Assessment, Prevention, and Intervention in Social Work Practice PDF

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ASSESSMENT, PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE 10/23/2017 SOWK 1101 ●

Engagement- building rapport

Assessment in Planned Change ● Engagement ● Assessment ● Intervention ● Planning ● Implementation ● Evaluating ● Follow-up Assessment ● Presenting concerns ○ What brings the client in to see you? ● Behaviors and manifestation ○ How they act on those behaviors ● Family history ● Physical health ● Strengths ○ Important strength- actually going and getting help ● Cultural factors ● Supports What do you do with this information? ● In clinical setting: ○ Use for diagnosis (DSM IV/ DSM V) ○ Use for treatment planning ● In program development: ○ Use for outreach to target populations ○ Use for data gathering/research Biopsychosocial Assessment ● Biological ○ Basic needs ■ Food ■ Clothing ■ Shelter ■ Comprehensive health ■ Physica; attributes ■ Abilities

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■ Physical environment ■ Heredity ■ Genes Psychological ○ Individual history ○ Personal style and make up ○ Intelligence and mental abilities ○ Self concept and identity Sociocultural ○ V

Environmental factors ○ Strengths and resources ■ Personal support networks ■ Organizational ■ Community Personal factors ○ Strengths and resources ■ The client’s unique capabilities, capacities, potential Deficits, barriers, challenges

ROPES ● R- Resources ○ Personal ○ Family ○ Social environment ○ Organizational ○ Community ● O- Options ○ Present focus ○ Emphasis on choice ○ What can be accessed now? ○ What is available and hasn't been used ● P- Possibilities ○ Future focus ○ Imagination ○ Creativity ○ Vision of future ○ Play ○ What have you thought of trying but haven't yet?

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E- Exceptions ○ When is the problem not happening ○ When is the problem different? ○ When is the part of the future solution occurring? ○ How have you survived what you endured? S- Solutions ○ Focus on constructing solutions not solving problems ○ What’s working now? ○ What are your successes? ○ What are you doing that you would like to continue doing? ○ Miracle question ■ Used with brief, solution-focused therapy ■ “What would you do if you woke up and your problem was gone” ● How would you feel ● What would have to happen for that miracle to take place? ■ Hope, making goals ■ Gets the client off the issue and toward a solution

Prevention ● Assessment needed first ● Utilized for: ○ Needs assessment ○ Program development ○ Outreach ○ Research ○ Advocacy ● Examples ○ Head Start ○ Early Intervention Programs ○ Housing/Credit Counseling ○ Sex Education ○ Pregnancy Prevention

Steps in the Planning Process ● Work w/ clients ○ Involve in every aspect of intervention processes ● Prioritize problems ○ Which to work on first ■ Clearly defined ● Translate problem into need ● Evaluate levels of intervention ○ Selecting a strategy ■ Look at pros and cons ● Establish goals ○ SMART ■ Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, timely ● Specify objectives ○ Means for measuring ■ The expected behavior, condition or circumstance, performance level ● Specify action steps ○ Who, what, when ● Formalize a contract...