bladder during their meeting sessions.
Meri Brown actually divorced her husband Kody Brown so he could legally marry his 4th wife Robyn Brown. This was all in hopes that Kody could adopt her 3 children and make them part of the Brown family. People shared that Meri Brown is now speaking out about the adoption and how happy she is that these children are not a big part of their family. These children are from Robyn's previous marriage, but Kody has been raising them as his own for a while now. The only way that Kody Brown could adopt them was if he was actually legally married to Robyn because the court doesn't recognize their spiritual marriage.
MHP, Santonias and MHS debrief and process a school incident. MHP and MHS discuss Santonias changing in the behaviors and outlook. MHP allow Santonias to express his emotions about being in foster care and wanting to see his brother. MHP emailed Santonias’s DSS worker to provide a little comfort of getting answers to Santonias questions about family visits and length of foster care placement. Response: MHS report Santonias
Description of the Interviewee Kelly Jo Duprey is a Licensed Professional Counselor, who works at Samaritan Counseling Center and Foundations Counseling Center (K. Duprey, personal communication, September 8, 2015). She started counseling in 2001 and got her license in 2003. She has worked at Samaritan since 2006 and Foundations Counseling Center since 2010 (K. Duprey, personal communication, September 8, 2015). Kelly Jo also became a Medical Assistance Certified Provider in 2008 (K. Duprey, personal communication, September 8, 2015). She has 21 years of experience working with families and children and 14 years of experience counseling families and children (K. Duprey, personal communication, September 8, 2015).
The Baby Jessica Case A child, abandoned by blood, welcomed by the unknown and surrounded by both frustration and affection. Jessica Clausen-DeBoer, or Anna Schmidt, was born to Cara Clausen on February 9th, 1991. Jessica was originally left up for adoption by the DeBoers under the consent of her biological mother who got a signed consent of the believed-to-be biological father, Scott Seefeldt. This posed an issue, which led to greater conflict for years until the case ended, due to an error of the true paternity of Jessica.
Stroman has experienced several victories as well as some struggles throughout the years. She states that one of her best moments is being able to witness families or individuals make progress towards the goals they wanted to achieve at the beginning of treatment. However, there are times in which younger clients become frustrated with her due to following ethical policies such as reporting child abuse that makes her job difficult. When these incidents occur younger clients often feel guilty or become frustrated due to the change of dynamics of the home environment that has occurred. Specific treatment plans are implemented to further address these
The reporting party (RP) stated she observed the foster mother to be careless with the foster children 's car seats. According to the RP the straps were loose which could result in the infants slipping them off. The RP was concerned for the foster mother 's lack of cooperation with visitations. Subsequently she was resistant and was being difficult. Consequently the Public Health Nurse would make recommendations however; the foster mother was not receptive.
MHP and Mary discussed visit with sister at a possible adoption event. MHP encourage Mary to communicate her emotions about the possible adoption progress for self and sister. Response: Mary express not wanting anyone to know what she is feeling or thinking. MHS explain knowing when Mary is not having a good day by Mary’s non-verbal communication.
Introduction For the environmental and organizational assessment I will be researching the May Institute/Behavioral Health Services, specifically the May Counseling @ Hyland Clinic in Fall River, MA. The Hyland Clinic has more than twenty therapists with specialties in many areas including: couples issues, substance abuse, schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, eating disorders, bereavement and grief, autism spectrum disorder, trauma, attachment and adoption specific issues, and early childhood mental health. For the purpose of this paper I will be interviewing an MSW who works with children with mental health concerns.
Social services and social workers are known for providing helpful guidance to diminish the problem. In Baby’s case, she felt as if the social workers were just following a script and did not genuinely care about her. Baby said they all talk to her the same way even using the same lines, means they are not being genuine. Baby claims, “They had a cue card tucked away in one of their pockets with compliments that they were supposed to give me. Some of them had used the exact same lines on me” (O’Neil, 2006, p. 213).
Identification and response to urgent issues: • Determine the impact of the issue • Determine the client’s response, whether it is a ‘normal’ response • People at risk: developmental disability, brain injury, mental health issues, children, young people, domestic violence victims, alcohol and drug addicted, homelessness • Determine the risk through a risk assessment method. Imminent risk might include: negative demographics, interactions, attitudes, emotions and skill deficiencies, multiple stressors and the development of self-destructive and defiant behaviours. • Respond by defining the problem, making sure the client is safe, supporting the client, discover alternatives to the issue presented and the response to it, develop an action plan with the client and ensure the client is committed to following through with the plan. The change process and ways to monitor: • Explain expectations to the client and know what the client expects from the therapeutic relationship.
As I read the case study of Almeada and baby Anne, I was inspired by her case manager Barbra LaRosa, she provided social care and became the “bridge” between Almeade and the systems. One function of bridging is to narrow the gap between the services being offered and the needs of the individuals who are receiving those services. (Woodside, M. R. (2015). An Introduction to the Human Services, 8th Edition) Ms. LaRosa applied social care to Almeada while she was pregnant with baby Anne, she recognized Almeada's problems in living and since she worked at the school, and Almeada had not returned from summer break, she reached out to her to see what was going on and learn more about her life.
By establishing a worker/client relationship, this will provide Laura with a secure base to operate from in the future. She will be able to confidently explore her historical, current, and future relationship with her mother knowing that she can receive comfort and reassurance from me, her social worker. Once she recognizes this secure base, I will assist her in discovering how she currently handles her relationship with her mother. During this relational discovery process with her mother, I will also allow her to explore her relationship with me, showing Laura how her previous ways of dealing with others could be positively changed through the change of her various internal behavioral models. Through this social worker and client relationship exploration, Laura will discover how her current perceptions of her mother are connected to expectations from their relationship when she was a child, providing her the opportunity to view the current relationship differently.
