Overview
In this assignment, you will develop an intervention plan for a family member described in a case study. The case study will provide you with information about the family member's presenting problem, their history, and their current situation. Use this information to develop a plan that addresses the family member's needs and goals. The intervention plan should be comprehensive and include specific steps that you will take to help the family member.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAs and advanced practice behaviors:
- EPAS Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
- C1.SP.A Utilize best practices in ethical decision-making by applying leadership skills, technology, relevant laws and regulations, core values, and standards of the NASW Code of Ethics to an ethical problem-solving model to inform ethical decision-making in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- Describe legal and ethical ramifications related to the proposed intervention plan.
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- C1.SP.B Guided by best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
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- C1.SP.C Integrate the ethical and effective use of technology at all levels of practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities.
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- Describe pertinent information about the client including identifying information, demographics, and rationale for selecting them.
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- C1.SP.A Utilize best practices in ethical decision-making by applying leadership skills, technology, relevant laws and regulations, core values, and standards of the NASW Code of Ethics to an ethical problem-solving model to inform ethical decision-making in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- EPAS Competency 2: Advance Human Rights and Social, Racial, Economic, and Environmental Justice
- C2.SP.A Apply leadership skills, decision making, and ethical use of technology, when engaging in interprofessional collaborative practice to advocate for the advancement of human rights with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to ensure that social resources, rights, and responsibilities are distributed equitably in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- Describe how you would advocate for the advancement of human rights for the issue, based on your assessment and considerations with this client.
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- C2.SP.A Apply leadership skills, decision making, and ethical use of technology, when engaging in interprofessional collaborative practice to advocate for the advancement of human rights with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to ensure that social resources, rights, and responsibilities are distributed equitably in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- EPAS Competency 3: Engage Anti-Racism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ADEI) in Practice
- C3.SP.A Demonstrate how diversity and intersectionality shape human experiences and apply anti-racist and anti-oppressive intervention techniques and technologies with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalized practice.
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- Describe considerations related to culture based on this case formulation and the client.
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- C3.SP.A Demonstrate how diversity and intersectionality shape human experiences and apply anti-racist and anti-oppressive intervention techniques and technologies with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalized practice.
- EPAS Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
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- Identify three short-term SMART goals to support the plan.
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- C7.SP.C Apply culturally responsive leadership skills, decision making and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice in the ongoing assessment of diverse individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
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- Describe a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of a proposed intervention plan.
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- C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- EPAS Competency 8: Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
- C8.SP.D Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when evaluating intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to achieve goals.
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- Create an annotated bibliography including at least five scholarly resources related to possible interventions for a client.
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- C8.SP.D Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when evaluating intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to achieve goals.
Preparation
For this assignment, you will create an intervention plan for a family member described in a case study. First,
- Review the Campbell Family Case Study. Read the introduction and the information about each family member in the case study (Karen, Joe, Kali, and Jacob).
- Choose one family member and an issue or need of that family member that you plan to address.
Instructions
Write a 4–5 page paper addressing the following:
- Identifying Information. This section should describe pertinent information about the client. Please refer to the Campbell Family Case Study and identify a family member for whom you are going to provide a treatment plan. Provide a summary of this client's demographic information. Explain why you chose this individual.
- Presenting Problem. Identify your chosen client's primary problem(s), the factors that led the client to seek treatment, and whether or not he or she is a voluntary client or being compelled to treatment by another person or outside agency. Briefly describe these factors in paragraph form.
- Other Assessments. Describe the process you will use to complete a clinical assessment for this client, including any other assessments that you feel are pertinent. Provide a rationale for each of your choices, including any concerns with the relevance and biases of potential assessment tools with multicultural populations. If you plan to refer your client to another mental health professional for all or parts of the assessment, identify who that will be and what you will ask that professional to assess.
- SMART Goals. Identify three short-term goals that you have developed in cooperation with your client.
- Treatment Plan Interventions Annotated Bibliography. Based on the case study information, devise an intervention plan, using leadership skills and technology (for example, cognitive therapy, narrative, solution–focused, and other techniques). Based on your diagnostic impression, develop an annotated bibliography of resources, describing possible interventions or therapeutic theories for the client. You should describe each source in your own words, not simply use the provided abstract. Use at least 5 current (within the last 10 years) articles from peer–reviewed journals in the counseling or related professions from the Capella Library. Cite and reference the resources using current APA guidelines. You may use your textbook, but it cannot count as one of your five scholarly resources. You may use more than five resources if they aid in developing a comprehensive treatment plan.
- Treatment Plan Intervention. Based on the identified interventions in your annotated bibliography, identify the intervention method or therapeutic theory you believe is most applicable to your client. Explain why you chose this intervention and how you would apply it in at least two paragraphs. Finally, describe how you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed intervention plan.
- Legal and Ethical Considerations. Identify and discuss any ethical and legal ramifications that relate to the treatment you are considering. Be sure to indicate whether the ramification is ethical or legal, and cite the specific ethical standards or laws that will guide your decisions. Explain how you will address these.
- Cultural Considerations. Identify and discuss any cultural considerations that relate to the treatment you are considering and the selected client. Explain how you will address these and provide culturally aware care in this case.
- Advocacy. Identify and discuss areas where social work could advocate on behalf of the client or client system related to their situation or issue. Describe how to advocate for the advancement of human rights for the issue or system, based on the assessment of and considerations with this client, including advocacy strategies that are comprehensive, innovative, and effective, demonstrate a deep understanding of the issue and the client's context, and consider a range of stakeholders and potential outcome.
Additional Requirements
- Due Date: Submit your assignment by 11:59 PM Central time on Friday.
- Written communication: Your paper should be well organized and written in clear, succinct language, with no technical writing errors, as expected of a social work professional. .provides resources to help with this requirement.
- References: References and citations are formatted in consistent style. Follow current APA style and format for citing sources that support your leadership
- Number of resources: Use a minimum of five scholarly resources related to the content of the assignment.
- Length of paper: Approximately 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to the title and references pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 10: Apply culturally responsive leadership skills, decision making and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice in the ongoing assessment of diverse individuals, families, group, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability. (C7.SP.C)
- Describe the process utilized to assess the needs of an identified client.
- Describe a plan to evaluate the effectiveness of a proposed intervention plan.
- Competency 11: Apply leadership, technology, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills in the specialization of advanced generalist practice when evaluating intervention with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to achieve goals. (C8.SP.D)
- Create an annotated bibliography including at least five scholarly resources related to possible interventions for a client.
- Competency 13: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession.
- Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession. (C1.SP.B)
- Competency 1: Utilize best practices in ethical decision making by applying leadership skills, technology, relevant laws and regulations, core values, and standards of the NASW Code of Ethics to an ethical problem-solving model to inform ethical decision making in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C1.SP.A)
- Describe legal and ethical ramifications related to the proposed intervention plan.
- Competency 2: Guided by best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C1.SP.B)
- Describe the presenting problem the client is facing.
- Competency 3: Integrate the ethical and effective use of technology at all levels of practice in the specialization of advanced generalist social work with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. (C1.SP.C)
- Describe pertinent information about the client including identifying information, demographics, and rationale for selecting them.
- Competency 4: Apply leadership skills, decision making, and ethical use of technology, when engaging in interprofessional collaborative practice to advocate for the advancement of human rights with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to ensure that social resources, rights, and responsibilities are distributed equitably in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C2.SP.A)
- Describe how to advocate for the advancement of human rights for the issue, based on the assessment of and considerations with this client.
- Competency 6: Demonstrate cultural humility by applying leadership skills, ethical use of technology, critical reflection, self-awareness, and self-regulation to manage the influence of bias, power, privilege, and values in working with clients and constituencies, acknowledging them as experts of their own lived experiences in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C3.SP.B)
- Describe considerations related to culture based on this case formulation and the client.
- Competency 7: Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C7.SP.B)
- Identify three short-term SMART goals to support the presenting issues of the client.