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= Page 1 Group Assignment = Nick and Lauren Johnson

Topics:


 * Introduction
 * Description of the fictitious client family, including:
 * Family background, composition and dynamics
 * Family cultural heritage
 * Family strengths
 * Family needs
 * Description of presenting challenges faced by the family; arrange the challenges in order of priority
 * Description of how the Ecological Perspective applies to the case study

This is a wiki for SWU291 and is not intended to include any real information of anyone. All similarities are purely coincidental.

Group Members: Nathan Horton, Ciera Slater, Aaron Lotten

This family case study is made to show how complicated and complex a single family can be when you account for family trees, actions within the family, tragedy, culture, and everything that truly defines a "family".

Nick (52) and Lauren (49) Johnson are a married couple located in Arizona near a Native American reservation. They love each other dearly despite recent tragedy with the loss of their son Donald II.

They have three kids, one deceased. Their kids are Emily (3), Peyton (8), and Donald II (13). Donald II passed away by drowning in the family pool. The children usually get along but are now extremely isolated from each other and are often temperamental with their parents.

Nicks parents are Barbara (81) and Donald (deceased). Laurens parents are Kia (deceased) and Klaus (88). Klaus moved back to Germany after the death of his wife. He is lonely and misses his family. Barbara currently lives with Nick and Lauren and their kids.

Barbara gives corporal punishment to Emily and Peyton when their parents are not around. Nicks sister, Jessica (45), is a recovering heroin addict.

The family has a 2 year old French bulldog named Dog.

They live in a house with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a pool in the backyard.

There are some aspects of English, Ethiopian, and German culture in the family. They speak English, have Ethiopian ancestry, and primarily follow German societal customs seen with the use of corporal punishment.

The family in generally Catholic due to their German heritage, but their faith was tested because of Kia, Donald, and Donald II's deaths.

Both parents work in the household. Lauren is a Pharmaceutical Toxicologist ($80,000 salary), Nick is Bus Driver for the City ($22,000 salary).

Nick feels bad since his wife is the main income for the family. He also works varying hours forcing Barbara to care for their children.

Family strengths: grandparents can provide some level of child care. Financially stable. Parents are still together, even after child death.

Family needs: Counseling for child death, Elderly care, possible intervention for corporal punishment, Aunt Jessica needs NA for rehab.

List of Issues Ordered on Importance:


 * Death of loved ones (Donald II, Kia).
 * Jessica is a recovering heroin addict and worries the family after recent deaths.
 * Childcare is a necessity since Barbara uses corporal punishment and the parents disagree with that form of punishment.
 * Children are isolated from each other and do not have stable mental health.
 * The family's faith is tested due to the recent tragedies falling on the family.

This case can be easily applied to the Ecological Perspective in a few ways. One of the main ones is that the environment that the client is in is a primarily isolated family except for their grandparents and Lauren's sister. This isolated environment in which they live makes getting services to them harder since they are less dependent on others. This could also be due to their upbringing by the grandparents Klaus and his wife. Lack of outreach when needing assistance is the primary problem that needs to be solved in order to help the family at a macro level (Dubois, B., & Miley, K. K. 2019).

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Basic Needs
Immediate Actions Taken

The first action that would be taken would be to provide services to the family in the form of funeral services for Donald II, then counseling for all the affected members of the family. The counseling could be family or one on one depending on client-based needs and decisions. The next issue to deal with would be getting Jessica into a treatment program to help her addiction. This could be out-patient care, NA or an equivalent self-help group, or something else entirely. The next form of help would be through childcare. Peyton is in school, but Emily is not in school and only receives care within the confines of the home. We would also have to determine if the grandmother Barbara is abusing Emily or anyone else based on DCS guidelines. A local priest could be contacted from the local diocese to possibly unite the family regarding their Catholic affiliation.

10 Basic Needs Resources

There are a few different basic needs that the family requires to be fulfilled with our assistance. The first priority would be to provide safety to the family members in the most immediate danger. That would mean putting Aunt Jessica into a facility to help her with drug rehabilitation. We would recommend Jessica go to Addiction Recovery Centers on 3rd St. in Phoenix. This would keep her under supervision by competent staff, but would also keep her close to the immediate family for moral support (Arizona Drug and Alcohol Treatment, 2018).

Another facility that could work to help her with her addiction would be Lambda Phoenix Center on North 16th Street at Virginia Avenue. This location focuses on general addiction recovery and provides a sense of community that other locations dismiss. This location would be better for the client if they wanted a more “friendly” environment that could be less stressful to be around (LambdaPHX, 2020).

Due to the recent death of Donald II, the family may experience many expenses that could jeopardize their financial stability. If they were unable to pay their utility bills due to funeral costs, medical bills for physical and mental treatment or any other unforeseen expenditure, the Salvation Army located at 628 N. 3rd Ave in Phoenix may help (Salvation Army, 2020). They have a program in place to assist individuals and families during temporary financial crises by providing aid to families to stay in their homes with utilities running and the ability to continue feeding their families.

Another basic need that the family could use would be to help the family by finding them food assistance programs. One location that would help the family greatly would be The Cultural Cup Food Bank, located at 342 E. Thomas Road in Phoenix. It is open Tuesdays through Thursdays and can provide emergency food boxes, adult items, hygiene kits, and gently used items between 9:00 am and 1:45 pm. This may be a necessary resource to provide health and hygiene items to Jessica and Barbara if they become estranged or removed from the house (McNamara, 2020).

One additional choice for the family to go to if they need food would be the ICM Food and Clothing Bank on South 9th Street in Phoenix. This specific bank focuses on food and clothing but has specialized programs or services that other locations don’t. These include nutritious snacks for children, nutrition education, household items, and a lot more. If the family were to need anything outside of immediate food, this location would likely help them a great deal (McNamara, 2020).

One thing that the family would likely need is a plan if they were to experience any major crisis involving their home, or just life in general. One resource that would likely help them to a great degree would be the community action agency in the City of Phoenix. This agency could provide family housing repairs, emergency utility assistance, transportation resources, and more. This would be a once a year program that could help them if the family were to come into dire straits. There are different locations that would work such as the John F. long Family Services Center and the Sunnyslope Family Services Center on North 51st Avenue and West Hatcher Road respectively (City of Phoenix, 2020).

Nesco Resource is an employment agency in Tempe that offers temporary and permanent placement services. Nesco Resource is a large firm that has branches throughout the nation and may be a beneficial place for Barbara to contact for employment assistance (Nesco Resource, 2020). They would be able to find employment for Barbara in the local area, or perhaps in another city if Barbara were interested. The additional income would be of great assistance to the family if Barbara were to still live there, and if Barbara were to move into her own home she would need her own financial resources to provide for food, clothing, and shelter.

If the family and Barbara wanted to separate themselves and leave Barbara to live independently, there would have to be certain locations for her to live with help. A good location that would fit Barbara would be Rose Court Senior Living at 2935 N 18th Pl, Phoenix, AZ 85016. This location provides personalized assisted living to its residents and allows the resident to control how they want to be assisted instead of being forced into a lifestyle they do not agree with (Rose Court, 2020).

If the location of the assisted living was not an issue, one place outside of Phoenix that would work well could be The Gardens of Scottsdale at 6001 E Thomas Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251. This location provides care similar to Rose Court but includes benefits such as transportation, medication reminder, and more (The Gardens of Scottsdale, 2020). Depending on what Barbara wants, we could take her to these two locations or simply find her an apartment to live in where she wishes to be. Either way, we would have to help her find housing since her family does not condone her style of childcare.

The family’s spiritual needs could be met by linking them with Father Bob Fambrini of the Saint Francis Xavier Parish at 4715 N. Central Avenue in Phoenix. Father Fambrini could help provide the spiritual guidance and counseling the family needs to overcome this difficult time in their lives, as well as guidance upon their return to their Catholic lifestyle (A Jesuit Catholic Faith Community, 2020).

5 Non-Basic Needs Resources

One issue for the family that needs to be solved would be childcare in the case the parents could not care for them. The main recipient would likely be three year old Emily. We would recommend she go to Little Kings and Queens Preschool on 82nd street in Phoenix. This would allow the parents to not worry about Emily being mistreated by the grandmother and would get her a head start in her education (Little Kings and Queens Pre-School, 2020).

The next resource we would recommend is for Peyton to go to the Boys and Girls Club of Metro Phoenix on Bellview St inside Balsz Elementary School. This would give the child a new outlet for new friends, helping him cope with the loss of his brother (Boys & Girls Clubs, 2020).

Resources needed for the family are found locally through nearby groups that are willing to help the family. In North Phoenix, the church they will use for the funeral service is the St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church. This is a catholic church that is near the family and is primarily catholic, which is something the family could use to grow together and improve their overall relationships (Saint Thomas the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 2020).

One of the needs that the family requires most that does not involve basic needs is mental health assistance. With the recent death of many family members as well as the many issues the family is facing daily, some form of counseling would be beneficial for the family. A counseling location the family would likely endorse is Omega Counseling Inc. at 1480 E Bethany Home Rd #230, Phoenix, AZ 85014. This agency provides multiple forms of counseling from group to individual and includes family counseling. The clients would go to this location for their family counseling and it would likely improve the relationships between the individual members of the family and the unit as a whole (Omega Counseling and Education Services, Inc, 2020).

If that specific location did not work, then another good counseling agency would be Biltmore Family Counseling at 4840 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018. This agency focuses primarily on couples and family therapy and would likely be a more targeted therapy experience compared to the broad therapy provided by the other location. If the family wanted to get closer and work better together then this would likely be a good place to go (Biltmore Family Counseling Inc, 2020).

Client Interaction with Services

One thing we as social workers should keep in mind is how our clients will interact and involve themselves with their service delivery systems. With this specific family, there would likely be some apprehension towards certain services such as food banks or counseling due to the stigma of being “weak” for using these resources. The grandmother Barbara might also be against being in assisted living or a new place altogether, but depending on what the family wishes and the individual wishes, certain services might be ignored and some might need to be added. From a general standpoint, the family will likely be deeply involved in some of these delivery systems so long as they are aware of what is available and what they are eligible for.

Keeping in Touch With Clients and Evaluation of Services

We would likely meet up with the family through them coming to us to discuss issues with their services, new additions or needs that they wish to address, or just us coming to them at their places of living. We would meet up with the complete family in some form weekly until their needs are met, then either on an as-needed basis or monthly to give updates and learn of any new information they wish us to know. The effectiveness of the services can be addressed simply by talking with the organization or group providing the service as well as by talking with the family and their own opinions about the services. If the organization is good but the family dislikes it, then we would likely change the resource. As long as the family is content with the services they have, we will have done our job effectively and with competence.

Cultural Considerations

There will be many cultural considerations concerning the family, as they have a diverse cultural background involving ethnicities, religious affiliations, and the associated core beliefs and values. The best practice is to utilize the self-determination of the individuals to set personal treatment goals, then develop them further as a family to incorporate everyone’s perspective in the successful administration of therapeutic techniques in accomplishing family objectives.

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Interprofessional Team Practice
In order for the family to receive a comprehensive amount of care that provides for most aspects of their lives, we would need to organize an interprofessional team. Within this team, there would need to be multiple different individuals experienced in different facets of the family and can provide them support when needed. The interprofessional team would consist of the following: LCSW, faith Leader, addiction recovery specialist, employment resource specialist, and a case manager.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

One of the first members of the team would be an LCSW to provide both individual and family counseling. This will help the family cope with the emotional trauma caused by recent deaths and will help motivate them to grow and progress in the wake of these events. Individual counseling will present each family member the ability to develop according to his or her own goals, as well as overcome traumatic experiences and personal difficulties. This individualized counseling would also enable the LCSW to provide a diagnosis for any condition that each family member may have. Family counseling would provide a means for the family to strengthen their bonds and overcome the traumatic experiences they have endured as a family (Arizona State of Behavioral Health Examiners, 2013).

Faith Leader

Another vital member of the team would be a faith leader, whether it be a bishop of their specific church or simply someone close to them that they view as a spiritual guide. This would help quell their doubts about their spirituality and strengthen them in a way that a regular social worker might not be able to do.

Addiction Recovery Specialist

To help Jessica with her addiction recovery, an addiction expert would provide her steps to stay on the path and keep herself from relapsing. This type of support could be given by a social worker as well, but I think that as long as she develops a strong relationship with whoever provides her support, it will help her immensely.

Employment Resource Specialist

Another member of the group that could help the family would be someone involved with Employment Services. This could be someone from the community, a specific company or group that advertises certain jobs or careers, or more. The purpose of this member being present is to help Barbara become more independent by first finding some level of employment. Once she finds a proper job, she will be better equipped to live outside the immediate family.

Interprofessional Team Manager

Finally, we ourselves would be the final member of the team. Our job would be to make sure each of the members of the interprofessional team is able to contact each other and provide input for how the family can be improved. We would likely be the proxy for each of the members so that no unnecessary information is disclosed and we would connect each of the team members to whatever is needed. Overall, we would be considered the glue that holds the entire team together all with the purpose of strengthening the clients and providing them meaningful services.

Social Work Roles and Boundaries:

The roles that each member play in the overall team are vital to the smooth functioning of the unit because, without proper roles and boundaries, the structure of the team would devolve and would ultimately leave the client without help. For us social workers, our role in this situation is to provide resources to the client through finding a competent and effective team of professionals whose purpose is to empower the client and make their lives better. Because we foster healthy interprofessional behavior, it allows the team to better provide for the client and serve their needs. The boundaries that we would need to set are primarily boundaries involving confidentiality. We would need to monitor what information is said to who so that nobody’s confidentiality is breached and the family can be rest assured that they can be honest. If confidentiality were to be breached then the family would lose rapport with both the interprofessional group, but also us as the social worker. In conclusion, we would need to organize the team itself and supervise the team ensuring that the client is getting the resources they need while also protecting their confidentiality and rights.

Important Contextual Information

The Johnson family dynamics center on the ability of the family as a unit and empowered through their faith. This information is vital to the success of the resources provided by the interprofessional team, as each of the resources needs to be localized to the area in which the family resides. Faith services should be centered upon a local church that would include religious education for children and adults. It would also provide solace to the family after the recent deaths and would strengthen the family as a whole. Jessica’s addiction recovery specialist should be located in an area not too distant from the family, but far enough from the family to prevent eloping from the program and jeopardizing her ability to recover from her addiction. The relocation of the grandmother, Barbara, to her own domicile should consider the proximity to her family, local church, employment resources and training center, and place of employment as much as possible to ensure family continuity, strength, and desire to remain close.

Individual Participation in the Team:

Our role would be as a Case Manager to facilitate the provision of resources for the family and to provide the oversight needed to assess the treatment and effectiveness of the case management strategies. This would be done through research about certain local resources and by supervising the interprofessional team and their progress with each of the family members.

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Focus Delivery System
Behavioral Health System

This delivery system focuses on providing resources to individuals who require mental health evaluations, placement into a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), counseling for traumatic events, and more. While other delivery systems focus on the physical needs of the clients that they serve, the behavioral health system focuses on the mental and spiritual needs that the client requires to live a healthy life.

System Funding:

The federal government provides funding to most behavioral health systems. The funding is through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, which focuses on the budgeting of services involving those areas across the United States. To fund mental health services across the nation, they use multiple different methods to ensure programs that require significant monetary investment have what they need to function. This includes the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant and overall direct distribution. In the fiscal year 2018,  funding was overall similar to the previous spending, but due to the current administration’s stance on healthcare and mental health, the amount able to be distributed was lowered. Amounts in dollars include but are not limited to:

416 million for the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant

119 million for the Children’s Mental Health Services

60 million for Suicide Prevention

5 million for Assertive Community Treatment in SAMHSA

23 million for the Youth Violence Prevention Program

107 million for staff and overall resources needed to oversee the programs/services

12 million for Public Awareness and Support

These amounts total approximately 912 million dollars and show how the government provides its services and is distributed across different areas of the behavioral health system (HHS Office of the Secretary, Office of Budget, 2018)

General Population Served:

When discussing who is served by the behavioral health system, it is generally understood that anyone can be served and that anyone can require these services no matter the person’s circumstances. Despite this, there are often certain populations that require these services more than others due to societal situations and perceptions. The main populations that are served are people with depression, anxiety, and any other mental health disorder or issue. This also includes people in poverty, people who are homeless, and more since these individuals are placed in higher stress situations and lower overall health. According to the Health and Human Services Administration, 43 million Americans (18% of the population) would be classified as having “met the medical standard for having a mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that substantially interfered with or limited major life activities” (HHS Office). Additionally, 10 million Americans (4% of the population) would also be classified as having a serious mental illness (HHS Office). Based on these statistics, it is clear that a large majority of people use these services and it is not limited to any specific type of group. The only qualifications are that the person must have some sort of mental issue, whether it be a diagnosed illness or simply an unhealthy state of mind.

Description of What Services are Provided:

There are many services that could be provided, for example, counseling, in-patient care, or support groups. Counseling is a collaborative effort between a client and a counselor. Counselors help clients identify goals and potential solutions to problems that cause distress to the client. Counselors also seek to improve coping skills and communication, promote behavior change, and strengthen self-esteem. In-patient care is the care of clients whose condition requires admission into a facility for an extended stay. There, clients will be closely monitored by doctors and nurses to suit their needs for their mental health (Tracy, N. 2019). A support group is a group of people with common concerns and experiences who provide emotional and moral support for each other. These groups can be led by a counselor or licensed social worker, but the focus is between the individuals involved rather than the “discussion leader” (Chang, V., Decker, C., & Scott, S. 2018).

Description of How Services are Accessed:

Behavioral health services are accessed directly by the client or as referrals by other providers that see the need for specialized treatment and care. Direct client access, or self-referral, is common concerning counseling, substance abuse and rehabilitation, and support groups. Referral by other providers may be made upon annotating the need for more specialized care when the patient has been seen by a primary care provider, emergency room physician, or by a court of law. Circumstances such as a danger to others/danger to self, divorce or separation proceedings, and diagnosis of certain mental disorders may earn the recommendation for referral to ensure the preservation and quality of life for the client, as well as the safety of others.

Description of How Services are Delivered:

Behavioral health services are delivered through a variety of means. These may include individualized sessions in an office setting, group sessions in an office or meeting room, on-scene events during a crisis, or in the emergency room setting. Some situations may require the use of in-patient hospitalization for continuous care or outpatient services that require regular attendance that does not necessitate restriction to the facility. With growing technological advances, services may even be provided through phone or internet conferencing to facilitate the support of clients when immediate attention is needed in an underserved area.

Description of how Program Services Evaluated to Ensure Efficiency and Effectiveness:

Behavioral health service providers in the area of social work are held accountable by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and by their respective state licensing boards, of which many incorporate the Code of Ethics published by the NASW. Certification and recertification licensure programs are in-depth and require extensive background checks, adherence to self-reporting protocol, and degree and professional growth requirements. Program managers and administrators of the service providers also conduct evaluations of their services to ensure proper treatment is given and growth of the providers is kept current with professional trends in its expanding knowledge base. Services are also kept in check with the protocols established to allow clients the opportunity to provide complaints to the service, state licensure boards, or the NASW (National Association of Social Workers, 2017) (Evaluating Program, Practice, and Service Effectiveness, 2020).

How the System Can Be Improved:

There are a few things that can be done to improve the system, its efficacy, and its overall impact on people who use the services they provide. One major change would be at the legislative level, which would be to increase spending on specific areas of behavioral health so that more people can use the services provided. This would help with the increasing population of people who have mental health issues and could allow people to get better services due to better monetary distribution.

Another great improvement to the system could be to provide a better place for seriously mentally ill people to reside that doesn’t leave them homeless, a danger to others, or a danger to themselves. With the deinstitutionalization of asylums and similar locations, that forced people to go into society with no assistance or support. If we could collectively create a system for people with serious mental issues that would protect them rather than contain and harm them, it would benefit society immensely and make the nation safer as a whole.

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Group Member Evaluations
Nathan’s Evaluation

Self Evaluation:

Overall my contributions to the wiki were looking up resources for the client that would help their situation and taking ideas and edits from the rest of the group. I didn’t have any specific large contribution except for writing most of the preliminary information for the wiki. This includes explaining the family, listing the resources available, and articulating the client’s situation and its overall effects on the environment and vice versa. If I had to give myself a rating, I would give myself a 5 out of 5 because I did provide a majority of the information. Despite this, I know that I could have edited the wiki more in comparison to the rest of the group who edited a lot of the document to make it flow better or better explain what I couldn’t articulate. Regardless, I feel confident that my contributions to the wiki were numerous and I did my best to make this family feel real and make the resources they use actually beneficial.

Other Partner’s Contributions:

Aaron- His contributions to the wiki were numerous, to say the least! His editing and verbiage used made my writing a lot more comprehensive and understandable. Additionally, the research he put into specific locations for the client was impressive. His attention to detail and how certain services could affect the client really mirrored what a social worker should focus on when doing their work. He specifically found the addiction center for Jessica, made up the kids and their specific circumstances in the case family, and he encouraged us to include religious undertones to the family since it would make the family feel more natural. These are only a few of his contributions, but know that he contributed most of the resources for the client, provided great explanations for the interprofessional team section, and single-handedly wrote half of page 4 including what services would be provided, accessed, and delivered. His most important contributions were in finding specific resources for the family and explaining the interprofessional team. Without his contributions to this project, it would lack cohesion and detail that I myself could not provide. Out of 5, I would rate his contributions as a 5 out of 5 with confidence.

Ciera- Her contribution provided good information for the wiki similar to Aaron. She formulated most of the family in the beginning and she also helped edit the general wiki. She also found a few of the resources for the client including where the children would stay like the Boys and Girls Club and the counseling agencies. Despite these contributions, I would personally say that it took some pressing on my part to have her contribute in more ways. While what she provided helped create the wiki, it took me asking her to find specific things for her to do it. In general, I would say that her main contributions would be creating the family and finding some of the non-essential resources for the case family. Out of 5, I would rate her contributions a 3, or if half points counted, a 3.5. This is because she did contribute to the wiki and did her part, but primarily Aaron and I did a great deal of the work and I felt that she had the capacity to contribute more but chose not to. This definitely does not discount the work that she did provide, but I am just saying that she had the potential to contribute more than she did. Overall I liked working with her and she made the process of working on this project enjoyable and provided great morale.

Aaron’s Evaluation

Self Evaluation:

In conducting an evaluation of my personal contribution to the overall project, I believe I gave considerable input to all aspects involved in the assignment. I had significant contributions to the family design, needs and resource assessment, interprofessional team dynamics for the treatment of the family, and the focus delivery system. I assisted greatly with the blending of social work theory and practice with the family’s identity and needs. I would give myself a 5/5 rating.

Other Partner Contributions:

Nathan had significant contributions to the overall project and has more than earned a 5/5 rating. His technological expertise led to the functional and high quality design of the page, as well as incorporating a means for his group members to be involved in each aspect of the design and content. He composed numerous aspects of each page, providing resources, and details regarding effective plans for each need the family possesses. Nathan researched much of the information he acquired before he wrote his contributions, in effort to provide correct and meaningful resources, treatments, and locations. He continually edited each page before and after posting to the wiki page, regardless of any previous editing, to ensure the pages were complete and free from errors. His thoughts, feelings, and desires concerning each member of the family is directly in line with ethical and successful social work practice.

Ciera had many contributions to the design of the family and assisted in the compilation of information for each section. She found resources available to the family such as counseling agencies and after school activities. She helped edit each page before posting and additionally after posting to the wiki page. She provided many thoughts to several sections to Nathan and myself, who would in turn actually conduct the composition. Her contributions are in line with social work practice, and through additional training and education she possesses the ability to grow into a terrific social worker. I would rate her performance as 4 out of 5.

Ciera’s Evaluation:

Self Evaluation:

Overall I feel I contributed quite a bit to the project overall. I basically came up with most of the scenario in the beginning, granted I missed the first class and didn’t know what we were doing at the time, so I just jumped into a random group. I also helped locate resources for the family as much as I could. I felt like I was kind of pushed aside a lot of the time and not given the chance to shine as I really could. Every time I would find a resource, someone else would use the resource that they found and my options got pushed away. I felt like I wasn’t given the chance I needed. Although I could have done some more work, I felt like I did put a great deal into this project. I would give myself a 4/5

Other Partner Contributions:

Nathan’s Evaluation:

I feel that Nathan did most of the project. He really went above and beyond to make sure everything was done correctly, and sounded good. He also did all of the typing whenever we worked in class. He also created the Wiki page, all the Google Docs, and would take our work and update the Wiki page when a new page was due. I loved working with Nathan. We became great friends over the semester. He really helped me when I didn’t understand a concept and I really appreciate that. He was very pleasant to work with and he is really funny. Nathan really dove head first into this project and gave it his all. Overall, I would give Nathan a 5/5.

Aaron’s Evaluation:

Being honest, I did not really talk to Aaron all that much during the project. We bounced a few ideas off of each other in the beginning. I feel that Aaron did a lot of the research as well. He found multiple resources for the family. Since, I did not talk to Aaron that often I can’t say what he did and did not do. He is a hilarious man that loves his family. From the beginning, from what I saw, Aaron really gave this project his all too. I loved working with him when we did talk. Overall, I would give Aaron a 4/5. I feel I would have given him a 5/5 if I talked to him a bit more during the project but I feel he did give his all.

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Conclusion
Case Family:

The family that we created to highlight different aspects of service delivery systems was the Johnson family. The structure of the overall family includes two parents, three children, two grandparents, and one aunt. The parents are a married couple named Lauren and Nick. Their children are Emily, Peyton, and Donald II. Their grandparents are Barbara (Nick’s side of the family) and Klaus (Lauren’s side of the family). While the family is overall very functional, recent events have led to certain problems becoming prevalent. One of the most recent developments has been the death of Donald II, Nick and Lauren’s oldest son, from accidental drowning. Kia (Lauren’s mother) and Donald (Nick’s father) recently passed away as well, compounding the family’s loss and suffering. This has rocked the family to its core and led to contention between the children, leaving the family depressed.

Focus Delivery System and Its Interactions:

The main focus delivery system would be the behavioral health system, which focuses on the mental and spiritual needs of the clients. From the many services that the behavioral health system provides to people, the Johnson family would likely focus on counseling. Whether the family chose individual or family counseling, they would place emphasis on learning to cope with the recent deaths of Donald II and Kia. Overall, there would be tremendous interaction between the clients and each service they would be eligible to utilize. The family would likely need an inter-professional team to help coordinate what services they needed and the interactions between the services. The essential team would include a Licensed Clinical Social Worker to organize and maintain the team and ensure the client is properly protected, a faith leader to ensure the family maintains the faith which they hold dear, an addiction recovery specialist to help Jessica overcome her addiction, and an employment resource specialist to help Barbara find a job as well as suitable housing for her to live in. With this team of individuals, the client would be able to safely interact with the services that they need while not having different services impede each other in a way that could harm the clients.

End Goal for the Family:

The ultimate end goal for the Johnson family is to provide them with services that they need to help them cope with the recent deaths of their close family. This would be best done through the eventual discharge of the family from their services once they all agree that the issues they came in for were largely managed and no danger remains for any of the family members. The first service to likely end would be any assistance for the funerals of Kia and Donald II. After that, there wouldn’t likely be a set service to be discharged from since the amount of time that a service is needed varies depending on the situation. But from a general standpoint, the family’s child care assistance would end when they find a suitable place for Peyton and Emily to stay while the parents are at work and Barbara is not present in the home. Additionally, for Jessica’s addiction recovery, she would likely be discharged when she feels confident that she can stay sober on her own without assistance or when she has completed the facility’s graduation requirements. The family’s counseling would likely end when they have become more united and have learned to effectively cope with the deaths of their family members as well as other difficult life events. In regards to the family’s assistance regarding faith, it is ultimately up to the family if they decide to continue seeing religious leaders for assistance, if they continue going to a church, or if they continue to pursue organized religion as a whole. If the family still seeks to strengthen their faith then they will do so, but otherwise, they would probably go back to being faithful without being a part of an organized gathering. Once all of these goals are met, or when the family feels content to stop services, then they will be discharged from their services and will continue to live their lives as best as they can.

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