MSTT met with Donna from CYS and Vanessa from Access services for a collaborative meeting. The meeting was to address CYS concerns regarding Jamiles leaving home without permission during the middle of February to see her mother. Donna wanted to verify the acquisition because she was unsure of what to believe from Lesley (Jamiles mother). The meeting was also to establish an appropriate after care-plan for Jamiles once MSTT close services. Jamiles did state she went to her mother's home at that time because she was feeling alone. Jamiles explained she believed Jocelyn has started to show more favoritism toward the other foster care child in the home because she is pregnant. Jamiels explained she was not receiving fair treatment which has her
thinking about her family and missing them. During this time she wanted to be around family so she went to her mother's home. Donna explained the importance Jamiles reaching out to her during those times because it's not ok to just leave and go to her mother's home. MSTT explained how he and Jamiles address those issues prior and developed a plan which Jamiles did not follow. MSTT expressed the plan that was developed with Jocelyn and Jamiles was for Jamiles to reach out to someone during those times. When something could be put in place to set up a visit with her mother or siblings. The after care-plan develop for Jamiles set by all key participates is to get her involved in PA mentoring program.
Donna has quit working as a prostitute and is currently on the road to recovery from years of addiction and abuse. As a child she suffered from years of neglect and sexual abuse from her immediate family members. Donna admits to using drugs when pregnant with her youngest child and suspects that he may have fetal alcohol syndrome as he is unable to control his emotions and has a difficult time in forming social bonds.
During the court case the judge said that lead social worker Gunn Wahlstrom was “naïve beyond belief”. This report brought over 68 recommendations to make sure cases like this did not happen again. The recommendations included putting the child first and the parent’s second. “Jasmines’ fate illustrates all too clearly the disastrous consequences of the misguides attitude of the social workers having treated Morris Beckford and Beverley Lorrington as the clients first and foremost” (London Borough of Brent, 1985,p295). The social workers in Jasmine’s c...
The foster care system, then as now was desperate for qualified homes. Kathy and her husband had become certified foster parents, she was a certified teacher, and they had empty beds in their home. Their phone soon bega...
Social agency and the court authorizing the placement, and caregivers are responsible for the continuing monitoring to ensure that the child in placement receives adequate care and supervision (Downs, Moore and McFadden, 2009, p.275). Services for children in foster care are a teamwork effort of the different parties involved (Downs, Moore and McFadden, 2009). Unfortunately in Antowne’s situation the agency and the court system failed him because although he was removed from his mother, the abuse and neglect continued. The systems involved did not provide the safety net Antwone needed.
In understanding how Mrs. Flowers become a foster parents was when the parent(s) of her grandchild and great-grandchild was unable to care for them. The grandchild was in Mrs. Flower’s home prior to becoming a foster child because the mother was working and needed help transporting the child to and from daycare. The child was later removed from the mother home due to neglect. The child was placed into a non-kinship foster home. The Mother and Grandmother Mrs. Flowers was able to get the child back. The child stayed in foster care in Mrs. Flowers home (Kinship). The Mother got ill and could no longer participate in the child life. The grandchild was with Mrs. Flowers from the age of 1 years old. At age 7 Mrs. Flowers adopted her grandchild.
This is a paper on the Case Study that was presented to the class on 10/10/15 from the Woman’s Resource Center. This paper will include an introduction of my thoughts on the Woman’s Resource Center’s website and the informational pamphlet that was handed out to the class. Also included is a highlighted assessment of the case and intervention sills needed to be an effective practioner.
The term government policy is any cause of action implemented by the government to change a certain situation and to tackle a wide range of issues in all areaslikefinance,education,statewelfare,immigrationlaw(https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/government-policy).For the purpose of this essay, I will be talking more about government policies in relation to refugees and asylum seekers and its implication for social work.
Haight, Wendy L., James E. Black, Sarah Mangelsdorf, Grace Giorgio, Lakshmi tata, Sarah J. Schoppe, and Margaret Szewcyk. "Making Visits Better: The Perspective of Parents, foster Parents, and Child Welfare Workers." EBSCOhost. EBSCO, 1 Mar. 2002. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
There is no place like home is a well-known adage that the healthcare industry has recently embraced as it enters in the early years of the 21st century. According to the Joint Commission, the home is the best place for healthcare, and it has proven to benefit the patients in many ways, because the cost of care is lower, the patients are happier and the environment is friendlier (Dilwali, 2013). CMS defines home care as “prescribed services delivered in the patient’s home such as nursing care; physical, occupational and speech language therapy; and medical social services” (Dilwali, 2013, p. 269). Home care includes disease prevention, health promotion and illness related services (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). The goal of home care is to ensure that the client’s health improves while increasing the individual’s independence. This
...acility. This solution provided safety for the resident by placing her in a higher monitored region of the facility. Her son would have to check in before visiting, allowing staff to keep an eye on him in a designated meeting area. Even though the solution seemed fitting, the resident did not wish to be moved. The facility could not violate her decision to stay, but we also could not allow her son to continue to pose a threat. After two days of working with the resident and discussing options, she hesitantly agreed to move to another room. This benefited her in many ways, because it allowed her to stay in contact with her son while retaining a safe environment. Through this situation I learned that the human will can defy rationality, but as a Social Worker I must still strive to safely and efficiently handle these situations in a way that accommodates their rights.
Chris and her husband, Carl, also participate in foster care. Initially, they started foster care because they did not know if they were going to have kids. “We knew God wanted us to have kids,” she explained. There is also a tremendous need for foster parents. Because of this, Chris and Carl decided to fill out an application to be foster parents. Three days later they had their first baby. Their logic behind starting foster care was, as Chris would say, “We knew we would be good parents and there was a need and we could
People look at you like you’re the one to blame. They see your tattered sneakers and tangled, greasy hair, and they think they know you. But how could they? You amble down the sidewalk, keep your head down, your eyes averted. You don’t want any trouble. People are quick to assume that's what you're looking for. Your lips are chapped and your face is dirty. You cannot remember the last time you brushed your teeth, let alone took a shower. The thought makes you laugh almost as much as the thought of your old bedroom walls, the shadows cast by the ceiling fan as you stared up from your bed. You had to leave home. It was taken from you. The adults in your life shifted as you grew older, or perhaps you just grew aware. They took pills or tipped glasses or screamed at you for no particular reason. They kicked you out when you got pregnant, when you got mouthy, when you weren't all they wanted you to be. They got sadistic. They crossed unspeakable lines. You had to leave home. You are barely more than a child. At least, you were before. Now, you are homeless.
While this child is in the system, many things could be happening to them. They could be moving from foster home to foster home
Forced migration is the process of displacement weather voluntarily or involuntarily. People are made to leave their home and homeland for causes of violent persecution, danger, and authority, such as government or other people trying to overthrow the government. People who are displaced are called refugees. Typically, refugees leave the area or their homeland due to a natural disaster, for example Hurricane Katrina and the citizens of New Orleans Louisiana and or War or conflict. Forced migration can be voluntarily so people who leave voluntarily are able to control where they want to go and what they are trying to achieve for themselves and their family. On the other hand, involuntarily forced