Case Study: Michele Defina As A Social Worker
A social worker’s role is essential in providing the best services available to help improve an individual’s life. Michele DeFina is a social worker for the state of Connecticut. As a Social Worker she investigates elder abuse claims. She obtains referrals for those over 60, assesses if they were competent or not, if they live in a safe environment, and whether or not the elder needed a conservator or family member to manage their care services. Now Michele would also be assigned as a conservator. A conservator comes into play for the elderly if the elder is not competent or voluntarily says he or she needs help and can not live independently. In the case of the elderly being incompetent such as, having dementia or are unaware of their surroundings,
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The reason why is that Michele admits she wasn’t the most well-behaved kid in school and had no interest in going to college. She almost considered dropping out of high school when a front desk woman in the office took her under her wing. The woman made her due to bookkeeping work and other busy work around the office in order to keep her out of trouble. The woman’s source of support and faith made her want to go to college and get a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. She wanted to work with children who felt like there was little hope. After her 4 years at college, she got a job at the state working in DCF, then went on to case managing juvenile delinquents for 12 years, and eventually ended up being a social worker for the elderly population; which she has been doing for 8 years. She only needed her bachelor degree and no additional licenses or certifications. She did emphasize that if one would want to work in clinical social work one must obtain their clinical social work license. Michelle will work an average of 40 hours at her job with little to no overtime provided. She did say with her previous job working for the DCF there was a great deal of overtime due to the process of removing a child taking long periods of
The reason why is that Michele admits she wasn’t the most well-behaved kid in school and had no interest in going to college. She almost considered dropping out of high school when a front desk woman in the office took her under her wing. The woman made her due to bookkeeping work and other busy work around the office in order to keep her out of trouble. The woman’s source of support and faith made her want to go to college and get a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. She wanted to work with children who felt like there was little hope. After her 4 years at college, she got a job at the state working in DCF, then went on to case managing juvenile delinquents for 12 years, and eventually ended up being a social worker for the elderly population; which she has been doing for 8 years. She only needed her bachelor degree and no additional licenses or certifications. She did emphasize that if one would want to work in clinical social work one must obtain their clinical social work license. Michelle will work an average of 40 hours at her job with little to no overtime provided. She did say with her previous job working for the DCF there was a great deal of overtime due to the process of removing a child taking long periods of