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Assessence of bi-weekly ILP review
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On 1/6/2016, CM met with the client to complete Bi-Weekly ILP Review. Client was dressed with proper attire for the weather. She was well groomed. In the meeting client appears to be space, disoriented and cognitive impairment which making difficult for the client to express herself or dialogue appropriately. SOCIAL SUPPORT UPDATE: Client reported she doesn’t have family members here in the USA. She continues to report all family members are residing in Guatemala. Client report no community support. CM tries encouraged client to participate in all onsite Recreation Activities. EMPLOYMENT UPDATE; Client is undocumented RESOURCE UPDATE: Client is undocumented and she is not entitled to any government entitlement. SAVING: Client has no money saved …show more content…
On 12/30/2015, at about 10am CM received a telephone call from Ms. Ayala/Care Coordinator at Edwin Gould to say client weekly visitation with her son it suspends until 1/20/2016, due to the client attacking the foster mother. CM inquires for the client to report her side of the story. “As per the client she stated on the day of the incident she was examining her son and she noticed that her son was wearing soiled clothes and he had scratches on his head, forehead and arms. She also mentioned that the foster mother gave her son a bottle and she told her son in Spanish not to drink that dirty water. Client continues to mention the foster mother when she heard that call her as she quote “stupid and dumb” client say she got up of her seat and the foster mother run out the visiting room screaming that client assaulted her. CM advises the client to go see her lawyer tomorrow and to report the
As the EAI team was discussing Molly’s case, one of the ED Residents made a few telephone calls. Molly’s PCP reported that during her last visit about 2 weeks ago, Mollie was alert and able to respond to questions appropriately. He confirmed that Mollie’s daughter and son in law have experienced psychiatric problems, adding that the son in law has expressed anger regarding Mollie’s living arrangements. The home health care agency was contacted. The RN and aide both report they have never met the son in law and have had very limited contact with Mollie’s daughter. When contacted by telephone, the daughter provided no explanation for Mollie’s extensive bruises noted on admission to the hospital. The daughter stated that Mollie did not fall, but in fact lowered herself to the floor in an effort to draw
Alameda has had a hard life as a young girl growing up, both of her parents were alcoholics. Alameda was a 16 year old minor who had a baby and dropped out of school, and then was unable to care for the infant. A case manager by the name of Barbara LaRosa was assigned to Alameda case. Barbara took on Alameda as her client and made a visit to her parents’ home, while making the visit she found Alameda dad incompetent, and could not get any information from him to help with his daughter well-being.
Mrs. Hylton is a 45 year old female who presented to the ED via LEO under IVC by her therapist, Melanie, from ADS. Per documentation Mrs. Hylton denies suicidal ideation and homicidal ideation to nursing staff and MCM before the evaluation. She also contracted for safety with MCM. Dr. Horton requested a mental health assessment on Mrs. Hylton. Before the assessment Ms. Melanie and her supervisor Melissa were contacted. Ms. Melissa reports Mrs. Hylton verbally contracted for safety, however left before ADS could type up terms of verbal agreement. Melissa reports afterwards she was not aware of Mrs. Hylton symptoms of psychosis when speaking with her until being informed by Melanie of findings after conversation with Mrs. Hylton. Melanie upon
When the therapist met the client at home for individual therapy, the client greeted the therapist and she was feeling happy as evidence by reporting that she did all of her weekly plan that she plan it last week such as; visiting her biological parents, playing sports, finishing her homework, and get the dancing party arrangement done by the end of the week. Client reported that her mood did not change during the week as she reported that she was happy all the week. Client reported that the low moment for this week was getting her homework done by the end of Sunday at night as she was happy and enjoyed her time during the weekend, but she felt overwhelmed at the end as she did not finish her homework. Client reported that she was the student
The therapist Stephanie has had the liberty to have a few sessions with her client, Martha Rose. The client is an elderly Caucasian female, age 70 whom was recently diagnosed with early onset Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She is a widow who lives alone and has retired as a Navy nurse. Her source of income is from a neighbor, JoAnn, age 67; whom she helps care for. Martha also has two children, Jennie age 45 and Thomas age 42. Both of her children are currently in the military and are station overseas and have children of their own. Martha Rose has very little contact with her 2 children and 4 grandchildren; only able to see them about once a year. The commonly used form of communication is via email, on average once weekly. The last visit from Martha’s children Jennie and Thomas has been about 20 months ago.
Which theory, model of practice or frame of reference will you use with this client/patient and why?
It is important to include cultural issues in the helping process to be more effective. We also need cultural competence because the U.S. is becoming more diverse. Therefore with diversity comes different beliefs, norms, and values. Eurocentric values dominate sciences and began cultural universals which puts the clash of dominate and non-dominate cultural behaviors in motion. In 1996 the NASW Code of Ethics increased the recognition of cultural competence. It is important to know diversity exist within ethnic and cultural groups because social workers need to know that relationships between helping professionals and clients may be strained. This happens because of the distrust between groups. Another important aspect is that the professional realizes their own values, biases, and beliefs. The reason for this is because they must value diversity to start with and understand the dynamics of difference. Culturally competent practitioners have to go through developmental process of using their own culture as a starting point to meet all behaviors. Striving for cultural competence is a long term process of development. The literature on cultural competence is theoretical and conceptual. They have not been evaluated in a systematic way. Roughly there are 2 million Native americans in the U.S. Which survive decimating disease, over-repressed in child welfare system, suffer from health problems, and are among the poorest people in the United States. Working with them clearly falls within the social work clearly mandate to serve vulnerable and oppressed clients. However, we do not know how many people from this group is actually receiving help from social workers. Even though it is important to train social workers to provide care in th...
CCIB Intake received referral #1265-1000-6744-5084121 regarding resident youth Esteban Villa DOB: 3/8/01 DOP: UK SCHOOL: De Elite Academy. The reporting party (RP) Sara Hayes is an employee at 1825 Gillespie Way Ste. 200, El Cajon CA 92022 (619) 672-7593. According to the RP Esteban is non-verbal, with mild epilepsy and intellectual disabilities. Furthermore the RP stated Esteban has substantial behavioral issues. It was reported the youth as resided in the group home since 2014. The RP disclosed on 1/22/17 a staff member (name not provided) reported that another staff member named Winter Easter had it Esteban on the head. On 1/23/17 the youth was examined and no marks or bruises were observed. Subsequently the staff member was placed on administrative
The Sanchez family are riddled with a unique set of problems for a social worker to intervene and provide assistance. Being a family that immigrated to the United States, they are managing many problems within the family that is ranging from disability, substance abuse, and immigration. This paper is a case analysis of each particular family member in the Sanchez family. Each family member will be analyzed and issues will be prioritized. Also, an intervention or a clinical resolution will be introduced to the best of the writer’s knowledge. Lastly, this writer will reflect on herself to determine her level of empathy and sympathy towards each family in the Sanchez family. Each family member is presenting individual problems and indicators that there is an underlying issue that needs intervention.
Her culture is very important to her and I respect that. As a social worker, I have an obligation to, regardless of Mrs. Sanchez, ensure she has the resources she needs to provide for her family. As a social worker, I respect the decisions of the Sanchez family, after all they have the right to make their own choices when it comes to services. As suggested by Deci and Ryan (2012), all humans have a desire to be competent and have a sense of control over their situation.
On 04/24/2017 at approximately 0800 hrs, I was informed by the PD secretary that a female and her daughter needed to speak to me about an issue. In the front PD lobby, I made contact with Loretta Bustos (DOB-11/18/1977), and her daughter Sydney Vanzandt (DOB-07-04-2000) in refernence to a child custody question. Bustos advised her daughter Sydney and Dylan Vanzandt had a child together, but are going to divorce soon. Bustos mentioned that the child is currently being held at Dylan's residence with his family, but wants her daughter to also have the child because she feel's they won't let her see or take the child with her.
If for some reason she cannot locate a participant or make contact with a reporter, she will let me know right away. She is good about sending letters and making the appropriate amount of attempts to locate clients that are hard to reach. Elena continues to show improvement with getting plans of action submitted on time. Elena’s plan of action are very well written, she takes time to plan out in steps how she is going to follow up on a case after her initial visit. Elena’s recordings are very detailed, and it is very easy to understand the steps she has taken in a case. In addition to great detail, Elena always submits recordings in a very prompt manner. Elena still struggles to complete cases within 60 days, on a consistent basis, but has utilized the extension code when appropriate on cases. Elena received a total of 206 cases. Elena had 20 past due cases using the extension code in January, 16 extension code cases, and 7 past due cases in February. In early April Elena completed a PIP and was current on her cases by May until August when she had 4 past due cases, 2 that were PS cases. She had 3 past due cases in October, 2 exception code cases and 10 past due cases in November, and 12 past due cases in December. Elena received a high number of cases compared to the rest of the region in January, March, and
Presenting problem/Description of Client: Dr. Shaun Murphy is a 25-year-old, Caucasian male. Dr. Murphy has Autism and Savant syndrome. He believes his condition has a positive affect on him because he is able to think and understand in a way that his colleagues cannot. Having this form of disorder and syndrome allows him to have an “almost perfect recall.”
Assess client’s current mental status and LOC. Rationale: determine a baseline as well as the client’s current state of mind.
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that there are at least 350,000 illegal Caribbean immigrants in the United States (McCabe, 2011). Caribbean culture versus American culture is greatly different. An important way for social workers to be culturally competent is not to ignore language barriers. It should not be assumed that English is always the first language spoken so there should be resources available. Clients should be directed to immigration centers or offered a translator to provide assistance (How to Outreach,