Bshs 402 Final Exam
Final Exam
Please use the Initial List of Case Management Functions located in the Appendix of your Rothman & Sager text on page 289 as well as chapter 2.
Use the vignette below to provide Case Management services to this particular client. Please follow all of the steps in the Case Management functions to best serve your client. Please do not number each of the functions in question/answer form, but answer in essay format using APA standards. You will not earn credit unless each of the steps is clearly identified; you may use headings, italicized identification throughout the paragraph with each of the steps, etc. The final exam is due Week 5 Day 7. Please submit to the assignments section on your student website.
Your paper should be at least 3-5 pages double spaced.
Jack is a single father of two children. He has recently lost his job which is creating difficulties taking care of his family. He is on the verge of having his electricity and water cut off to his house. He is also struggling to pay his mortgage. He is on his last $50 and still has to feed his family for the week. He has not had much luck on his own finding services to help him in this time of crisis. Recently, his two children have had difficulties in school acting out and not completing their school work. Jack is becoming frustrated and feels hopeless given his current situation. He comes to you looking for help. What do you do?
Client Identification and Outreach
In order to help Jack return stability into his life and that of his children we need to follow a schematic model of intervention as discussed in Chapter 2 of our text. The first step in implementing the case management process is Client Identification and Outreach. According to Rothman (1998), “the flow of clients into the organization can come through referrals of various kinds (agencies, families, community organizations, clergy, police, schools, self-referral, etc.)”.Therefore the agency must make itself
Please use the Initial List of Case Management Functions located in the Appendix of your Rothman & Sager text on page 289 as well as chapter 2.
Use the vignette below to provide Case Management services to this particular client. Please follow all of the steps in the Case Management functions to best serve your client. Please do not number each of the functions in question/answer form, but answer in essay format using APA standards. You will not earn credit unless each of the steps is clearly identified; you may use headings, italicized identification throughout the paragraph with each of the steps, etc. The final exam is due Week 5 Day 7. Please submit to the assignments section on your student website.
Your paper should be at least 3-5 pages double spaced.
Jack is a single father of two children. He has recently lost his job which is creating difficulties taking care of his family. He is on the verge of having his electricity and water cut off to his house. He is also struggling to pay his mortgage. He is on his last $50 and still has to feed his family for the week. He has not had much luck on his own finding services to help him in this time of crisis. Recently, his two children have had difficulties in school acting out and not completing their school work. Jack is becoming frustrated and feels hopeless given his current situation. He comes to you looking for help. What do you do?
Client Identification and Outreach
In order to help Jack return stability into his life and that of his children we need to follow a schematic model of intervention as discussed in Chapter 2 of our text. The first step in implementing the case management process is Client Identification and Outreach. According to Rothman (1998), “the flow of clients into the organization can come through referrals of various kinds (agencies, families, community organizations, clergy, police, schools, self-referral, etc.)”.Therefore the agency must make itself
References: Rothman, J. (1998). Case Management: Integrating Individual and Community Practice (2nd ed.). Retrieved from The University of Phoenix eBook Collection.