Posted: April 16th, 2015

Topic: Case Study for assessment Formulating the problem and Planning Intervention

o Assessment Standards
The following five (5) standards apply to all assessments in this subject with students who achieve all the following criteria being considered to be performing at an ‘A’ grade.
Verbal and written communication demonstrates a high level of literacy, with sentence construction providing clear meaning and logical argument. Students demonstrate their capacity to use language conventions, including those of Social Work and provide consistent APA referencing in all written work. All communication is constructed in a respectful and context sensitive manner.
All assessment tasks demonstrate attention to investigation and research of theory, applications of theory and critical reflection.
The development of case assessment and intervention processes demonstrates critical thinking skills, analysis and creativity, and integrates theoretical knowledge.
Participation in seminars reflects the student’s attention to respectful, ethical relationships, sensitivity to diversity and self-reflection.

Students will:
1. Use the case scenario provided for analysis;
2. Provide a case summary and problem formulation;
3. Develop a intervention plan using a nominated theory of intervention, and
4. Provide a critically reflective commentary/review of responses to engaging in this intervention
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o You will need to:
6- Give a succinct case summary of the client’s situation
7 -Identify the client(s) with whom you are planning to work and provide specific client details that need to be taken into account for advanced casework intervention.
8-Identify and briefly describe the presenting problem together with a case formulation based on a nominated theory of intervention. It is the case formulation and choice of intervention that is the essential component here.
9-Describe the process of intervention to be undertaken with the client, together with your rationale for using the nominated theory of intervention and techniques. And Why you selected this theory of intervention?
10-Briefly discuss an alternative approach to intervention in this scenario
11- Provide a critically reflective commentary on your responses to this scenario
12- Use reference to key publications in your discussion to support your arguments/choices for problem formulation and intervention choices.
13- APA references styles all the times
14- Prepare 2000 words an essay including a critical reflection
Thinking about intervention approaches and (2) applying these to either a stage of human development or to a situation that is likely to confront social workers in the practice context – for instance needing to work with a couple or in a crisis. This helps us to think about the nature of clients and their issues, and the theories and interventions that might be applied. For example, intervention with a child who has been abused who is accompanied by a parent, an adolescent who has been breaking the law and whose family has excluded him from home, or a couple with relationship difficulties who live with in-laws.