Major Written Assignment #3: Case Analysis
400 pts.
Select a client or an indi
Major Written Assignment #3: Case Analysis
400 pts.
Select a client or an individual who is experiencing difficulty due to loss, life stressors and/or change and who you are NOT related to. You are welcome to use previous or current client(s) you have worked with or a fictional character or case studies you have read about. Recommendations from books or movies are at the end of these instructions. Make sure you choose a person you have a lot of information. Write a paper that examined the case situation from a trauma-informed perspective. Due in D2L by 12/4/2023 @11:30 PM
Please adhere to these guidelines for developing your case:
Specify the population involved (race, gender, culture, ethnicity, sexual orientation, ability, or other special circumstance). All cases should be rural. How do you deal with the case demonstrating sensitivity to this population? What effect does prejudice or discrimination have in the case, in particular, in your engaging this client?
What changes are needed in for this person and why? Why are these changes so difficult?
Explain how you use the skills covered in this class to engage, collect data, assess, plan goals for the client, and evaluate your intervention. For example, what are some relevant facts in the case and what information do you need to develop in fully assessing this client’s situation and evaluate your intervention?
How will you involve multiple systems in this case? What other systems might be involved? How might you intervene or engage other systems, such as individuals, families, organizations, or the political system to help?
What theoretical framework will help you assess the client’s situation? Be sure to use major concepts from the theory/theories in your assessment.
Describe your intervention plan including relevant theories and theoretical frameworks that inform your intervention decisions.
Use the helping process to present your case and develop a contract between you and the client on the three (3) goals and two objectives for each goal. Think about how you determine the baseline and the progress of your client’s growth.
What social problems are demonstrated in your case (e.g., poverty, discrimination, lack of education, etc.)?
What policy implications are raised in the case? How can you influence policy at the organizational, community, or societal level?
What practice principles or implications for social work practice will you employ in this case? What values and ethical issues are involved in the case: Are there value or ethical dilemmas? How would you deal with these? Be specific.
What are some feelings you might have in this case, in working with this family?
Grading Criteria for Written Assignments
The following criteria will be used in evaluating your written assignments.
The paper should be double-spaced, approximately ten to fifteen pages, using APA style, size 12 font.
Adherence to instructions and originality
Commitment to social work values and ethics.
Completeness, comprehensiveness, detail, clarity and readability.
Organization and style.
Adequate documentation.
Technical requirement (length, typed, APA guidelines–be careful no plagiarism and using ‘ghostwriters’ or other people to write papers for you).
Integration of course work (reading assignments), self-reflection, and critical thinking.
Numbered pages, typewritten and double-spaced in standard 11-12 point font.
Cover page with title of the paper, your name, course title, professor’s name and date submitted 11. No fewer than ten references within the last five years.
On-line sites in your paper must have the date retrieved, site name and web address as well as the same information required for journal articles.
Your case should be written up in a well-organized paper of approximately 12-20 pages, cite all sources, including relevant texts, journal articles, and interviews with practitioners. Students will briefly present their case study to the class.
In addition to the determination of points earned for this assignment, it will also be evaluated as a measurement of whether the competencies outlined for this course have been met. Below is the rubric used to evaluate your final paper:
Organization and Clarity of Expression
Total points = 100
Points Earned in Meeting Objectives
Ability to organize the paper in a consistent and clear manner. Central argument is defined and well-supported. (30)
Ability to write clearly (sentence structure, organization, grammar, format, and appropriate use of in-text citations and references) (40)
Ability to use APA style appropriately (formatting, citation, etc.) (30)
Quality of the Written Paper
Total points= 300
Ability to analytically incorporate relevant, scholarly literature into the paper. For example, student does not write strings of quotes but analyzes texts that relate to ideas in the paper. Student does not rely on web pages/sources for information. Minimum of 10 references. (30)
Student has examined the case situation by specifying the population of the client/client system, by determining the changes are needed in for this person and why these changes are so difficult, by assessing the multisystem involved in this case study along with the skills needing from the helping process to assess and evaluate an intervention. (50)
Student has identified and discussed the theoretical frameworks that guide his/her approach to this case and clearly explained how the theoretical framework(s) guide the approach to the case. Student has incorporated major concepts used in the assessment and intervention.
(50)
Student demonstrates the use the helping process to present his/her case and develops a contract between the social worker and the family on the goals to be met. Student demonstrates how he/she would: engage, collect data, assess, plan goals, and evaluate the intervention with the family. (50)
Student examines social problems and policy related to this case study. (50)
Student discusses the six core social work values and ethical principles of NASW Code of Ethics related to this case study. (50)
Student discusses feelings related to working on case study. (20)
TOTAL POINTS EARNED (400)