Bshs 402 Final Exam

Final Exam Please use the Initial List of Case Management Functions localised in the Appendix of your Rothman & Sager text on page 289 as well as chapter 2. Use the vignette below to provide Case Management services to this particular(prenominal) node. Please follow whole of the steps in the Case Management functions to best serve your client. Please do not number each of the functions in question/answer form, only answer in essay format using APA standards. You lead not earn credit unless each of the steps is clearly identified you may use headings, italicized identification throughout the paragraph with each of the steps, etc.The final exam is due Week 5 Day 7. Please curve to the assignments section on your student website. Your paper should be at least 3-5 pages double spaced. var allow is a single father of dickens children. He has of late lost his job which is creating difficulties taking c are of his family. He is on the verge of having his electricity and water cut off to his house. He is also struggling to requital his mortgage. He is on his last $50 and still has to feed his family for the week. He has not had much luck on his own finding services to attend him in this time of crisis.Recently, his two children stimulate had difficulties in school acting out and not completing their school work. Jack is becoming frustrated and feels bleak let onn his current situation. He comes to you looking for help. What do you do? Client Identification and Outreach In order to help Jack return stability into his purport and that of his children we need to follow a schematic model of intervention as discussed in Chapter 2 of our text. The runner step in implementing the fiber management cognitive operation is Client Identification and Outreach.According to Rothman (1998), the flow of clients into the organization can come through referrals of various kinds (agencies, families, community organizations, clergy, police, schools, self-referral, etc. ). Therefore the agency must stir itself visible(prenominal) to receive clientele as they approach the system. Jack has contacted our agency through self-referral. Now we must set up an interview to find out much near Jack and his family. This result be accomplished through an intake interview. Intake, Assessment and Setting GoalsAn intake interview will take place during the first appointment in a formal setting such as the agency office where various administrative forms will be filed. Intake will include identifying Jacks problem and situation. Also, it will be determined if there is an appropriate agency-client match. Eligibility will be examined and the financial situation appraised. The client will be given information about agency services, requirements, and limitations. At this time we hope to find out much details about Jacks struggles and need in full as well as some personal/family background information.Psychosocial Assessment The next step would be assessing the level of the clients social, psychological, and carnal work. This is a rather involved step in the care for because not only does the information come from the client but other sources such as family, previous agencies, work place etc. In Jacks case he will be the main contributor to his background information. During the judgement process we find out that Jack was laid off because the company downsized to be able to compete in todays tough market.Jack was a computer analyst. The financial burden has become unbearable and added stress to Jacks family life. Recently he vented out his frustration on his two children, and now regrets it. With bills piling up, grocery dwindling away, and his childrens poor academic performance jack finds himself in despair and in need of foreign assistance. At this time its been determined that Jack has suffered an emotional breakdown because of high stress and on the verge of developing mild depression.His psychological needs should be addressed s imultaneously while helping Jack get back on his feet and provide basic needs for his family. Jack has many friends but he is too proud to ask them for financial help. Goal Setting Now we are able to set up concrete goals with Jack because we have covered all necessary background information and determined what his needs are. First we must prioritize. Jack needs food for his family and to keep the household utilities fully functioning so that his children may continue leading a healthy daily routine.In order to maintain Jacks psychological health a counselor from the agency will work with Jack on gaining emotional stability and dealing with daily stressors. It will take time to find Jack gainful employment in the meantime the case manager will help him apply for unemployment. Also refer him to a local food pious platitude for food. Throughout the goal setting process clients input is crucial and a must to make for certain all their needs are being addressed and the clients wishes are heard and considered.The short term goals would be Jacks psychological stability, food for his family, and maintaining full functioning of the household. Long term goals would be finding Jack full time employment and possibly learning juvenile job skills. Another goal is to hiking his childrens academic performance. Resource Identification and Intervention Planning Now we are ready to start implementing our intervention plan. An intervention plan is obviously intensify through use of available service resources.For the purpose of our client Jack the resources we need have already been established. Now the case manager must locate these resources by looking in to the information thats already available from previous cases or researching new resources through available networks. Its also stabilising to connect with other agencies or individuals and request needed information. Its important to include the client in resource identification process by communicate about places t hey turn to for help and what has been expedient to them, additional resources surface, some off-the-beaten-track.By doing this a case manager can find out a lot of useful information about agencies such as availability of resources, eligibility of clients, reliability and quality of services. Now we are ready for the next step. Intervention planning encompasses both handling planning, in the sense of therapy and counseling, and service planning, which involves the linking of clients to orthogonal agencies and informal networks for more varied and comprehensive assistance.The clients personal rights, needs, and goals are considered in their interrelatedness with the external realities of physical space, social supports, family structure, and the communitys social and political climate. The intervention plan for Jack is simple, receive counseling and apply for unemployment, go to the local food bank. The counselor faculty recommend other services for Jack if she determines there i s a deeper issue that cannot be resolved without the help of a therapist. Jacks children should participate on a few counseling sessions so that a healthy family tmosphere can be established at home. A counselor might suggest Jack take a parenting class to build positive relationships with his children. The steps must be clearly defined and written out sort of in a contract. Linking Jack to the services and supports I have already identified will be our next step in the intervention plan. The case manager may assist these clients in acquiring job interviewing and job searching skills. A social service agency can assist with perplexities about housing, job training, or family disruption.Professional linking does not consist of simply suggesting a referral. It also means making a good hook-up, including doing whatever is necessary to ensure that the client actually receives the needed aid. The case manager will connect Jack and his family with each agency and perform a follow up to m ake sure Jack has received the help and services he needed. This process calls for a wealth of knowledge about the community human services system accurate, street smart information on policies, programs and procedures contingencies and loopholes and the costs and benefits of different options.Monitoring, Reassessment, and Outcome Evaluation Monitoring is following up on a client intervention plan to make sure it is carried out and that it brings about the helpful results that were intended. In supervise, the practitioner sees to it that the agencies accepting clients actually provide the needed services, that aid from family or friends is forthcoming, and that the client carries out tasks that were concur upon. It also is a means of tracking the practitioners own intended performance.In our case with Jack the case manager will place hebdomadary phone calls and set up appointments every two weeks in order to measure client progress. If needed the check in sessions can become more frequent or less frequent depending on how well the client is doing. Monitoring is closely tied with reassessment because looking at a process in action automatically provides feedback about how the process is playing out and with what consequences. During reassessment it should be determined if the original intervention plan is working or if some goals need to be changed or adjusted depending on how well the plan has worked.Again its very important to utilize client input during monitoring and reassessment to determine success or failure of the plan and if any changes or adjustments are necessary. Finally, if the plan has worked and Jack is happily functioning in all areas of his life such as family, work and social circles, then the implemented intervention was successful. If not then the plan must be revised and new goals set up addressing areas of previous failure. All the while the case manager must give the client, Jack, empowerment to take charge of his life and never give u p.The monitoring should come to a minimum at this point so the client does not come depend and rely on the case manager. further not all contact must be severed an occasional phone call or an appointment must be made to let the client know that the door is always open when he needs guidance or assistance. References Rothman, J. (1998). Case Management Integrating Individual and Community consecrate (2nd ed. ). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection.