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Competency #7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Social workers understand that assessment is an ongoing component of the dynamic and interactive process of social work practice with, and on behalf of, diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers understand theories of human behavior and the social environment, and critically evaluate and apply this knowledge in the assessment of diverse clients and constituencies, including individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers understand methods of assessment with diverse clients and constituencies to advance practice effectiveness. Social workers recognize the implications of the larger practice context in\u00a0the assessment process and value the importance of inter-professional collaboration in this process. Social workers understand how their personal experiences and affective reactions may affect their assessment and decision-making. Social workers:<\/p>\n

Practice Behavior 1:<\/strong> Formulate comprehensive assessments, using a variety of diagnostic classification systems<\/p>\n

Practice Behavior 2:<\/strong> Design and implement organizational and\/or community assessments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Competency #7 in Practice<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This competency calls me to assess communities, people, systems, etc. as I work with them. It helps me know what I need to do to help. Without assessment, I cannot know what I can do to best serve a population. It also asks me to create and execute assessments for clients where a preexisting one may not work. It helps me \u201cdiagnose\u201d a problem and figure out how I can help. This competency also asks me to see how effective I am as a professional. I have to assess what I am doing regularly so I can ensure I am doing the best possible work for my clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence for Practice Behavior 1:<\/strong> For this practice behavior, I was able to complete a symptom and diagnosis write-up for my Diagnosis course based on a video that was presented in class. This write-up was completed with the DSM-5. The disorders were labeled as Conduct Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Disruptive Mood Disregulation Disorder. Please see that document here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

During my practicum with Centerstone, I worked with a client with OCD. Diagnosing her with this disorder required me to do research on how to accurately diagnose and work with her. I used the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Scale with her and asked her about her symptoms to assess her. Then I compared my results with the DSM 5 criteria for OCD. To see my notes about this process, please click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence for Practice Behavior 2:<\/strong> For my Program Development course, I did a needs assessment for a pet therapy program for Centerstone. Please click here<\/a> to view the full assignment. <\/span><\/p>\n

For this practice behavior I was able to evaluate the middle school Centerstone client community for suicidal ideation. See one of my evaluations using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating-Scale\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

For this Competency, I had to use my knowledge of interpersonal relationships and systems to find appropriate assessment tools and methods. This Competency required me to use the social work value of service. To help and assess the lives of my clients, I have to serve them. The skills I used to engage in this competency are active listening, summarizing, clarification, and empathy. For these evidences I distinguished, produced information and looked critically at the individual and their system involvement. For these tasks, I had to organize, listen and formulate assessment tools. Systems theory informed my practice with this Competency. It helped me to take a step back and look at my client not just as an individual, but also as a part of other systems. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Competency #7: Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities Social workers understand that assessment is an ongoing component of the dynamic and interactive process of social work practice with, and on behalf of, diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Social workers understand theories of human behavior and the social environment, and critically evaluate and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":728,"featured_media":0,"parent":383,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/728"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/406\/revisions\/609"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swpro.org\/cashcraft\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}