SOCW 6101 WEEK 8 DISCUSSION INSTRUCTION: ASSESSMENT AT THE MICRO AND MACRO LEVELS

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PLEASE SEE ATTACHMENT  SOCW6101WEEK8VIDEOSCRIPT.pdf Mezzo Practice and Practice Skills Video Quiz – Excerpt 1 of 8 © 2018 Laureate Education, Inc. 1 Mezzo Practice and Practice Skills Video Quiz – Excerpt 1 of 8 Program Transcript In this Assignment, you watch excerpts from social work case study videos. Then, within the video interface, you respond to questions that allow you to connect the true-to-life depictions of social worker-client interactions with what you have learned. This video quiz is graded. FEMALE SPEAKER: Thank you for sharing. It sounds like you still feel responsible for what happened. Has anyone else had similar feelings about something that's happened to them? 1. What stage of group development is represented in this video excerpt? a. First b. Second c. Fourth SOCW6101WEEK8STUDENTEXAMLPEPAPERONLY.docx STUDENT EXAMPLE PAPER ONLY NOT TO BE COPIED JUST FOR VIEWING TO HELP YOU PUT YOUR WORK TOGETHER The assessment process is an essential component of social work practice when working with individuals and families. It involves gathering information about the person or family's circumstances, needs, strengths, and challenges from micro, macro, and mezzo perspectives to guide interventions and support (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2018). When conducting an assessment, it is important to gather various types of information. This may include demographic details, personal history, current living situation, social support networks, physical and mental health status, and family dynamics. The information gathered should be comprehensive and relevant to understanding the person or situation. Assessment at the macro and micro levels share similarities in terms of gathering information to understand the client system and develop appropriate interventions. However, there are also differences. Macro-level assessments focus on understanding larger social systems, such as communities or organizations. Micro-level assessments, on the other hand, focus on individual or family functioning and aim to assess the unique strengths, challenges, and needs of a specific person or family (Yeshiva, 2022). Conducting information at macro levels may be a bit more difficult or involved with the community. This can include conducting community surveys, interviews with community leaders or key informants, analyzing existing data and reports, conducting focus groups, or using other research methods. Macro-level assessment often involves analyzing broader social, political, and economic factors that influence the well-being of a specific population or community (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2018). At a micro level, a family may be hesitant to share personal information due to concerns about privacy or fear of judgment. It is crucial for the social worker to ensure confidentiality and that nothing will happen to the information given. References: Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018). Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice (8th ed.). CENGAGE Learning. Yeshiva, U (2022). Micro vs. Macro Social Work: What Is the Difference? https://online.yu.edu/wurzweiler/blog/micro-vs-macro-social-work#:~:text=For%20example%2C%20micro%20social%20work,advocating%20on%20a%20political%20level. SOCW6101WEEK8DISCUSSIONQUESTIONINSTRUCTIONS.docx WEEK 8: AT A GLANCE ENGAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL PRACTICE INTRODUCTION Do you feel ready to engage a client? What if that client was a family, group, organization, or community rather than an individual? What skills do you need to develop to be ready to enter the field and work with real clients? In a social worker’s desire to fix, they may jump to intervention prematurely. Before a client is ready to participate in the change process, a social worker must engage clients through relationship building; before a social worker knows what intervention is best, they must have a complete and accurate assessment of the client and problem. You will face challenges and unclear situations, but your practice skills provide the map for making client engagement and assessment a thoughtful and deliberate process. This week, you compare the skills needed to practice at the micro or macro levels in the Discussion. You also practice and demonstrate your engagement skills through a video assignment. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Students will: Compare and contrast assessment between micro and macro levels Analyze social work skills for working with reluctant client systemsRole-play a social work interaction that demonstrates engagement skills LEARNING RESOURCES Required Readings Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2018). Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice (8th ed.). CENGAGE Learning. Chapter 5, “Engagement and Assessment in Generalist Practice” (pp. 175–223) FIND READING IN THE ATTACHMENT ASSESSMENT AT THE MICRO AND MACRO LEVELS Assessment is a structured approach to gathering and analyzing information about the client system and their story. How is the assessment process different when the client system is an individual or family versus a community made up of individuals and families? Assessment involves gathering the needed information in order to determine appropriate intervention. Thorough assessment allows social workers to identify the problems that need to be addressed. Complex social problems often mean that both the micro and macro level factors contribute to social work cases. In this Discussion, you compare differences in the assessment stage at different practice levels. Post a response to the following: PLEASE ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW 1. 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