Social Service Program Teen challenge is a substance abuse program developed in the 1950’s to work with adolescents, adults and families in controlling negative addictive behaviour, mainly focusing on drug and alcohol rehabilitation. It’s located in outback Victoria, Kyabram. It’s an open program to any individual willing to commit to a change and residential program. It incorporates Christian values and biblical orientation to enable people to become “mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.” There have been three steps developed to be satisfied in order to successfully graduate from the program. Firstly intake, this is where the individual voluntarily signs up into the program, the
As defined in the An Introduction to the Profession of Social Work Becoming a Change Agent textbook, “generalist social work practice is defined as social work practice backed with broad range of training an primarily used to guide and coordinate service” (p.155). To me a generalist social worker basically practice skills to help aid families, communities, groups and individuals with their life problems. There are several types of employment/occupational settings for social work practice. Some are child social workers, family social workers, school social workers, healthcare social workers, mental health social workers and substance abuse social workers. Child, family, and school social workers are pretty much in the same category.
We initially worked on strengthening the spousal subsystem and moved right into parenting issues. Enactment was implemented into the therapeutic sessions “as structural family therapy calls for its practitioners to gain insight into family patterns and intervene technically through relational postures they adopt toward families from both outside and within family enactments” (Aponte, 1992, p. 271). During this enactment, I as the therapist, entered or joined with the family system as a catalyst for positive change. This was done with the family to address parental authority and define the boundaries more clearly as part of the therapeutic task is to help the family define, or change the boundaries within the family. We made the generational hierarchy clear for Trey and Kita to understand.
(2013). Parent–Child Visits in Foster Care: Reaching Shared Goals and Expectations to Better Prepare Children and Parents for Visits. Child Adolescence Social Work Journal, 237-255. 2. What is the general purpose of the study?
Therapeutic Alliance as a Measurable Psychotherapy Skill ap.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleid=47792by RF Summers - 2003 - Cited by 42 - Related articles 1 Sep 2003 – The therapeutic alliance may be a "holy grail" of psychotherapy competency ... The self-report and observer-rater versions use 7-point Likert type scales in a ... measuring therapeutic alliance, and we have presented the basic psychometric data ... Other contributors have emphasized the role of specific skill ... Three Courses for Certified Addictions Counselor I ... - CSU-Summer www.summer.colostate.edu/campusindex.cfm?dispg=addictionThis lab course is designed to accompany PSY 310, Basic Counseling Skills. ... perform the basic skills, and by role-playing them while being
COUN5254 Child and Adolescent Counseling u08a1 Project - Treatment Plan, Legalities, and Ethics u08a1 Project - Treatment Plan, Legalities, and Ethics by Lisa Lewis A Paper Presented in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements of COUN5254 – Child and Adolescent Counseling Capella University December, 2012 492 Volkerts Terr Port Saint Lucie, FL 34983 443-856-5288 Lisalewis.lisa@aol.com Dr. Sue Walsh Table of Contents Abstract….………………………………………………………………..…………………........3 DSM-IV-TR tentative diagnosis – Chris.……………....………………………………… .…...4 Preliminary treatment plan discussion notes...…………….….…….………………………...….4 Treatment goals………………………..………..………..………………………………………5 Individual goals, interventions, and rationales……………………………………………...……5 Family therapy goals, interventions, and rationales……………………………………...………7 Determination of treatment effectiveness………………………………………………..………8 Micro and Macro perspectives……………………………………..…………………………….9 Ethics and legalities……………………………………………………………………………...10 References……………………………………………………………………………………….13 Abstract This paper includes a preliminary treatment plan of Chris, a 12 year old diagnosed with Adjustment Disorder with Disturbance of Conduct. Treatment goals and the methods used to achieve these goals are defined and explained. An analysis of methods is included as well as an explanation of how treatment effectiveness will be determined. Micro and Macro perspectives are included and there is a review of ethical and legal issues applicable to this case. DSM-IV-TR tentative diagnosis – Chris Axis I 309.3 Adjustment Disorder With Disturbance of Conduct, Acute Axis II V71.09 No Diagnosis Axis III: None (No medical problems or identifiable illnesses, chronic or otherwise) Axis IV: Lack of adequate support system; social issues of bullying; emotional issues from
(2002). The Children Depression Inventory as predictor of social and scholastic competence. European Journal Of Psychological Assessment, 18(3), 259-274. doi:10.1027//1015-5759.18.3.259 Carmen L. Rivera, Guillermo Bernal, Jeannette Rossello. "The Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI): Their Validity As Screening Measures For Major Depression in a Group of Puerto Rican Adolescents." International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, September 5 2005 5(3): 485-498.
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THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL WORK The aim of this essay is to seek to examine the roles,skills and functions of social workers in England and Wales.It will try to identify and discuss current changes in Children’s Services and the Personalisation Agenda in Adult Social Care.The essay will then try to relate social policy to social work,describe and explain some core professional principles and values of social work, and analyse the service user and carer expectations in relation to social work. Social work has been defined as a profession which promotes social change,problem solving in human relationships and to empowerment and liberation of people to enhance wellbeing,(International Association of Schools of Social Work and the International Federation of Social Workers).It is about enabling people to take action for themselves.Banks (2006).Thompson (2009) argues that part of social work is to do society’s ‘dirty’ work.He goes on to say that it involves carrying out tasks that the wider public will give a wide berth,and prefer not to know about or deal with,things like abuse,poverty,deprivation and exploitation.Some key roles and functions are to prepare for and work with individuals,families,carers,groups and communities,to assess their needs and circumstances.Social workers minimise and manage risk to self and others.A social worker is expected to be accountable for their own practice,having subject knowledge,managing,presenting and sharing records and reports with colleagues and other relevant professionals The skill to demonstrate professional competence by researching,analysing and using current knowledge to attain the best social work practice is also invaluable.As such,social workers need to have people skills to be able to work effectively with service users.As Parris (2012) states, being able to assess is a high skill activity