DISCUSSION WEEK 7 socw 6000 Discussion - Week 7 Collapse Top of Form 1. Total views: 2 (Your views: 2) Discussion: Social Work Competence The term competence connotes a level of preparedness for addressing issues and maintaining a high standard of practice with clients. Competent social workers have completed adequate preparations for licensure, and they are appropriately credentialed. They adhere to ethical practices by maintaining professional boundaries and honoring commitments to confidentiality. How might you demonstrate your competence as a social worker? How can you recognize competence in other social workers? For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Think about elements in the articles that denote competence. Post by Day 4 a description of at least two criteria that define competence in social work. Give an example of each criterion of competence and justify your selection Bottom of Form K 2.DISCUSSION SOCW 6000 WEEK 8 Discussion - Week 8 Collapse Top of Form Total views: 2 (Your views: 2) Discussion: Strengths-Based Perspective Simply put, a social worker with a “strengths-based perspective” emphasizes client strengths as a starting point in addressing challenges. This perspective relies on the notion that every client has strengths that can be leveraged to create productive change and progress toward achievement of goals. Client strengths can include a variety of attributes, from complex professional skill sets or well-developed emotional intelligence to mobility, literacy, or good health. For this Discussion, think about your family of origin. Consider the strengths particular to your family of origin. Imagine how those strengths might play a part in helping your family to overcome a challenging situation. Post by Day 4 a description of at least three strengths that you can identify within your family. Describe how the strengths might support a strengths-based plan to meet a challenge. II 1. Discussion1 SOCW 61001 week7 1. Top of Form 1. Total views: 5 (Your views: 3) Discussion 1: Engaging and Assessing Across Levels of Social Work Practice Maintaining the perspective that people are in constant interaction with their environment and the social systems therein (the Person in Environment perspective) is a key concept in the field of social work. Social work recognizes that the concerns or problems individuals face might be due to many causes. This view also supports another goal of social work which is to empower clients who are marginalized and oppressed to collaborate in the resolution of their problems or concerns as experts of their life experiences. As such, looking at a problem and assessing the needs of individuals depends on a review of the challenges they have encountered on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Assessing the situation on all three levels will provide a holistic map for goal planning. For example, you might assess a client’s individual strengths and challenges, the support or lack of.

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Discussion: Social Work Competence
The term competence connotes a level of preparedness for
addressing issues and maintaining a high standard of practice
with clients. Competent social workers have completed adequate
preparations for licensure, and they are appropriately
credentialed. They adhere to ethical practices by maintaining
professional boundaries and honoring commitments to
confidentiality. How might you demonstrate your competence as
a social worker? How can you recognize competence in other
social workers?
For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources.
Think about elements in the articles that denote competence.
Post by Day 4 a description of at least two criteria that define
competence in social work. Give an example of each criterion of
competence and justify your selection
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Discussion: Strengths-Based Perspective
Simply put, a social worker with a “strengths-based
perspective” emphasizes client strengths as a starting point in
addressing challenges. This perspective relies on the notion that

2. every client has strengths that can be leveraged to create
productive change and progress toward achievement of goals.
Client strengths can include a variety of attributes, from
complex professional skill sets or well-developed emotional
intelligence to mobility, literacy, or good health.
For this Discussion, think about your family of origin. Consider
the strengths particular to your family of origin. Imagine how
those strengths might play a part in helping your family to
overcome a challenging situation.
Post by Day 4 a description of at least three strengths that you
can identify within your family. Describe how the strengths
might support a strengths-based plan to meet a challenge.
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Discussion 1: Engaging and Assessing Across Levels of Social
Work Practice
Maintaining the perspective that people are in constant
interaction with their environment and the social systems
therein (the Person in Environment perspective) is a key
concept in the field of social work. Social work recognizes that
the concerns or problems individuals face might be due to many
causes. This view also supports another goal of social work
which is to empower clients who are marginalized and
oppressed to collaborate in the resolution of their problems or
concerns as experts of their life experiences. As such, looking
at a problem and assessing the needs of individuals depends on
a review of the challenges they have encountered on the micro,
mezzo, and macro levels. Assessing the situation on all three
levels will provide a holistic map for goal planning. For
example, you might assess a client’s individual strengths and
challenges, the support or lack of support received from family,
friends, and others in the client’s life regarding the issue, and
the societal resources available to address the problem.

3. For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources.
Select either the course-specific case study for Abdel or Pedro.
Then, consider what information you need to gather and what
questions you need to ask in order to complete a proper
assessment for the client, based on the micro, mezzo, and macro
levels of social work practice.
1. Post by Day 3 a brief explanation of the information you need
to gather and the questions you need to ask, in order to
complete a proper assessment for the client in the case study
you selected, based on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of
social work practice. Be sure to reference in your post which
case study you selected.
1. Support your posts and responses with specific references to
the Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations
for your references.
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Discussion 2 - Week 7
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Discussion 2: Engaging Mandatory and Involuntary Clients
You walk into the waiting room to greet a client for the first
time and the client begins yelling at you, “I have done nothing
wrong. I do NOT need to be here”. How might you react to this
behavior? During the intake session, the client exhibits classic
signs of defensiveness and disengagement, such as eye-contact
avoidance and folded arms across the chest. Working with
clients who have not chosen to come to you for your services
can be challenging at times. How might this behavior impact
your feelings about this client? It likely could evoke your own
sense of anxiety, frustration, or even anger. What steps would

4. you take to engage the client? Recognizing that the interaction
is not truly about you will help you maintain a professional and
calm demeanor, even when you begin to feel your own emotions
rise. Many social workers engage with mandated or involuntary
clients—for example in child protective service agencies,
correctional institutions, and sometimes psychiatric facilities.
Treating these clients with respect and attending to their
concerns will demonstrate your desire to assist them.
Furthermore, verbalizing that you understand that they are there
against their will can begin a conversation about how they got
there in the first place. In these situations, an additional dose of
empathy, warmth, and genuineness will help you understand the
client’s position and exemplify your desire to help.
For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources,
including the Hernandez Family Case Study video and the
assigned pages from Chapter 2 of the Krist-Ashman & Hull
(2012) text. Consider the potential challenges of working with
mandatory and involuntary clients, such as the Hernandez
family.
Post by Day 4, an explanation of the challenges you might face
when working with mandatory and involuntary clients, such as
the Hernandez family.
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Discussion: Planning and Implementing Treatment Goals with
Clients
You are a social worker at an out-patient mental health facility.
Your new client presents with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder
and noncompliance with her medications. To deal with the mood
swings, she has been abusing painkillers and alcohol daily.
Currently homeless, she has been sleeping on her friends’

5. couches. Her boyfriend is emotionally and verbally abusive and
has just taken her last twenty dollars. She works at a local gas
station, but she has to depend on friends for rides to work. As a
result, she missed several work shifts. Her boss, who was
understanding until now, recently told her she could not miss
any more days, due to a lack of transportation. There are many
short, intermediate, and long-term problems the client could
address in this scenario. How do you choose which problem to
tackle first?
One trap for social workers is thinking that they know which
problem or concern should take priority and what is best for the
client. Rather, what the client feels is the priority is what
should take precedence. In this scenario, how would you start
the GIM planning process with the client? As her social worker,
you might feel that going into drug and alcohol rehab is a
priority. However, she might feel that keeping her job, and
therefore getting a car, is much more of a priority. If you
disregard her goals and instead refer her to an inpatient rehab
program, how successful will she be at completing that goal?
For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources.
Select either the course-specific case study for John or Debra
and consider how the social worker applied the GIM in the case
study. Also, think about any cultural competence techniques the
social worker might have explicitly or implicitly used in the
case. Then reflect on why working collaboratively with that
client is vital to the treatment planning process. Then, select
three of the eight planning steps discussed in the course text
and think about how you might utilize those planning steps to
foster empowerment during that process. Finally, reflect on the
skills you might use to ensure the treatment planning process is
mutually agreed upon by you and the client and consider how
the treatment planning process affects implementation of
treatment.
Post by Day 4 a description of how the social worker in the
course-specific case study you selected applied the GIM.
Include in your post an explanation of any cultural competence

6. techniques the social worker might have explicitly or implicitly
used in the case. Explain why working collaboratively with the
client is vital to the treatment planning process. Then, describe
the three planning steps you selected and explain how you might
utilize those planning steps to foster empowerment during that
process. Finally, explain one practice behavior skill you might
use to ensure the treatment planning process is mutually agreed
upon for you and the client and further explain how use of that
skill might affect implementation of treatment.
Support your posts and responses with specific references to the
Learning Resources. Be sure to provide full APA citations for
your references.
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These are the required readings for week 7 SOCW 6000
Required
1. Social Work Policy Institute. (2010).Evidence-based practice.
Retrieved from:
http://www.socialworkpolicy.org/research/evidence-based-
practice-2.html
1. Singer, J. B. (Host). (2011, March 9). The process of
evidence-based practice: An interview with Danielle E. Parish,
Ph.D. [Audio podcast]. In Social Work Podcast. Retrieved from
http://socialworkpodcast.com/2011/03/process-of-evidence-
based-practice.html
1. Spratt, T. (2011). Families with multiple problems: Some
challenges in identifying and providing services to those
experiencing adversities across the life course. Journal of Social
Work, 11(4), 343–357.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Required
1.

7. Laureate Education (Producer). (2011). The Life of a Social
Worker [Video file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 8 minutes.
This video touches upon the life experiences of a social worker.
Required readings for week 8 SOCW6000Required
1. Epley, P., Summers, J. A., & Turnbull, A. (2010).
Characteristics and trends in family-centered
conceptualizations. Journal of Family Social Work, 13(3), 269–
285.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
1. Oravecz, L. M., Osteen, P. J., Sharpe, T. L., & Randolph, S.
M. (2011). Assessing low-income African American pre-
schoolers’ behavior problems in relationship to community
violence, inter-partner conflict, parenting, informal social
support and social skills. Child & Family Social Work,
16(3),310–324.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Required
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Working with families: The case of Carol and Joseph. In Social
work case studies: Foundation year. Retrieved from
http://www.vitalsource.com
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Working with survivors of domestic violence: The case of
Charo. In Social work case studies: Foundation year. Retrieved
from http://www.vitalsource.com
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Working with survivors of sexual abuse and trauma: The case of
Angela. In Social work case studies: Foundation year. Retrieved
from http://www.vitalsource.com
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Working with survivors of sexual abuse and trauma: The case of
Brenna. In Social work case studies: Foundation year. Retrieved
from http://www.vitalsource.com
Required
1. Epley, P., Summers, J. A., & Turnbull, A. (2010).

8. Characteristics and trends in family-centered
conceptualizations. Journal of Family Social Work, 13(3), 269–
285.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
1. Morrison, M. A., & Morrison, T. G. (2011). Sexual
orientation bias toward gay men and lesbian women: Modern
homonegative attitudes and their association with
discriminatory behavioral intentions. Journal of Applied Social
Psychology, 41(11), 2573–2599.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
1. Oravecz, L. M., Osteen, P. J., Sharpe, T. L., & Randolph, S.
M. (2011). Assessing low-income African American pre-
schoolers’ behavior problems in relationship to community
violence, inter-partner conflict, parenting, informal social
support and social skills. Child & Family Social Work,
16(3),310–324.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Requiirede reading for week7 and week 8 SOCW 61001
Required
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2012). Understanding
generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.
1.
0. Chapter 5, "Engagement and Assessment in Generalist
Practice" (pp. 199-202)
1. Brunnberg, E., & Penik, N. (2007). Assessment processes in
social work with children at risk in Sweden and Croatia.
International Journal of Social Welfare. 16(3), 231–241.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
1. Cohen, M. B. (1989). Social work practice with homeless
mentally ill people: Engaging the client. Social Work, 34(6),
505–509.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases
Required

9. 1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.). (2014).
Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore, MD:
Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-
reader].
0. Working with Immigrants and Refugees: The Case of Abdel
0. Working with Clients with HIV/AIDS: The Case of Pedro
1. Hawkins, R. L., & Kim, E. J. (2012).The socio-economic
empowerment assessment: Addressing poverty and economic
distress in clients. Clinical Social Work Journal, 40(2), 194–
202.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
1. Rountree, M. A., Pomeroy, E. C., & Marsiglia, F. F. (2008).
Domestic violence shelters as prevention agents for HIV/AIDS?
Health & Social Work, 33(3), 221–228.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Required
1. Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr.
(2012). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford,
CT: Cengage Learning.
0. Chapter 2, "Practice Skills for Working with Individuals”
(pp. 85-91)
Required
1. Laureate Education. (Producer). (2013). Hernandez Family
Episode 1 [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from
https://class.waldenu.edu
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., Brocksen S. (Eds.). (2014).
Sessions: Case histories. Baltimore, MD: Laureate International
Universities Publishing. [Vital Source e-reader].
2. Part 1, "The Hernandez Family"
Optional
Required
1. Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr.
(2012). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford,
CT: Cengage Learning.

10. 0. Chapter 13, "Gender-Sensitive Social Work Practice" (pp.
473-512)
Week 8 required reading for SOCW 6101
Required
1. Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr.
(2012). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford,
CT: Cengage Learning.
0. Chapter 1, "Introducing Generalist Practice: The Generalist
Intervention Model" (pp. 1–52)
0. Chapter 6, "Planning in Generalist Practice" (pp. 207-236)
Required
1. Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr.
(2012). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford,
CT: Cengage Learning.
0. Chapter 7, "Implementation Applications" (pp. 237-288)
1. Scarborough, M. K., Lewis C. M., & Kulkarni, S. (2010).
Enhancing adolescent brain development through goal-setting
activities. Social Work, 55(3), 276–278.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Required
1. Plummer, S.-B., Makris, S., & Brocksen S. M. (Eds.).
(2014). Social work case studies: Foundation year. Baltimore,
MD: Laureate International Universities Publishing. [Vital
Source e-reader].
0. "Working with Survivors of Domestic Violence: The Case of
Debra"
0. "Working with Clients with Addictions: The Case of John"
Required
1. Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr.
(2012). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.). Stamford,
CT: Cengage Learning.
0. Chapter 3, "Practice Skills for Working with Groups”(pp. 94-
126)