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MSWPG7108 Social Work Practice with Groups and Communities - Federation University Australia

Question: Outline and critically analyse an assessment and intervention plan for a client, group, community context or social need in relation to your placement work

Moving beyond problem solving and a task focused approach with clients, students will be required to demonstrate advanced skills for assessment and intervention for clients or community issues presenting with multi-problem, interacting causes and often high-risk needs. Students working in project or research-based placements need to assess the needs of the project, organizations and stakeholders in relation the social issue being considered. Students need to demonstrate the capacity to collate key information, summarize it in a succinct manner and provide analysis or formulation. An intervention plan may involve the coordination of multiple services or stakeholders.

Assessment constitutes a key stage in social work practice. This can be achieved with individuals, groups, communities, projects or research. In each case, the social worker will assess (i.e. collate) the key information for the presenting needs and the underlying issues of the individual, community or organisation. Using a ‘person in environment' approach in your assessment student will involve and gain information from key participants or stakeholders. After summarising this information, students will analyze it in order to develop an understanding or formulation of the stakeholder needs, including the interaction of different factors and stakeholders/participants.

An assessment completed in placement may be attached as an appendix for the final placement review. For indirect placements, a project brief or plan may also be attached as an appendix.

The following trigger questions offer guidance in development of your outline of your assessment and intervention plan:

Assessment of Needs
• Write out a brief description of a client, community or organizational issue that has multiple needs with multi-causality
• Draw a genogram and or eco map /or in community and research context draw a map of clients, stakeholders and their relationships.
• Draw a mind map of the different issues and their relationships.
• Discuss the inter-relationship of the different issues for the client, community or organizations, highlighting which issue influences others and to what degree.
• In two paragraphs summarize the assessment
Planning and Managing Interventions
• Develop an intervention plan highlighting the sequence of interventions required and the different agencies or stakeholders involved.
• Highlight the key theory and/or research support your use of this intervention
• Highlight how you would develop a person centered plan that involves the client or key community representatives enabling their empowerment and participation.