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Working With Organizations and Communities in the Practicum
Client Case Study - Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to explore a client or client system in the Foundation Practicum 2 experience. The Client Case Study assignment is the first of three assignments that will inform the course project, Professional Portfolio, due in Unit 9.
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior.
C1.GP.C: Demonstrate professional demeanor in behavior; appearance; and oral, written, and electronic communication.
Related Assignment Criteria:
1. Utilizing a pseudonym, analyze a client or client system, including the client background and strengths.
Competency 2: Engage in Diversity and Difference in Practice.
C2.GP.A: Apply and communicate understanding of the importance and difference in shaping life experiences into practice at the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
Related Assignment Criteria:
3. Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.
Competency 3: Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice.
C3.GP.A: Apply their understanding of social, economic, and environmental justice to advocate for human rights at the individual and system levels.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
C3.GP.B: Engage in practices that advance social, economic, and environmental justice.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
Competency 5: Engage in Policy Practice.
C5.GP.A: Identify social policy at the local, state, and federal level that impacts well-being, service delivery, and access to social services.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
3. Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.
C5.GP.B: Assess how social welfare and economic policies impact the delivery of and access to social services.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
3. Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities.
C7.GP.A: Collect and organize data, and apply critical thinking to interpret information from clients and constituencies.
Related Assignment Criteria:
1. Utilizing a pseudonym, analyze a client or client system, including the client background and strengths.
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
3. Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.
C7.GP.B: Apply knowledge of human behavior and the social environment, person-in-environment, and other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in the analysis of assessment data from clients and constituencies.
Related Assignment Criteria:
1. Utilizing a pseudonym, analyze a client or client system, including the client background and strengths.
3. Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.
C7.GP.C: Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals and objectives based on the critical assessment of strengths, needs, and challenges within clients and constituencies.
Related Assignment Criteria:
2. Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
Assignment Description
In this assignment, you will present a case from your practicum experience. In this case study, you will discuss the diverse background of the client or client system (for example, age, ethnicity, gender, problems, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, class, strengths, and challenges) as well as social, economic, and environmental justice issues impacting the client or client system. Additionally, you will identify micro practice, mezzo practice, and macro practice skills used in working with the client or client system.
Assignment Instructions
Discuss the assignment with your site supervisor and choose a client or client system for this assignment based on the supervisor's recommendation. Assign a pseudonym for the client or client system to protect client confidentiality.
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
Analyze the client or client system and assign a name (pseudonym) to the client or client system (do not use the legal name of clients), including the client's background (age, ethnicity, gender, problems, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, and class) and strengths.
Analyze the problems and issues faced by the client or client system, including relevant social, economic, and environmental justice issues.
Apply micro, mezzo, and macro practice skills to generalist social work practice with the client or client system, including diversity and difference in practice.