Wk 1 generalist intervention model

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GENERALIST INTERVENTION MODEL

The population that i want to work with as a future social worker is the youth population in a clinical setting. A clinical social worker would be suited for this job but it can be done in hospitals, clinics, offices, etc. Clinical social workers may help work with clients to find the diagnosis, treatment and preventative methods for mental illnesses (NASW, 2023). Clinical social workers help clients in a time of need, when they may need additional support that they do not have. They can also help counsel these patients through divorce, family issues or maybe individual therapy (McDonald, 2023). In the TedTalk Anna Sheyett gives an example of when a family needs a clinical social worker, to help find resources for their premature child. Social workers can come out any time of someone's life, whenever they may be needed.

Working with this population I would use the ecological theory. This theory focuses on the interaction between individuals and their surrounding area, and allows social workers to assess how they may be affected by physical, social and cultural systems (Bolton, 2021). The approach assumes a person-in-environment focus (Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018). Clinical social workers typically work with clients who struggle with mental health, so it would be beneficial to study the environment that they surround themselves in to see if it is causing any issues for them.

Doing extensive research on a population can help get more details and information to understand them better. Sampling is an important technique to collect information of a whole group in general. It is crucial to study the population that represents the entire population together. This can be beneficial to see any little details that may include size, sex, age, social status, etc. Continuing to research a population can help build my knowledge on that particular group.

References:

Bolton, Kristin (2021). Theoretical Perspectives for Direct Social Work Practice, 4th Edition

https://connect.springerpub.com/content/book/978-0-8261-6556-5/part/part02/chapter/ch03#:~:text=Ecological%20systems%20theory%20is%20concerned,%2C%20political%2C%20and%20cultural%20systems.

Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018).

Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice

NASW (2023). Clinical Social Work

https://www.socialworkers.org/Practice/Clinical-Social-Work

Scheyett, A . (2015, April 10).TEDx Talks

Anna Scheyett: Social workers as super-heroes: TEDxColumbiaSC

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Critical Reading for Evaluation A T H R E E S T E P P R O C E S S

Critical reading for evaluation requires the reader to make

a judgment about the text’s strengths and weaknesses. It is

important to remember that even though a piece of

writing is published, it is not necessarily accurate,

scholarly, or free of bias.

Critical reading for evaluation can be considered a three-

step process Prereading, Reading, and Forming the

Evaluation.

Learn more about the steps to Critical Reading for Evaluation

Prereading

Prereading Read ing F o r m i n g t h e

E va l u a t i o n

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Example: Although Ramirez’s (2017) study provided compelling evidence for mandatory drug testing of athletes, the researcher was also the principal at the school where she conducted the study. Ramirez did not adequately control for researcher bias. Therefore, more research is needed to determine whether similar results would be achieved without such a relationship.

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Video Transcript:

Translator: Reviewer: Denise RQ I have a theme song, come on! I love this song! And I love this song because everybody needs a hero.

And, in fact, at some point, when life throws us a big challenge, we need a super hero! Somebody who is not scared to jump into the chaos and fight the good fight with us shoulder to shoulder, right? So I've got good news for you today.

Because all around the world, cleverly disguised as mild mannered individuals, We have thousands of super heroes, over 600,000 of them in the US alone. We just call them social workers. (Applause) (Cheers) Now, for some of you, when I said super hero, that might not have been the first thing that popped into your head was social worker.

Maybe what popped into your head was something a little more like this (Laughter) peering suspiciously at your parenting skills. (Laughter) Or, if not, maybe like this: Peace and love and singing Kum By YaH. Well, I'm here to tell you social workers are neither of those things.

My goal when you leave today is that the image you conjure when you hear social worker looks a little more like this. (Laughter) Social worker as super hero. And I want to spend the next couple of minutes talking to you about that.

Social workers are not just nice people with good hearts, Social workers are educated professionals who go through accredited university programs that are grounded in a rigorous research base. And what they learn there is part of what makes them a super hero. The two biggest things?

They learn their mission, and they learn how to make change happen. The mission of social work is to promote and support individual and community well-being, and to fight social injustice. Social workers do that because we learn how to see and understand the invisible inner connections between people, and their families, and their neighborhood, and their community, and society, and laws, and policies.

And we know that when those connections tangle or break at any of those levels, problems happen. So we learn evidence-based interventions that can help solve the problems around those tangles and breaks. And with that, we can make powerful change happen.

A second reason I like to think of social workers as super heroes is because, just like with a super hero, everyone is going to need a social worker at some point because everybody's going to face a big challenge in their life at some point. Maybe the challenge starts early, and you're born prematurely. Who helps your new parents find a specialist?

Or figure out how to pay those huge hospital bills? Or find a car seat for a teeny tiny baby? Hospital social workers.

A little later on in life, you're in school and maybe you're being bullied, or you're thinking about dropping out. Who designs and implements the anti-bullying and the drop out prevention programs in schools? School social workers.

Later on, as you get older, maybe you face one of those grown-up problems, a divorce, or you lose your job, and you sink into a depression, maybe you even start drinking too much. Who do you turn to for counseling and therapy? Licensed, clinical social workers.

Did you know that the majority of mental health services in this country are provided by social workers? It's nearly 70%. And, then we have those really tough end-of-life issues: your 86 year old dad has Parkinson's disease, but is insistent that he can live independently.

Who helps you figure out if he really is safe? Or, who helps you find in-home health? Or navigate those really difficult conversations about wills, and power-of-attorney, and DNR?

Geriatric social workers. Then there's the bigger picture. Who's running the non profit agency?

Who's organizing the community? Who's fighting to make sure the laws and the policies are just and fair? Those are social work managers, organizers, and advocates.

So at some point, everybody's going to need a social worker. The final thing that I like to think about when I think about social workers as super heroes came to me when my friend Carla gave me a mug for my birthday that had this saying on it, and at first I thought it was cute: "I'm a social woker what's your super power? " But then I realized, that's exactly what social workers do.

We say, "Hi, I'm a social worker. What's your super power? " Social workers believe in strengths and we help people find their strengths so that they can face the challanges that they're wrestling with.

My favorite social worker strength story comes from my friend, Martha, who was a social worker who lived on the coast and every year, she would take a social work intern. Well, one year she had a young woman she assigned him to a client named. .

. I'll call him Bob. Bob struggled with a severe mental illness and isolated himself in his apartment and all he would do all day, obsessively, was listen to the radio.

So Martha sends the student to do an assessment, the student comes back. Martha says, "So, what'd you learn? " And the student says, "I learned he is really good at listening to the radio.

" But she had a plan. She went to the local coast guard office where apparently there is somebody who has to listen to the short wave radio all day long and write down the announcements and the news in a log. And she convinced them to let Bob volunteer.

Then she convinced Bob to try it: "Really Bob, they want you to listen to the radio! " Well he did. And he listened to the radio Better than anybody had ever listened to the radio.

They loved him! They hired him part-time. So then Bob said, "OK, I have a little bit of money.

I'm getting out of the house a little bit, I'd like to try eating out. I haven't done that in years, but I'm scared to do it alone. Would you meet me at the local diner?

" So the student says yeah and the next day she gets there, but she gets there early, and she sits on the far side of the diner so that when Bob comes in, she hollers across the diner, "Bob, what did you hear on the radio? " Bob hollers back all the news. (Laughter) They do this a couple times a week, for several weeks, so every local in the diner knows that if you want to know what's going on, you ask Bob.

And Martha swears that by the end it was like that scene in Cheers when Norm walks in, and it was like "Bob! " So Bob has a job, and money, and friends, and it all happened because the social worker tapped into his super power of radio listening. My final thought for you today is this: as I've said before, everyone, at some point will need a social worker.

When that happens to you, don't worry, don't be embarrassed; go find one. I promise you, they will be a super hero. And better yet, they will help you find your super power So that you can work through whatever life is throwing your way.

Thank you very much.

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INTRODUCTION

Given the wide variety of populations with whom social workers practice, how do you develop culturally competent practice skills that can be applied to diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities? Your ability to analyze presenting concerns and identify the best course of action can begin with the application of one model—the Generalist Intervention Model (GIM).

Social work is a strengths-based profession, committed to empowering clients and helping them thrive through difficult and challenging experiences. The GIM identifies specific steps that guide social worker–client interaction. In order to effectively engage in these steps, social workers need to be prepared with foundational knowledge based on social work professional competencies, values, and theory. In addition, social workers engage in ongoing development of skills through the use of research and evidence-based practice.

This week, you apply foundational social work concepts to specific populations and introduce yourself to colleagues in a video introduction. I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE VIDEO

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Students will:

Analyze the use of social work theories and values with diverse populations.

Apply concepts of generalist practice when working with specific populations

DISCUSSION #1

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GENERALIST INTERVENTION MODEL

You may have been drawn to social work because of a desire to help a specific population or to address certain social problems. You may already possess a large amount of knowledge related to these populations or problems based on past work experience, personal history, or academic studies. But as you also may know, a social worker cannot assume a client’s experience based on an identity category. Individuals hold multiple, intersecting identities, which influence their unique experiences. This is why research and evidence-based practice are essential to social work.

You and your colleagues may have interests in different fields of social work practice or may be interested in assuming different social work roles. However, all will need foundational knowledge and skills related to understanding how the environment affects individual experience, assessing the influence of diversity and difference, and applying advocacy on behalf of client welfare and social justice. For this Discussion, you consider these issues with your colleagues.

TO PREPARE

Review this week’s Learning Resources.

Then, select a population with whom you would be interested in working as a future social worker and address each point in the following directions related to working with this population. Remember, your response should demonstrate that you have read and are able to apply the material from the required resources.

Post a response to the following:

Describe your population of interest. LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER (LCSW)

Identify one professional role that a social worker may assume when working with this population.

Explain how you might apply ecological or systems theory when working with the population.

Describe specific steps you will take to develop your knowledge of this population through critical thought and research.

Support your post with examples from the course text to demonstrate that you have completed the required readings, understand the material, and are able to apply the concepts.

LEARNING RESOURCES

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Required Readings

Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018). Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice Download Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice (8th ed.). CENGAGE Learning. PLEASE FIND THIS IN THE ATTACHMENTS

Chapter 1, “Introducing Generalist Practice: The Generalist Intervention Model” (pp. 1–58)

Note: In Week 1, you may download this PDF excerpt from your course text so that you have extra time to purchase the text. For the remaining weeks, please be sure to acquire the full textbook. PLEASE FIND THIS IN THE ATTACHMENTS

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2020, February 20). Critical reading for analysis and comparisonLinks to an external site.. The Savvy Student. http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ASCsuccess/ASCcriticalreading

Required Media

TEDx Talks. (2015, April 10). Anna Scheyett: Social workers as super-heroes: TEDxColumbiaSCLinks to an external site. [Video]. https://youtu.be/A27QjpQ_Ieo VIDEO SCRIPT IS IN THE ATTACHMENTS

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (2020). Critical thinking skillsLinks to an external site. [Multimedia]. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/ASCsuccess/critical

Walden University, LLC. (2022). KalturaLinks to an external site. [Multimedia]. Walden University Canvas. https://waldenu.instructure.com

Walden University Library. (2018, August). Evaluating resources webinar series: What about stuff I find on the internet? Knowing when to use and trust what you find on the internetLinks to an external site. [Video]. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/c.php?g=80773&p=6110321 THIS IS IN THE ATTACHMENTS