Reference no: EM132501386 , Length: 5
Brief Description of Agency-GA Mentor is a therapeutic foster care agency that provides therapeutic foster care services to youth between the ages of 0-18. We offer evidence-informed training to foster parents to provide quality homes for foster children. Services offered to children include 24 hours of home-based monitoring, therapeutic intervention, and access to community-based services, life skill development, and medication management oversight. GA Mentor ensures that the educational, mental health, physical health, and overall well-being needs of all children in our program are met.
- Completion of Risk Assessments and Crisis Assessment to determine the level of the client's needs and service
- Demonstrate her ability to apply Family-Centered Practice, Systems Theory, and Strengths Perspective when assessing the challenges of the family
- Develop and implement Treatment Plans for client
- Train and develop foster parents in providing therapeutic foster care to foster care children
- Evaluate state and Federal Policies in Child Welfare
- Demonstrate her ability to link the family to resources with consideration to the family's culture, social-economic status, etc. The well-being needs of all children in our program are met.
The Assignment: (4-5 pages)
Question 1: Explain whether you demonstrated social work practice skills throughout your field education experience, including a description of each social work practice skill and the measure(s) provided in the final evaluation.
Question 2: Explain how participation in your field education course might help you prepare for a career in social work.
Question 3: Describe potential areas where you might need improvement in relation to social work practice skills.
Question 4: Explain how you might address those areas as you continue to develop as a professional social worker.
Question 5: Explain how you have grown as a professional during this process.
Question 6: Propose personal action plans that you can continue into your professional career.