Abstract This paper takes a look at social work casework and the developmental process. According to the paper, the main ingredients that influence and cause an effect on a casework are reversion prevention hypothesis, family maturity model, communal work concept and application and solution-centered treatment. The paper further discusses how ecology can influence the progression of a case.
Outline:
To Determine How Cases Are Developed
To Assist Those Underserved
To Develop Resources/Guidelines as a Social Worker
A Short Case Study With a Client i.e., Martha A
From the Paper "Most of the caseworkers also state that when they focus on the patients' abilities instead of deficits, the patient is able to draw more helpful and practical solutions from his/her prior achievements. This is very different from the conventional models which have mainly told the patients what they were doing wrong and what they should not be doing at all which makes them feel inferior, naive and incapable of coming up with effective and workable solutions (Barrett, Christensen and Todahl, 1999). This also helps the caseworkers share the load of the work with the families and the individuals (Barrett, Christensen and Todahl, 1999) without taking away anything from them by discouraging them to do something. "
Evolution of profession & need to balance helping clients & changing society. Theory, impact of social change, casework, accountability, agencies, direct care.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 8 sources, 1996, $ 55.95
From the Paper "Social work practice involves a dual mission: to assist clients and to change society. These two distinctive branches of social work emerged in the United States from the Charity Organization Societies and from the Settlement House Movement. The services performed by the Charity Organization Societies later became known as casework. The Settlement House Movement activities eventually developed into group work and community organizations. The challenge of modern social work is to balance the dual focus of the profession by providing for the individual's needs within the context of his or her environment.
The social work profession emerged from the complex social needs that developed in Europe and North America as a result of urbanization and industrialization. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, aid to the poverty-stricken was administered either..."
This paper discusses the challenges confronting social workers and other counseling professionals in providing intervention and prevention services to juvenile delinquents and other adolescents referred to juvenile rehabilitation centers.
Abstract This paper explains that working alliances between disparate rehabilitation system caregivers, justice system professionals and parents are the most effective means of achieving desirable behavioral and attitudinal changes. The paper states that acting-out or delinquent behavior is recognized as an associated feature of adolescent depression disorders. The author believes that the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a valuable tool in assisting caseworkers, social workers and counselors in developing effective treatment regimens.
From the Paper "Miser (1996) commented that difficulty in the assessment and treatment of juvenile delinquents can be explained by social labeling theory. In this theory, it is posited that any delinquent act, regardless of underlying causes, is a legal construct that carries a label capable of influencing the clinical judgment of those who assess and then treat such clients. Abnormal behavior is defined in terms of a legal violation and some type or degree of punitive treatment or response is then required. The mere act of labeling the youthful offender as "delinquent" produces adverse effects on self-concept, which is believed by some to insulate against delinquency. Lower levels of self-concept are associated with deviant labels. Counseling the youthful offender therefore often focuses on development of a positive self-concept or image."
Abstract This paper explains that, although they counsel young women about all options including pregnancy termination, the Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) provides information, counseling and pregnancy testing but not abortions and offers services free or at a very low cost to clients, young and old. The author points out that PRC believes that the most common alternative to unwanted pregnancies is abstinence. The paper relates that the agency provides support to mothers who choose to keep and raise their children, everything from baby formula and diapers to maternity and baby clothing, car seats,and cribs to needy families and mothers.
From the Paper "Funding is always a challenge in any community service organization such as this. PRC has a wide variety of creative funding and donation sources. They provide a donation button on their Web site, and have several local programs where citizens can donate a variety of equipment and funds. The ask for donations of baby and expecting mother necessities, such as baby bottles, clothing, formula, diapers, cribs, and more. They also encourage people to turn in their own cell phones for recycling. They receive $7 for each phone they collect and turn in to an organization that refurbishes them and donates them to needy organizations. They also have a program with the local Marble Slab Creamery ice cream store."
Abstract This paper reviews the history of social work as a profession, from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. This paper takes a look at how social work has developed into two models of service, social activism and casework, and the impact these models have had on social work as a profession.
From the Paper "In this ideal, a Protestant women who represented conservative economics of thrift and Social Darwinism softened by a missionary creed Christian love, and good intentions, would go into urban environments and aid the poor with clothing, better housing, and food, but often only if the poor were willing to reform their intemperate or immoral ways. As Darwin grew increasingly popular in the common intellectual currency of the land, however, these women were encouraged not just to be Christian but to seek to follow "scientific principles as they were then understood," to "study and investigate relief applications, separate the recipients into deserving or undeserving classes and then treat them by making referrals and providing them with friendship." (Huff, Social Work, 2000, Ch.1, p.4)
The idea of the deserving and undeserving poor, however, showed that despite the zeal of some organizers such as Day, who critiqued city laws and housing policy, there was a strong element of individualistic moral judgment in these early 'cases' studied by 'friendly visitors.' The personal, moral psychology of the poor was seen partially to blame in the impoverished individual's plight, although the idea of deserving poor people suggested, if not explicitly acknowledged, that the poor could suffer from want for reasons beyond their personal control. "
Abstract This paper explains that the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is an advocacy group, which works to protect the interests of impoverished and working class individuals in Ontario. The author points out that, through direct action and casework, OCAP helps many poor people. The paper relates the reasons why people would want to work for OCAP.
From the Paper "The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is an advocacy group that works to protect the interests of impoverished and or working class individuals in Ontario. According to Jeff Shantz in Fighting to Win, The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is a direct action anti-poverty organization which, since 1989, has fought governments of all stripes in Ontario, left (so-called), right and centre to defend the needs of poor people and to work for a future where people are able to live decently (Shantz 2002: 1). Although this mission statement seems to be relatively straightforward the reality of the situation needs to be explained in detail."
