Evaluate state and Federal Policies in Child Welfare

SOCW 6520: Social Work Field Education III

Please note that this is a master level course so master level work. Please check the grammar and you have to use the reading that I have provided to you. You must answer all the questions that I post. Thank you.

Georgia MENTOR

Metro Atlanta Children’s Services

2302 Parklake Drive NE, Suite 200

Atlanta, GA 30345

Brief Description of Agency-GA Mentor is a therapeutic foster care agency that provides therapeutic foster care services to youth between the ages of 0-18. We offer evidence-informed training to foster parents to provide quality homes for foster children. Services offered to children include 24 hours of home-based monitoring, therapeutic intervention, and access to community-based services, life skill development, and medication management oversight. GA Mentor ensures that the educational, mental health, physical health, and overall well-being needs of all children in our program are met.

2. I will be completing the following tasks:

-Completion of Risk Assessments and Crisis Assessment to determine the level of the client’s needs and services

-Demonstrate her ability to apply Family-Centered Practice, Systems Theory, and Strengths Perspective when assessing the challenges of the family

-Develop and implement Treatment Plans for client

-Train and develop foster parents in providing therapeutic foster care to foster care children

-Evaluate state and Federal Policies in Child Welfare

-Demonstrate her ability to link the family to resources with consideration to the family’s culture, social-economic status, etc.

Week 11

Evaluation of Learning

Readings

• Pomeroy, E. C., & Nonaka, A. M. (2011). The art of not knowing. Social Work, 56(4), 293–295.

Media

• Laureate Education (Producer). (2013c). Evaluation of learning

[Audio file]. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu

Walden University

Social Work and Human Services

MSW Children and Family Concentration Year Field Evaluation

Evaluatee Class group 2 Evaluator Team 1

Rotation Georgia Mentor GA Course MSW Concentration – Child Fam Academic Year 2019/2020

Period 2 From 2019-11-25 To 2020-02-09

Log Date & Time 1/14/2020 10:12:27 AM

Dear Field Instructor: Below are questions regarding the field experience performance of the Walden University MSW student you have been working with this term. Please complete all of the questions and, if a student receives a rating of 1 or 2 on any items in the section, also please give written feedback on what improvement needs to occur. If you wish to leave the survey and come back to it later, please use the “Save Draft” button at the bottom of the page. Please note that once you submit the evaluation using the “Save Final” button, it will close and you will not be able to make changes. As part of this process, you need to review the evaluation with your student. The student can log in under his/her account, review the evaluation, enter comments, and save them. If you have any questions about completing this evaluation feel free to contact field.coordinator@waldenu.edu. Thank you again for all that you do.

Please summarize the student’s primary responsibilities:

Mrs. SW’s role and responsibility include ensuring quality services are provided to foster care children. She ensures treatment plans created are client-specific and are geared in meeting the educational, mental health, medical/dental, and therapeutic needs of the children. She completes assessments to identify the foster parent and child’s needs during the duration the child is in foster care. She has a role in assessing that the home environment is safe for that child. She is responsible for utilizing a client-centered, strength-based perspective, and solution-focused approach to assisting the agency with managing crisis in the home. Her role also includes linking the foster child and foster parent to any needed community resources.

Please rate the student on each of the following competencies using the following scale:

Demonstrates a high level of competency

Clearly demonstrates competency

Demonstrates minimal level of competency

Demonstrates inadequate level of competency

Fails to demonstrate even minimal competency

Have not had an opportunity to observe (Only use this choice if the student has not had the opportunity to demonstrate the skill. Do not use if the student has had an opportunity but did not demonstrate the skill—this would be rated as “1”.)

Competency 1 – Demonstrate Ethical and Professional Behavior

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

1. Makes appropriate decisions based on the NASW Code of Ethics and other local, state, and federal legal statutes and regulations related to children and families.

2. Identifies and manages personal values to provide service delivery to children and families, according to professional values and standards.

3. Incorporates professional behavior when engaging children, families, colleagues, and other stakeholders.

4. Evaluates the ethical and appropriate use of technology to facilitate delivery of social work services to children and families.

5. Integrates principles of supervision and consultation to guide professional judgment and behavior.

6. Demonstrates professional development by identifying the specialized skills and knowledge needed to work with children and families.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW has displayed professionalism when working with families. She is able to deliver services in an ethical manner and ensures services deliver are quality and within the agency standards. She continues to grow in the demonstrating professional development and making decisions based on the NASW Code of Ethics. She is receptive to Field Supervisors recommendations and guidance regarding skills and knowledge needed to work with the foster care population.

Competency 2 – Engage Diversity and Difference in Practice

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

7. Demonstrates cultural awareness by recognizing and integrating diverse populations’ values about family roles, structure, norms, and beliefs.

8. Demonstrates cultural humility by managing personal biases when partnering with families.

9. Communicates in a culturally responsive way recognizing various family structures, norms, and values.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW is able to respond to families in a way that is culturally sensitive. She identifies the families cultural views, values, and norms that impact their decision making and parental practices.

Competency 3 – Advance Human Rights and Social, Economic, and Environmental Justice

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

10. Examines the effects of oppression, discrimination, structural social inequality, and historical trauma with children and families, and their community systems to guide intervention planning.

11. Chooses social work practices that promote human rights and social, economic, and environmental justice for children and families.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW has been able to identify historical trauma that can impact treatment. She is able to identify how the foster care system has changed historically over time and verbalize biases regarding foster care children. Mrs. SW ensures that within the community, foster children rights and access to services are fair by advocating at school meetings, Family Team Meetings, etc.

Competency 4 – Engage In Practice-informed Research and Research-informed Practice

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

12. Critically evaluates evidence-based and “best practice” treatment interventions with children and families.

13. Develops family intervention plans that are grounded in best available research and “best practices”.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW is moving forward in ensuring best practices are utilized and evaluated within the families she services. She is growing knowledge and skills in ensuring children and families are served in a unique way and one model does not fit all children and families. Mrs. SW continues to grow in areas of utilizing family interventions that would best serve the families she works with.

Competency 5 – Engage in Policy Practice

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

14. Critically evaluates and creates awareness about agency and/or government policies and regulations that impact the well-being of families and children.

15. Applies critical thinking to analyze, formulate, and advocate for policies that support the needs of children and families.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW shows awareness and knowledge regarding agency policies. She identifies that sometimes policies may not meet best practices within the agency but is able to ensure policy is followed and children/family services receive quality services.

Competency 6 – Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

Individuals

16. Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of development theories and family systems to engage children and family members.

Families

17. Uses empathy, reflection, interpersonal skills, and knowledge of human behavior and the social environment and family systems to engage with families.

Groups

18. Engages conversations with inter-professional teams in schools, hospitals, and other agencies that have interactions with children and families.

Organizations

19. Engages with organizations that provide services, support, advocacy, and resources to families and children.

Communities

20. Identifies and actively participates in opportunities to communicate with community leaders and members about services and resources to support families and children.

Please provide over-all feedback on this competency:

Mrs. SW is able to communicate and partner with outside organizations to meet the best interest of the children and families she serves. She is able to complete thorough interviews with families, gather needed information, and serve as a support to her families by using empathy and solution-focused approaches.

Competency 7 – Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

5 = highly competent, 4 = clearly competent, 3 = minimally competent, 2 = inadequately competent, 1 = fail, NA = not observed

Score

Criteria

Individuals

21. Conducts assessments that provide information about the biopsychosocial-spiritual needs of children and families.

22. Uses critical thinking to apply the strengths perspective, theories of development, and family systems when analyzing and interpreting assessment information.