Case Study
Case Study 1 (Florence)
Florence currently had her daughter removed from home, because the neighbors reported that she had been abusing her child. Florence visited a case manager, to whom which she talked to and presented an array of problems that range from the micro level to the macro level. Florence’s problems the lie in the micro level is her personality, by which I mean her negative attitude about herself and thinking the she is “useless” in the workforce. Although it was family and friends that might have had a hand in her believing this way, it is ultimately up to her how she looks at what she is capable of. Florence doesn’t believe she will be any help if she goes back to work. Her perception of her family is also Micro because she perceives their actions in certain ways. Daves death and how she felt about was part of her personality, which makes it a micro level issue. This is also known as a transition. Florence going back to work, her social class, and family all lie in the Mezzo level. Her family has affected her life tremendously it sounds like and she has learned a lot of her values from them. For example, she punishes her daughter the same way that her family did her. It was passed down to her or a learned behavior that stuck. The way she cleans and does certain things was her family’s value. Her neighbors and the abuse that was called in lies in the Macro level, this is because it is part of the larger community. Getting help with job placement and seeing a case worker is also in the Macro level because it is a part of the government and it is help that she needs. Florence has many different issues the lie on the different levels. Each one affects the way she perceives herself and how others see her. It is important for Florence to receive help and try to get her life back on track.
Work Cited
Summers, N. Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, Fourth Edition. Brooks/Cole. 2012.
Florence currently had her daughter removed from home, because the neighbors reported that she had been abusing her child. Florence visited a case manager, to whom which she talked to and presented an array of problems that range from the micro level to the macro level. Florence’s problems the lie in the micro level is her personality, by which I mean her negative attitude about herself and thinking the she is “useless” in the workforce. Although it was family and friends that might have had a hand in her believing this way, it is ultimately up to her how she looks at what she is capable of. Florence doesn’t believe she will be any help if she goes back to work. Her perception of her family is also Micro because she perceives their actions in certain ways. Daves death and how she felt about was part of her personality, which makes it a micro level issue. This is also known as a transition. Florence going back to work, her social class, and family all lie in the Mezzo level. Her family has affected her life tremendously it sounds like and she has learned a lot of her values from them. For example, she punishes her daughter the same way that her family did her. It was passed down to her or a learned behavior that stuck. The way she cleans and does certain things was her family’s value. Her neighbors and the abuse that was called in lies in the Macro level, this is because it is part of the larger community. Getting help with job placement and seeing a case worker is also in the Macro level because it is a part of the government and it is help that she needs. Florence has many different issues the lie on the different levels. Each one affects the way she perceives herself and how others see her. It is important for Florence to receive help and try to get her life back on track.
Work Cited
Summers, N. Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, Fourth Edition. Brooks/Cole. 2012.
Cited: Summers, N. Fundamentals of Case Management Practice: Skills for the Human Services, Fourth Edition. Brooks/Cole. 2012. Print.