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Running head: REPORT ON CAREER ASSESSMENT 1

REPORT ON CAREER ASSESSMENT 2

Report on career assessment

Stephanie Badio

Southern New Hampshire University

Introduction

The purpose of this assessment report is to identify the various attributes of Tony Libatore that are related to the job aspects. The notable job aspects that are assessed in this case include the aptitude of Tony Libatore for a job that is also regarded as the expression of performing a given task. The other job aspect considered include interest in job contents, language capacity of a person that relates to the utilization of a language, reasoning of a person, and even the manner of relating with other people in the job according to the order of their priority.

An end goal of this assessment report is identifying how well Tony Libatore might be equipped for a given job or task. For example, after identifying or assessing the various aspects of a job that are associated with Tony Libatore, then it would be important to judge him as being the right individual for the job position that he holds at the moment. The assessment will also be important for identifying whether or not the next degree that Tony is intending to pursue will be right for him or not. Therefore, the two motives are the ideal goals of this assessment report.

The information of Tony Libatore might be summarized by considering various aspects of the individual. The notable aspects to consider in this case include the age of the client and the person is 27 years old and his name is Tony Liberatore. The disability status of the individual is that he is suffering from a seizure disorder and also bipolar disorder type II. Concerning the religion of the client, Tony is an atheist. The other demographic information for assessment is the social class of the person and Tony is a working middle-class person. When it comes to the sexual orientation of the person, Tony is bisexual and the other demographic information to consider is the indigenous background where Tony is a Western Pennsylvanian individual. The other demographic information is the gender identity and Tony is a male person. Concerning the demographic information of Tony Libatore, he is 6’0”, Italian, Polish, and also of German ethnic background. The current/past occupation of the person is that Tony is currently employed and working as a Milieu Therapist on the Behavioral Health Unit at the Washington Hospital. The education status of the person is that he is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree from SNHU. Therefore, whatever Tony is currently doing or working is highly related to the degree that Tony is currently studying.

The career counseling theory that was involved or used when working with this particular client, i.e., Tony Libatore was the social learning theory. According to Horsburgh, (2018), social learning theory means the process of learning and also the social behavior that proposes that learning might take place by observing and also imitating the others. In this theory, Tony Libatore is expected to learn by observing and also by imitating the others and this is an essential aspect of the social learning theory. Therefore, Tony is expected to learn by observing and also imitate the others while in the place of work and the degree that Tony is expected to study will also be learned by observing and imitating the others and this is an important aspect of social learning theory.

Social learning theory is the one which I also identified while engaging in career counselling concerning the provision of effective medication. The theory is highly essential as it involves learning through observation and also imitating the others. Therefore, the theory is important for enabling Tony Libatore to learn as he will observe and also imitate the others as an essential way of learning.

Social learning theory did not change while working with Tony Libatore. The reason for the theory not changing is that it has two important considerations, i.e., learning by observing as well as imitating the others. Therefore, social learning theory is important for making Tony Libatore to pursue his job and also continue studying the degree that he is intending to continue studying.

Personality as well as career assessments were used, and they were appropriate. The reason that made them appropriate is that the individual had certain disabilities that were worth considering about the involved client and that would make him fit for the job position that the person was holding, (Kemboi, 2016). Therefore, personality assessment was important for identifying how well Tony Libatore would work while career assessments were required for identifying the fitness and skills and competencies for the job position being held. As an example, out of the assessment, it was revealed that Tony had effective skills of communication and these are important for enabling him to work well.

As far as this selected assessment is involved, certain concerns might be involved regarding the validity and also reliability of the assessments. One of the notable concerns or considerations is that the tools used in this assessment need to be tested and proven fit for being involved in the assessment. Specifically, the tools that were used in the assessment especially, the recording tools and equipment needed to be assessed for effectiveness before being used in the assessment. The other concern is conducting a pilot test before doing the assessment such that the final assessment will be highly validated and reliable. The pieces of evidence that is connected to the two concerns discussed above is that recording of information has been made using the tools such as pen and pieces of papers and these needed to be proven to be ideal for the assessment before being used.

As far as I am concerned, no reason exists for believing or arguing that the identified results were invalid for Tony Libatore. Notably, the academic section of the assessment reveals that

Tony Libatore is competent for the job position that he is holding. The person also has a disorder which is worth noting if at all the people are to work with Tony effectively.

Various multicultural inferences exist that might impact the outcomes of career assessments. Among them are the cultural beliefs of the person as they need to be considered so that they might not affect the outcomes of the result, (Ritter, 2017). The other multicultural implication is that the client will be involved in providing health according to the beliefs and values held by the people that are being treated.

Mental affiliations. Among the notable multicultural implications is the mental health of the person that needs to be considered since it is at times, an aspect related to the culture of the person. Ethnicity, linguistic and religious groups. They are also the other essential multicultural implications that need to be considered as far as the involved client is concerned.

Notable considerations exist when it comes to the administration of assessment and they include; educational level, required times for assessment, and also beneficence of the client. The level of education influences the assessment in that when the client is highly educated, then the assessment will be conducted within a short time due to the high level of understanding of the involved persons. Providing ample time for the assessment is also important for making sure that the results of the assessment are accurate. Concerning beneficence, all individuals involved in the assessment need to benefit from the involved assessment.

References

Horsburgh J. (2018). A skill to be worked at: using social learning theory to explore the ability of a person to learn.

Kemboi R. J. K. (2016). Relationship between personality types and career choices.

Ritter, L. A., Graham, D. H., (2017). Multicultural Health (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN: 9781284021028.