2018/19 Semester 1 & 2 Concurrent Placement Preparatory Workshop: Practice Approaches and Skills in Working with Users (Family)

Transcription

1 THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES 2018/19 Semester 1 & 2 Concurrent Placement Preparatory Workshop: Practice Approaches and Skills in Working with Users (Family) LEUNG Kar-wah, Tony September 7, 2018

2 WHAT DO YOU EXPECT TO GET TONIGHT? 1

3 PURPOSES RECALL AND REVIEW OF CLASSROOM LEARNINGS, NOT A LECTURE; ATTEMPT TO APPLY SELECTED THEORIES LEANT IN THE COURSES INTO PRACTICE; AND MASTER SOME GENERIC SOCIAL WORK SKILLS IN WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES 2

4 TONIGHT S CONTENT 1. BRIEF REVIEW OF PRACTICE THEORIES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS LEARNT FROM CLASSROOM: GENERAL PROCESS MODEL; SYSTEMIC-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; AND STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH. 2. CASE-BASED SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES 3. FEEDBACKS AND SHARING TO SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES 4. USEFUL SOFTWARE FOR DRAWING GENOGRAM IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT 3

5 Social Work Values & Attitudes Social Work Fieldwork Learning Skills Knowledge 4

6 GENERAL PROCESS MODEL (GPM) Engagement Assessment Intervention Evaluation 5

7 ENGAGEMENT Greeting and Joining Attending Describing Orientating 6

8 7

9 INTERVENTION Prioritize Problems Formulate Mutually Agreed Goal(s) Planning of Specific Action Steps Follow the Plan Monitor Case Development Revise the Plan (if necessary) 8

10 EVALUATION Evaluate Achievement of Goal(s) Maintain and Continue the Progress Decide Termination/ Transfer Handling of Emotional Reaction 9

11 SYSTEMIC-ECOLOGICAL APPROACH PIONEER: MARY RICHMENT S SOCIAL CASEWORK: THE ROLE THAT ENVIRONMENT PLAYS IN THE SOCIAL FUNCTIONING OF HUMAN BEINGS (PARDECK, 1988; P. 133). EQUAL ATTENTION NEEDS TO BE PAID TO THE COMPLEX INTERPLAYS AMONGST INDIVIDUALS, FAMILY SYSTEMS, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY AND THE SOCIETY (PARDECK, 1988). 10

12 SYSTEMS ECOLOGICAL PROBLEM SITUATIONS UNDERSTAND THE INTERPLAYS BETWEEN SYSTEM AND ECOLOGICAL (SURROUNDING SOCIAL SYSTEMS) THAT GIVE RISE TO USERS PROBLEM SITUATIONS 11

13 SYSTEM: BASIC ASSUMPTIONS A SYSTEM IS GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS; SYSTEM SEEKS FOR HOMEOSTATIC; PARTS WITHIN A SYSTEM ARE INTERDEPENDENT UNITS; INDIVIDUAL CAN BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH ASSESSING THE INTERACTIONS WITHIN A SYSTEM; SYMPTOMS, THOUGH DYSFUNCTIONAL, SERVE A PURPOSE FOR MAINTAINING AN EQUILIBRIUM WITHIN SYSTEM; SYMPTOMS ARE EXPRESSIONS OF FAMILY RULES, PATTERNS AND ROLES MAINTAINED THROUGH INTERACTIONS AMONGST MICRO, MEZZO AND MACRO-SYSTEMS ACROSS GENERATIONS; AND INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIORS/PROBLEMS ARE SYMPTOMS OF FAMILY FUNCTIONING INSTEAD OF MERELY HER/HIS ADJUSTMENT TO LIFE. 12

14 ESSENTIAL CONCEPTS CULTURE: FAMILY RULES, RITUALS AND MYTHS STRUCTURE: - HIERARCHY (POWER, ROLES AND BOUNDARIES) - SUBSYSTEMS/DYADS/TRIADS (E.G., PARENTAL, COUPLE, SIBLING); - BOUNDARY: CLEAR, RIGID OR DIFFUSE; CLOSED AND OPEN SYSTEM (I.E., REFLECT THE SYSTEM S ADAPTABILITY TO CHANGE); CIRCULAR CAUSALITY; FAMILY DYNAMICS: MORPHOSTASIS (FOR HOLD ITS SHAPE) AND MORPHOGENESIS (FOR ALLOWING CHANGE); NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LOOP (THAT MINIMIZE CHANGE) AND POSITIVE (THAT PROMOTE CHANGE); AND PURSUER-DISTANCER. 13

15 Unattached Adult FAMILY LIFE CYCLE (CARTER & MCGOLDRICK, 2016) Marriage in Later Years Newly Married Adult Launching Grown Children Married with Young Children Married with Adolescent(s) 14

16 1. A dynamic wholistic approach emphasizes the person and the sociocultural systems surrounding the person; 2. A strategy is offered through allowing the social worker to think in terms of parts and wholes; 3. It encourages an electric approach to practice; 4. It allows one to move to both micro and macro levels of assessment and intervention when working with user s system; 5. It allows practitioners to offer treatment planning and work on altering inter-systemic relationships; 6. Given its multifactorial nature, the practitioner is able to develop and utilize a varied repertoire of assessment and intervention strategies. (Pardeck, 1988; P. 140) Retrieved from: ZOTMDSrBqPeI83Lh5rtSoSCZnIiZGv9bMbEYPa48Cr2RgxKhIJYMDIysUFLGERa4VwvPqjmz8qEgkoTqbVSJRtJhG29Uo3RLhpSSoSCahphdZXrTHwERCJJpaXBTiLKhIJbCCQLosSOW0RAsB_1mYxsT J8qEgksdk5MwNKsGhFW0- C3U17AoioSCY94jzcuHmu1EYdJIPLm3uoW&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj8hsqlxpTdAhXME4gKHaOGDU0Q9C96BAgBEBs&biw=1077&bih=643&dpr=2#imgrc=lUU0epmc0vPrUM: 15

17 SOCIAL WORKERS CAN NOW CONCEPTUALIZE THE PROBLEMS CONFRONTING CLIENTS IN SUCH A WAY THAT EFFECTIVE TREATMENT INVOLVES NOT ONLY WORKING WITH THE USER, BUT ALSO THE SYSTEMS THAT FACILITATE SOCIAL FUNCTIONING INCLUDING THE USER S FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY AND OTHER CRITICAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS (PARDECK, 1988; P. 141). 16

18 STRENGTH-BASED APPROACH NOT A MODEL OF PRACTICE BUT RATHER A COLLATION OF PRINCIPLES, IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES (SALEEBEY, 1992; P.15) 17

19 PRINCIPLES (WEICK ET AL., 1989; KISTHARDT, 1992; POERTNER & RONNAU, 1992; RAPP, 1992; SALEEBEY, 1992; SULLIVAN & RAPP, 1994; CHAPIN, 1995; EARLY & GLENMAYE, 2000; MILEY, O MELIA & DUBOIS, 2001): 1. PEOPLE HAVE STRENGTHS AND CAPACITY TO CONTINUE TO LEARN, GROW AND CHANGE; 2. FOCUS ON THE STRENGTHS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE PEOPLE WE WORK WITH. 3. COMMUNITIES AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS ARE SEEN AS BEING FULL OF RESOURCES. 4. SERVICE PROVIDERS COLLABORATE WITH THE PEOPLE THEY WORK WITH. 5. INTERVENTIONS ARE BASED ON SELF-DETERMINATION. 6. COMMITMENT TO EMPOWERMENT. 7. PROBLEMS ARE RESULTS OF INTERPLAYS AMONGST INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY AND/OR SOCIETY RATHER THAN DEFICITS WITHIN INDIVIDUALS. 18

20 STRENGTHS Social / Political Strengths Personal / Interpersonal Strengths ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS HELP SEEKER S FACTORS Social / Political Obstacles Personal / Interpersonal Obstacles OBSTACLES (Saleebey, 2013; P. 194) 19

21 CASE-BASED SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES Missions: 1. Attempt to draw a genogram and apply relevant theories in assessing the family dynamic that leading to the problem situations; 2. Try to formulate concrete intervention plan accordingly; and 3. Perform a role-play for intervention on the problem situations. 20

22 FEEDBACKS AND SHARING TO SMALL GROUP ACTIVITIES 21

23 USEFUL SOFTWARE FOR DRAWING GENOGRAM IN WINDOWS ENVIRONMENT 22

24 REFERENCES CARTER, B & MCGOLDRICK, M. (2016). EXPANDING FAMILY LIFE CYCLE, THE: INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES (5 TH ED.). HIGHLAND PARK, NJ: PEARSON. CHAPIN, R. (1995). SOCIAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT: THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE. IN SOCIAL WORK, VOL. 40, NO. 4, PP EARLY, T. AND GLENMAYE, L. (2000). VALUING FAMILIES: SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH FAMILIES FROM A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE. IN SOCIAL WORK, VOL. 45, NO. 2, PP KISTHARDT, W. (1992). A STRENGTHS MODEL OF CASE MANAGEMENT: THE PRINCIPLES AND FUNCTIONS OF A HELPING PARTNERSHIP WITH PERSONS WITH PERSISTENT MENTAL ILLNESS, IN SALEEBEY, D. THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE (ED.). NEW YORK: LONGMAN. MILEY, K., O MELIA, M. & DUBOIS, B. (2001). GENERALIST SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE: AN EMPOWERING APPROACH. BOSTON: ALLYN AND BACON. PARDECK, J. P. (1988). AN ECOLOGICAL APPROACH FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. IN THE JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WELFARE. VOL. 15, NO. 2, PP POERTNER, J. AND RONNAU, J. (1992). A STRENGTHS APPROACH TO CHILDREN WITH EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES. IN SALEEBEY, D. THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE (ED.). NEW YORK: LONGMAN. RAPP, C. (1992). THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE OF CASE MANAGEMENT WITH PERSONS SUFFERING FROM SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, IN SALEEBEY, D. THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE (ED.). NEW YORK: LONGMAN. SALEEBEY, D. (1992). INTRODUCTION: POWER IN THE PEOPLE, IN THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE (ED.). NEW YORK, NY: LONGMAN. SALEEBEY, D. (2013). THE STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J.: PEARSON EDUCATIONAL, INC. SULLIVAN, W.P. AND RAPP, C. (1994). BREAKING AWAY: THE POTENTIAL AND PROMISE OF A STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH TO SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. IN MEINERT, R., PARDECK, J., SULLIVAN, W. P. & WESTPORT, CT. ISSUES IN SOCIAL WORK (EDS.). WESTPORT, CT: AUBURN HOUSE. WEICK, A., RAPP, C., SULLIVAN, W.P. AND KISTHARDT, W. (1989). A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE FOR SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE. IN SOCIAL WORK, VOL. 34, NO. 4, PP