Social Work Case Study Answers

rthur-Williams

From the moment I was assigned this project I had some raised questions for myself. Where would I feel different? Where would I need to ponder and assess my situation? Where could I grow? Naturally I would need to create a bio for myself to see what exactly I have to show others. I am an African American female, low class born and raised and middle class status momentarily. I identify as a homosexual and I am a Christian. I have dark skin and I wear my hair in locs. I am above average height at 5’11 and I am built athletically, my age is 23. I am highly educated and naive to many situations. I am an empass and I believe in unconditional positive regard. So, now my description has been categorized I can see where I would
One, drug and alcohol culture. Two, race and skin color. Three, age. I will give an example of each and discuss the dissonance. Before I begin I would like to give you an illustration of what the typical JWYC client/family looks like: majority of families are in the system for drug usage, low income, domestic violence, loss of support and instability. CYS offers us a contract and then as a family resource specialist we go into the home and help rehabilitate the situation and get families back on their feet. With each client I am assessing and they are assessing, my goal is to build a relationship so that we can both feel safe and comfortable with one another. It does not always work out as planned. The drug and alcohol culture is a world I do not have the best knowledge of, I was not raised around it, I was unable to be a part of it due to my commitment to basketball and because it was never a real issue in my culture. About 80% of my clients have been or are currently using some form of a drug. How do you relate to drug culture if you aren’t knowledgeable of drug culture? I transported a client to the store with her children to get groceries for her son’s birthday. She had expressed
Why is skin color so important? Why did I feel the need to identify my skin color in my bio earlier in the essay? Basically, the point here is that it is relevant, it is an automatic factor that allows people to recognize and distinguish. I was with a client and their son was sitting in the back seat of my car. The father and I were talking and if I could recall we were discussing my hair, he said he liked it a lot and he had not seen many people in the area with dread locs. The son chimed in and said, “I know a black man and he has dreadlocks, he is bad.” The father quickly responded and scolded his son for saying that. I asked the boy why the black man was bad. He said “all black men are bad”, I expressed to him that I had met man black men and they weren’t bad. His father said I don’t know where he is getting this from I’m serious. I could feel his discomfort and uneasiness. I let him know that his son was ignorant towards race and it was okay to have a discussion about it. The father said that his wife’s ex-boyfriend was black and he had dreadlocks and he did bad things, reason why his son believed all black men were bad. That assumption based on one situation is how many stereotypes are created and spread. The father seemed very embarrassed, I kept trying to reiterate to him that I was was not offended, it was a teachable moment and I would like to capitalize on it. Many instances