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SWP2IPP- Case Studies for Assignment 3 2019 CASE STUDY 1: Maggie and Jonny Maggie (aged 13) and Jonny (aged 15) have recently returned to live with their mother, Dot, after 10 years of living in a kinship care arrangement with their maternal grandmother, Agnes. The children had been placed in out-of-home care (kinship care) following a court order by the Victorian Magistrates’ Court. The Department of Health and Human Services Child Protection Service assessed the children as being at significant risk in their parent’s care due to problematic substance use and exposure to domestic violence when they were three and five years old. The Department determined three months ago that the children could return to the care of their mother. Maggie’s father moved back to Western Australia nine years ago and has not maintained contact with the children. Jonny is permanently excluded from school and involved with Youth Justice as he is on a Community Based Order. Jonny smokes cannabis daily. Since returning home, Maggie’s school attendance has deteriorated and she is frequently truanting and staying out all night with older peers. She is experimenting with alcohol and cannabis. Neither Maggie nor Jonny want to return to living with their maternal grandmother Agnes as she is ‘too strict’ and ‘too traditional’. Maggie’s mother Dot appears to be stable on a methadone script but is suffering from depression, and lacks motivation to keep the home tidy and organised. The family is dependent on Dot’s disability support pension but Centrelink are reviewing that and she may soon be placed on Newstart. The family live in long term and stable social housing. Maggie is now sharing a bedroom with her mother and her stepbrother, Jayden (aged 4), as there are only two bedrooms and her older brother, Jonny, will not share with anyone. Agnes lives nearby and continues to offer support but at age 50 is less active physically although she is still active within the local Aboriginal Co-op. You are a family support worker and you have been asked to support Maggie’s move back in with her mother. CASE STUDY 2: Henry Henry is a 21 year-old man, self-referred for inpatient treatment at the clinic where you work. He is undergoing medical and therapeutic treatment for his drug use, and you have been called in as the social worker to help establish Henry back in the community once his six-week program is finished. He is currently unemployed, homeless, and has charges pending due to recent shoplifting. Henry reports that he experienced physical, sexual, and emotional abuse throughout childhood. His father died of liver disease at the age of 37. His mother still lives in the small town he grew up in but he has had no recent contact with her. Henry reports that at the age of 14, he was ‘kicked out’ of his family's home because his father suspected that he was gay. Henry moved to Melbourne where he lived on the streets. Henry describes his relationship with his older sister, Patricia, as "fair." Henry is not presently involved in a steady relationship, but does have a network of friends in the local LGBTQI community with whom he has been staying off and on. At the time that he left home, Henry survived by becoming involved in sexual relationships with older men, many of whom were also abusive. He has had numerous sexual partners (both male and female) over the past seven years, has traded sex for drugs and money, has had sex under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and has been made to have sex against his will. Henry identifies himself as bisexual, not gay. Recently Henry has volunteered for the RSPCA and has met people there who he has connected with and who are very supportive of him. The resident psychologist at the A and D treatment centre has assessed Henry as a highly intelligent young man, with significant resilience and a determination to turn his life around. CASE STUDY 3: The Perera family The Perera family have recently settled in Wonthaggi where Najib (35) was offered a job as an engineer with the local shire council. Najib was born in India but came to study in Australia when he was 20. He went back to India to marry Amala (29) ten years ago. They settled in Dandenong where they had extended family and he developed a close-knit group of friends. Unfortunately, Najib was retrenched and found it difficult to find suitable employment until this position in Wonthaggi came up. Najib and Amala have twin girls (10 months) Aarti and Bharti. The twins have Trisomy 18, or Edward's Syndrome, causing significant developmental delay and shortened life expectancy. Their care requirements have largely fallen to Amala who does not work outside of the home. Regular trips to the outpatient clinics at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne are an ongoing requirement. You are a social worker at the local community health centre and the Perera family have been referred to you by the local maternal and child health nurse who visited the family the previous day. The nurse was concerned that Amala appeared very distressed, overwhelmed and lonely. She was also reluctant to accept the nurse’s invitation to join the weekly young mum's group. Case study 4: Ruth Ruth has come to see you at a community health centre after a referral from Centrelink. The intake notes provide the following information. Ruth is 52 years old and had visited Centrelink to see if they could provide her with an emergency payment for domestic violence. Ruth changed her payments to Newstart single as she had left her long-term partner stating the relationship had got to the end of the road and she was “sick of being his door mat”. Ruth has spent a number of weeks in short-term accommodation and now has found herself a permanent caravan in a small town 40 kilometres from a regional city in Victoria. Ruth says it is nice and quiet there, she thinks she can afford it if she can get a part time job soon and, she can have her dog and budgie with her. Ruth has diabetes so has additional costs. At 52, Ruth has to meet Centrelink work testing requirements. Ruth said to the intake worker that she needs help setting up a new life in a new town. She does not know anybody as her partner stopped her from making friends. She reported that her three children will have nothing to do with her. They are in their 30’s, have their own children and live in the regional centre. Ruth’s first partner Fred, died in a car accident when the children were in primary school. She says she had “nothing but trouble” with her kids as they grew up but now Ruth wants to be a grandmother like other people. How would your social work practice with the person or people in this case scenario be informed by personal and professional values, knowledge, practice theories and interventions? * What areas do you need to work further on in this course in order to be able to help this person/ group? Use the following points as a guide but ensure you organise your essay to answer the question provided. In this assignment, you will need to address the following: • Briefly outline why you chose this case. Reflect on the professional and personal values involved and potential ethical issues the case raises for you. • How is this individual trouble constructed as a social problem today? • Compare and contrast two practice theories relevant to this situation and explain why you would select one of these. • In what fields of practice are social workers most likely to be helping people in these kinds of circumstances? What roles and interventions could a social worker use to help here?( include individual, community and policy work) • Discuss the kinds of knowledge you would need to work with this person/group/community. • Demonstrate evidence of use of the literature and other resources with clarity. A minimum of 8 references is required (not including reference to the 4 interviews). • Ensure that the assignment has a logical structure with an introduction and conclusion. Capacity to reflect on personal knowledge, values and ethics 5/50 Demonstrated understanding of the social construction of social problems 10/50 Demonstrated understanding of the various forms of knowledge used in social work practice. 10/50 Demonstrated critical understanding of chosen practice theories and of roles and interventions which would be consistent with one of these theories. 15/50 Evidence of welfare practice literature relevant to both the chosen social problem and the knowledge values and practice theories developed to respond to it. Evidence of use of course materials. Minimum 8 academic references 5/50 Structure and clarity of paper, use of a consistent and correct APA 6th referencing style. 5/50