SOWK 603 Bio-psychosocial Cultural Assessment
What are the findings?
Homelessness is a phenomenon that most urban setting youth have to face in most urban set ups. The lack of data on the number of homeless people in most countries is a significant problem that continues to affect development and helps increase the number of crime rates, mortality cases among and drug abuse among the youth. However, despite the lack of accurate data, most research studies indicate that homelessness has been a result of a social welfare system that keeps separating children from their families, thus creating the drift. The findings indicate that most families are excluded from accessing equal opportunities and recovery programs.
Are diversity issues social, economic, and environmental issues addressed?
Research study indicates that, while housing is a basic unit for survival, most people mainly from the minority, lack housing, thus deeming them homeless. Diversity, social, economic, and environmental issues are barely addressed, and most people who experience homelessness rarely get to experience the privileges of having equal opportunities (Mitoula & Michalakelis, 2019). According to research studies, most families who undergo the social welfare system end up acquiring mental health-related issues due to the experiences they undergo through the separation process.
Any ethical dilemmas presented or implied?
In urban settings, while implementing the social welfare program, most workers are often faced with ethical dilemmas of where to take their children and separate them from their families. The question of racism often develops mainly in cases where the family is a minority. In a case study where the homeless families are examples from a black family, ethical standards and generalizing that most black families pose a risk to their children is often an ethical question to go by.
Does the article support social work values and ethics?
The article supports social work values and ethics whereby they send social workers to the field to identify which homes and people need support from the government. However, despite the right of housing to people, equality in housing distribution has yet to be critical. Most people end up being homeless due to the inequality of resources, high housing levies, and high economic demand (Lebanon et al., 2020). Thus, parents end up losing their homes and children to foster homes.
Is a theoretical framework discussed, and if so, does it fit the client population served at your’ field internship?
In this research study, the theoretical framework has been gathered from evidence of how most people end up homeless. It has been established that the urban setting leads to most people losing their houses due to the factors that influence social welfare programs (Mitoula & Michalakelis, 2019). Losing children can lead one to mental health issues that eventually leave one devasted even to curb. t. Most people live in denial of the process, therefore losing everything.
Discuss the best practice model.
The best practice model to deal with homelessness and the social program welfare would be to apply the system theory. The theory indicates that people are a product of the system that guides and controls them. Working on a social welfare program identifying the problem would help curb homelessness. People respond to the system depending on how the system approaches a problem. Identifying a behaviour and responding is the best practice model.
Lessons learnt are that the systems are usually implemented with the idea of helping, but along the way, they require restrictions to help them adapt to changing times. While one strategy may work towards a specific goal, evaluating seasons, the people, and their behaviours is everything in ensuring that the system works for the good of its people.
Reference
Mitoula, R., & Michalakelis, C. (2019). Homeless in the urban environment. As a case study of the urban region of Attica in Greece. ResearchGate. https://doi.org/10.26341/issn.2241-4002-2019-1b-3
Lebano, A., Hamed, S., Bradby, H., Gil-Salmerón, A., Durá-Ferrandis, E., Garcés‐Ferrer, J., Azzedine, F., Riza, E., Karnaki, P., Zota, D., & Linos, A. (2020). Migrants’ and refugees’ health status and healthcare in Europe: a scoping literature review. BMC Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08749-8
SOWK 603 Bio-psychosocial Cultural Assessment
Paper details
SOWK 603 Part 1: Bio-psychosocial Cultural Assessment
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Part 2 100 points (1.5 pages)
Examining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Studies for Field Practice Implications
Assignment #3.
Part 1 Bio-psychosocial Cultural Assessment (1.5 pages) (100 points)
View the short film in the link below and conduct a bio-psychosocial-cultural assessment.
You may submit the assessment in writing (1.5 pages)
https://youtu.be/G-89_N3MZts
Rubric
Description (Demographic Data)
Please follow the bio-psychosocial-cultural assessment that was given to you prior to the beginning of classes, Include client names, age, etc. (10pts)
Presenting Problems, Including Client’s view of the problem:
Please note that there can be more than one client and more than one presenting problem. (20pts)
Employment and History (10pts)
Education History (10pts)
Developmental and Health History (10pts)
Mental Health and/or Chemical Dependency Treatment (20pts)
Social History (20pts)
Additional information
Your assessment of what was presented. What would benefit the client(s). Any DSM-V diagnosis. Who is/are your client(s)? Who would you interview first. Future concerns. Your treatment plan. (10pts)
Examples of works done by other students.
Biopsychosocial Assessment
- Demographic Data
- Client’s name: Amando Roberto
- Age: 60
- Gender: Male
- Client’s primary ethnic/racial identity: Hispanic
- Language(s) spoken: fully bilingual in English and Spanish
- Children: one
- Marital status: Single
- Religion: Christianity
- Presenting Problem, Including Client’s View of the Problem
Amando currently lives with his girlfriend of 8 years and their dog named Jack. The client has been battling depression and anxiety for the last 35 years. His anxiety and depression can be traced to his upbringing in a violent neighborhood, his HIV positive status, history of substance abuse and situation around his family in general. His symptoms are triggered by his own thoughts about the addicts and alcoholics like him who need to be saved. He is mostly fixated on becoming an advocate by helping them out, talk to them because some of them are facing things that more complicated than what he has gone through. The client finds it difficult to understand the need to focus on his own rehabilitation and short-term goals that are essential to attaining the goal of becoming a social work advocate for addicts and alcoholics. He has a positive outlook on life and is determined to make a difference in the lives of alcoholics and addicts who struggle with mental health and are unable to find a path to recovery. He sees this as his life goal and a divine mission after his failed suicide attempts.
III. Employment and Income History
Amando has had a sporadic work history throughout his life. He made most of his money selling drugs on the street of Chicago and did not pick up any vocational skills to support himself during this period. He has been in rehabilitation with alcoholics anonymous and hopes to pick up work as an advocate for alcoholics and addicts like him who are struggling with depression and suicidal ideation.
- Education History
Amando did not finish high school due to his involvement in the drug business or selling crack rocks. He was unable to return to school afterwards due to his incarceration.
- Developmental and Health History
Amando was born as a product of rape when his mother was gang raped by a group of gang members within his neighborhood in Chicago. As a result, he was abandoned by his mother and raised by his grandmother. Despite the circumstances of his birth, he attained developmental milestones at the appropriate age and had no problems walking or talking.
- Mental Health and/or Chemical Dependency Treatment History
Amando’s struggles with mental health began 35 years ago as he struggled with depression and anxiety due to the circumstances of his birth and his upbringing in a violent childhood. During this period, he was introduced to the drug trade and this exacerbated his violent tendencies as he had to compete within the violent and chaotic gang system. His substance abuse dependency worsened considerably as he indulged in crack cocaine and alcohol which further worsened his depression. In addition, on returning from prison, he tested positive for HIV and attempted suicide on three occasions. Firstly, he had a loaded gun to his head in a red traffic light pulled the trigger and the gun jammed and a car running at high seep hit his car from behind, he suffered a broken neck from the accident. His second attempt was after he got out of the hospital, he jumped in front a moving train and survived again miraculously, had back and neck damage from that incident. The last suicide attempt changed my life because he overdosed himself with crack rock and the paramedics told me he was dead for 10 minutes before coming back to life and that was the deal breaker for him that he had a purpose in life and was not meant to take his own life.
VII. Social History
Amando was born to his mother who was raped as a teenager. He was brought up by his grandmother and he has no siblings because his mother abandoned him very early in life. He had a child from his numerous sexual encounters and had to take care of her after becoming sober. He spent most of his adult life living in street corners and squatting with fellow drug dealers. Due to the violent nature of the drug dealing business, he was constantly on the move to avoid being targeted by rival gangs. He has never been married and met his current girlfriend 8 years ago with whom he currently lives.
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Part 2 100 points (1.5 pages)
Examining Quantitative and Qualitative Research Studies for Field Practice Implications
Rubric
** Main ideas are clear; grammatically and conceptually (10pts)
** Identify practice- related problem relevant to urban Child, Youth, Family. (10pts)
** Understand the conceptual framework/theory of articles and the importance for urban Child, Youth, Family. (15pts)
** Demonstrate an understanding of integrating research with practice for urban Child, Youth, Family. (20pts)
**Discuss research methods, finding, and best practice and was skilled in discussing best practice for urban Child, Youth, Family. (25pts)
** Critical thinking skills evident in providing summary/conclusion (20pts).
Question for part 2
*Present and take questions from your classmates. Therefore, the assignment must be completed at the time of the Seminar. Points specified for deduction in this course will be enforced. The problem to be worked on will have been identified in Seminar 1. It will be a practice-related problem experienced by clients and that is common to all ASPs.
- Choose two current empirical research studies that address the problem within urban settings (e.g., health disparities, homeless). Thoroughly compare the research methods and report the findings. Pay attention to statistics used and generalizability. (Articles must be dated 2005 and beyond). Email the articles to the instructor no less than 10 days prior to the Seminar when this assignment is due.
- What are the findings?
- Are diversity issues, social, economic, and environmental issues addressed?
- Any ethical dilemmas presented or implied?
- Does the article support social work values and ethics?
- Is a theoretical framework discussed, and if so, does it fit the client population served at your field internship?
- Discuss the best practice model (implicit or explicit) in the articles, and whether you would assess and intervene with clients using it?
- If a best model is not presented, based on your knowledge of social work conceptual frameworks what would you suggest?
- If both articles present a best practice model, which one seems more relevant to guide urban social work practice concerning the problem?
- What did you learn about the problem from the statistics presented in the articles?
- After students share the research and best practice assignment in class, each student will use critical thinking skills to discuss the helpfulness of any two articles (presented in class other than student’s) to an understanding of best practices in his/her agency setting.
