Assignment Description
A synthesized case study is designed for the specific needs of a client presenting with a mental health disorder. It allows you, as a practitioner and scholar, to integrate theory and research into your practice and apply advanced mental health interventions.
In this assignment, you will apply theory to expand on the previous assignments by identifying ethical dilemmas, establishing treatment goals for the client and family, developing a plan to evaluate practice, and creating a follow-up plan that will ensure the client’s success. In addition, you will incorporate critical thinking, leadership skills, and emerging technologies as you analyze implications for professional practice.
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following EPAS and specialized practices:
Competency 1: Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior
C1.SP.A Utilize best practices in ethical decision-making by applying leadership skills, technology, relevant laws and regulations, core values, and standards of the NASW Code of Ethics to an ethical problem-solving model to inform ethical decision-making in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Explain at least one potential ethical dilemma in the case and how to address it by applying the NASW Code of Ethics.
C1.SP.B Guided by best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Utilize ethical written, oral, and electronic communication skills.
Competency 6: Engage With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C6.SP.A Critically evaluate theories of human behavior, person-in-environment, and interpersonal conceptual frameworks to facilitate engagement with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Describe and apply the systems theory perspective to include the client’s family at the micro, mezzo, and macro level.
Competency 7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C7.SP.B Apply critical thinking, interpersonal, engagement skills and the ethical use of technology in the assessment process to promote client rights to self-determination and collaborate with clients and constituencies to develop mutually agreed-upon goals in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Assess the client’s strengths, weaknesses, and social support systems. Explain how the client’s right to self-determination might impact the treatment process.
Competency 8: Intervene With Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C8.SP.A Apply critical thinking, interpersonal skills, and best practice engagement methods through a culturally responsive lens when utilizing evidence informed interventions with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Develop at least three short-term goals and three long-term goals for the client and family. Develop two objectives to attain each of the short-term and long-term goals.
C8.SP.B Analyze and integrate culturally responsive best practice theories and methods in the specialization of advanced generalist practice to negotiate, mediate, and advocate with and on the behalf of clients and constituencies.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Develop a discharge and follow-up plan from a systems perspective that will ensure the client’s success. Utilizes leadership skills and emerging technologies in the plan.
C8.SP.C Apply leadership skills, decision-making, interprofessional conceptual frameworks, and emerging technologies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice when intervening with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to promote systemic change towards client sustainability.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Explain how leadership perspectives and interpersonal conceptual frameworks in the community influence the process and outcomes to consider the person in the environment.
Competency 9: Evaluate Practice with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities
C9.SP.A Analyze and integrate culturally responsive evaluation and assessment methods to evaluate outcomes with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice.
- Related Assignment Criterion: Explain how you will evaluate the client’s progress.
Assignment Instructions
Complete this assignment using the identified headings. Upon completion, it should be 12–15 pages in length and use APA style and formatting.
Assignment Instructions
- Make the revisions to the Week 3 and Week 7 assignments that were recommended by your instructor. Build this assignment onto the revised Weeks 3 and 7 assignments as if you were adding new information to the client’s electronic health record.
- Assess the client’s strengths, weaknesses, and social support systems. Explain how the client’s right to self-determination might impact the treatment process. Support your ideas with research. (C7.SP.B)
- Explain at least one potential ethical dilemma in the case and how to resolve the dilemma by applying standards from the NASW Code of Ethics. (C1.SP.A)
- Describe and apply the systems theory perspective to include the client’s family at the micro, mezzo, and macro level. Apply research to explain the treatment approach for the client and family for each system. (C6.SP.A)
- Develop at least three short term goals and three long term goals for the client. Develop two objectives to attain each of the short term and long term goals. Objectives should be written in SMART format to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time specific. Include the client’s diversity needs in the intervention. (C8.SP.A)
- Develop at least two short term goals and long term goals for the client’s family. Develop two objectives to attain each goal. The objectives should be written in SMART format to be specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time specific. Include the family’s diversity needs in the intervention. (C8.SP.A)
- Explain how you will evaluate the client’s progress. Your evaluation plan should include more than the client’s self-report. Apply an objective, evidence-based measure to evaluate the client’s progress. (C9.SP.A)
- Develop a discharge and follow-up plan from a systems perspective that will ensure the client’s success. Utilizes leadership skills and emerging technologies in the plan. (C8.SP.B)
- Conclusion: Conclude the assignment by writing a comprehensive summary of your work with the client from assessment to discharge. Explain how leadership perspectives and interprofessional conceptual frameworks in the community influence the process and outcomes to consider the person in the environment. (C8.SP.C)
Additional Requirements
The assignment you submit is expected to meet the following requirements:
- Utilize ethical written, oral, and electronic communication skills: Guided by best advanced generalist practice skills, apply professional behavior and leadership skills in oral, written, and electronic communication with diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in the specialization of advanced generalist practice. (C1.SP.B)
- APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to the current APA style and formatting standards. Use Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in citing sources in proper APA style. See the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for more APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Cited resources: Minimum of 10 scholarly sources. All literature cited should be current, with publication dates within the past five years.
- Length of paper: 12–15 double-spaced pages (not including the case history).
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
