Overview
Please read the education component below and answer the questions below.
Educational Nugget of Gold: This is covered in Chapter 19
Evaluation
- An evaluation has assumed ever-increasing significance in direct practice to measure client change and satisfaction, assure worker accountability, monitor the effectiveness of services, and evaluate the impact of the interventions themselves.
- Outcome evaluation involves assessing the results achieved against the goals that were formulated during the contracting phase of work.
- Another dimension of evaluation involves identifying the aspects of the helping process that were useful or detrimental.
- Another measure in the increasingly competitive and consumer-conscious practice environment seeks information about client satisfaction.
Termination
- Termination refers to the process of formally ending the individual social worker–client relationship.
- Terminations generally fall into one of two categories:
- Unplanned
- Planned
- Because termination can evoke feelings associated with past losses and endings, clients (and social workers) may respond to it in a variety of ways:
Remember this is worth 30 points and must be 250 to 350 words to be considered substantive with at least one reference.
1. Why is termination important in your relationship with a client?
2. Identify what feelings are often associated with termination?
3. How might you help a client with these feelings and or fears as it relates to termination?
Do not forget to use references and cite accordingly.
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