Please take into consideration the following vignette:
You are a Social Worker at a nonprofit that provides parenting education classes to parents that have lost custody of their children (children currently in foster care).
You are having your first meeting with a new client, John. He is a single parent, employed part-time but also receives social security benefits; he has family support and transportation but often unstable housing and inconsistent employment. He has recently lost custody of his 3 children because he left them home alone and one of the children was injured and subsequently hospitalized. At this point, you are unaware of the reasons why he left the children alone. John is motivated to regain custody of his children, but he is very upset and defensive about having to take any parenting education classes. As the Social Worker, you have limited information about John, but you walk into the room to have your first meeting. What do you do?
Please answer the following questions and address the following content with this project:
What are some important qualities of a good Social Worker?
Why is the Social Work interview important?
Why is it important to make a positive first impression with a client?
What are some harmful impacts of a negative interview with a client?
B. Content
Motivational Interviewing
What is Motivational Interviewing (MI)?
What is the history of MI? What year/time period was MI introduced?
How do you start your interview with John?
What do you say?
What do you do?
How do you engage him?
What would be hard about this for you?
Why is MI important to the social work interview process?
What would be hard about MI for you?
Cultural Competence
What is Cultural Competence (CC)?
What is the history of CC? What year/time period was CC introduced?
Assume that John is a difference race and culture than you, what do you do?
How do you make him feel comfortable?
How do you prepare to meet with him?
Why is CC important to the social work interview process?
What would be hard about CC for you?
Strengths Perspective
What is the Strengths Perspective (SP)?
What is the history of SP? What year/time period was SP introduced?
What possible strengths does John have?
How would you help him identify strengths?
How can these strengths be helpful?
Why is SP important to the social work interview process?
What would be hard about SP for you?
Active Listening
What is Active Listening (AL)?
What is the history of AL? What year/time period was AL introduced?
How do you make sure John is being heard?
What body language are you doing?
Are you repeating things back to John?
Why is AL important to the social work interview process?
What would be hard about AL for you?
C. Conclusion
How does the NASW Code of Ethics impact the Social Work interview and Social Work practice in general?
Why do we need or have a Code of Ethics? Why is it important?
What would be the hardest part about the social work interview for you? How would you overcome this? What do you have to work on?
Additional Guidelines:
All papers should be in APA format.
This paper must be between 5-7 pages (not including cover page or reference page).
You must include at least 5 references for this paper (on a reference page).
Your cover page should include the title of the paper, your name, school name and name of the course.
You will be graded on the basis of the quality of your analysis, your use of concepts from the course materials, the draft’s professional appearance, your use of APA format, organization of material, and writing skills.
These papers are confidential. Only the instructor will read them.
