Homework
As with all areas of the social work process, cultural competence is essential when engaging and assessing a child's concerns. Being culturally competent includes understanding the unique needs of your client and asking how those needs can be fulfilled. Using an empowerment perspective treating clients as experts on their lives and their needs is essential. Not only does this establish your commitment to being culturally sensitive and aware, but it will enhance the therapeutic relationship. While it is essential to learn and master social work skills and techniques to be a successful practitioner, another significant indicator of a successful intervention is the relationship a social worker builds with his or her client. Some research suggests that the quality of the therapeutic relationship will account for 30% of the clinical outcome of the treatment (Miller, Duncan, and Hubble, 2005, as stated in Walsh, 2010, p. 7). Exhibiting a dedication to learning about a client's culture, history, and current environmental factors exemplifies a social worker's desire to build that client-worker bond.
For this Homework, read the case study for Claudia and find two to three scholarly articles on social issues surrounding immigrant families.
In a 2 to 4 pages paper, explain how the literature informs you about Claudia and her family when assessing her situation.
1) Describe two social issues related to the course-specific case study for Claudia that inform a culturally competent social worker.
2) Describe culturally competent strategies you might use to assess the needs of children.
3) Describe the types of data you would collect from Claudia and her family in order to best serve them.
4) Identify other resources that may offer you further information about Claudia's case.
5) Create an eco-map to represent Claudia's situation. Describe how the ecological perspective of assessment influenced how the social worker interacted with Claudia.
6) Describe how the social worker in the case used a strengths perspective and multiple tools in her assessment of Claudia. Explain how those factors contributed to the therapeutic relationship with Claudia and her family.
Format your homework according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.