Evaluating Case Study: Children, Young People And Families
Children, Young People and Families
Examine how relevant policy, theory and research should inform social work practice in the Smith-Jones-Khan case.
Case Study # 4
ID: 33358162
Case Study Four (appendix one) describes a family which due to multiple issues including separated parents with mental health needs, siblings living apart, aggressive behaviour and truancy they present an extremely complex case for any social worker. It focuses on the story of Callum and his current status with brief mention of his brother and two sisters. I will explore the legal and policy guidance along with relevant theories and values that would inform and guide social work practice in relation to Callum as the majority of …show more content…
This he says is looking at the information gathered from the assessment and trying to find a theory that we think fits and them apply the relevant intervention. He calls these past orientated approaches, in the case of Callum we look at his past to try and find out why things are the way they are (Beckett, 2006). Callum is displaying aggressive behaviour, he resisted foster carers and now that he is back in a children 's home he stays out on occasion with his father. Attachment theory has plenty of empirical evidence and suggests that Callum like us all is hard wired to seek a relationship with his carer, in this case the attachment with his father is still felt by him. Bowlby 's (2005) work on attachment suggests that during our formative years we develop an internal working model (IWM) from our initial attachments, the resulting quality of the IWM is dependent on the quality of the original attachments. In Callum 's case he quality of this attachment could be questionable. Cassidy (1988, cited in Cowie, 2012,
Examine how relevant policy, theory and research should inform social work practice in the Smith-Jones-Khan case.
Case Study # 4
ID: 33358162
Case Study Four (appendix one) describes a family which due to multiple issues including separated parents with mental health needs, siblings living apart, aggressive behaviour and truancy they present an extremely complex case for any social worker. It focuses on the story of Callum and his current status with brief mention of his brother and two sisters. I will explore the legal and policy guidance along with relevant theories and values that would inform and guide social work practice in relation to Callum as the majority of …show more content…
This he says is looking at the information gathered from the assessment and trying to find a theory that we think fits and them apply the relevant intervention. He calls these past orientated approaches, in the case of Callum we look at his past to try and find out why things are the way they are (Beckett, 2006). Callum is displaying aggressive behaviour, he resisted foster carers and now that he is back in a children 's home he stays out on occasion with his father. Attachment theory has plenty of empirical evidence and suggests that Callum like us all is hard wired to seek a relationship with his carer, in this case the attachment with his father is still felt by him. Bowlby 's (2005) work on attachment suggests that during our formative years we develop an internal working model (IWM) from our initial attachments, the resulting quality of the IWM is dependent on the quality of the original attachments. In Callum 's case he quality of this attachment could be questionable. Cassidy (1988, cited in Cowie, 2012,