Personal Narrative
Practice Approach and Case Study Integration Paper
Practice Approach and Case Study Integration Paper
Wanda Brown
SOCW 486
Instructor: Elaine Herbert
January 14, 2013
Introduction
In this paper we will look and review the case study on Helen. We will look at a brief overview of this case; then, we will examine the assessment models used, identify culturally approaches, different immediate approaches, look at the biases held by the social worker in this particular situation, and finally reflect on the learning gained through this social work experience.
Client Overview Helen is a 54 year old single Aboriginal female; Helen lives in subsidized housing in Kamloops. She works full time as a receptionist for a Friendship Centre. At the moment Helen has custody of her 4 year old granddaughter Marcy. Helens’ 24 year old daughter Sophia and her boyfriend have been doing a lot of drinking so Ministry stepped in and apprehended Marcy and it doesn’t look like MCFD will be giving Marcy back any time soon. Helen has lived in Kamloops pretty well all her life; she has no immediate family members nearby to ask for help. Her home town is on the out skirts of Kamloops Shuswap reserve which she does not visit all that often because of the bad memories from her childhood. Helens parents’ are still alive and are both residential school survivors. Helen has never had good relationship with either her parents because of the childhood trauma that she and her siblings suffered from their parents. Helen and her siblings are survivors of sexual abuse from relatives that have passed away. Because of this it has made it difficult for Helen to ask for help when needed, Helen has been an independent woman all her life. Helen has taken the step to ask for help where her granddaughter Marcy is concerned, Helen has explained that Marcy has been doing a lot of crying. This is starting to affect Helen emotionally and financially because Helen has had to take time off work to
Practice Approach and Case Study Integration Paper
Wanda Brown
SOCW 486
Instructor: Elaine Herbert
January 14, 2013
Introduction
In this paper we will look and review the case study on Helen. We will look at a brief overview of this case; then, we will examine the assessment models used, identify culturally approaches, different immediate approaches, look at the biases held by the social worker in this particular situation, and finally reflect on the learning gained through this social work experience.
Client Overview Helen is a 54 year old single Aboriginal female; Helen lives in subsidized housing in Kamloops. She works full time as a receptionist for a Friendship Centre. At the moment Helen has custody of her 4 year old granddaughter Marcy. Helens’ 24 year old daughter Sophia and her boyfriend have been doing a lot of drinking so Ministry stepped in and apprehended Marcy and it doesn’t look like MCFD will be giving Marcy back any time soon. Helen has lived in Kamloops pretty well all her life; she has no immediate family members nearby to ask for help. Her home town is on the out skirts of Kamloops Shuswap reserve which she does not visit all that often because of the bad memories from her childhood. Helens parents’ are still alive and are both residential school survivors. Helen has never had good relationship with either her parents because of the childhood trauma that she and her siblings suffered from their parents. Helen and her siblings are survivors of sexual abuse from relatives that have passed away. Because of this it has made it difficult for Helen to ask for help when needed, Helen has been an independent woman all her life. Helen has taken the step to ask for help where her granddaughter Marcy is concerned, Helen has explained that Marcy has been doing a lot of crying. This is starting to affect Helen emotionally and financially because Helen has had to take time off work to
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