Mickel Hoback

Engage, Assess, Intervene, and Evaluate

Engage, assess, intervene, and evaluate with individuals, families,
groups, organizations, and communities.

“Professional practice involves the dynamic and interactive processes of engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation at multiple levels. Social workers have the knowledge and skills to practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. Practice knowledge includes identifying, analyzing, and implementing evidence-based interventions designed to achieve client goals; using research and technological advances; evaluating program outcomes and practice effectiveness; developing, analyzing, advocating, and providing leadership for policies and services; and promoting social and economic justice.” – CSWE (2008)

Practice Behaviors
Engagement
a. Initiate culturally responsive relationships with key stakeholders.

Learning evidenced by:

• Crafting a Stakeholders Analysis with my group cohort to facilitate culturally responsive practice and relationships with the low-income Hispanic community the group planned to assist, as well as those who serve said community.
• Presenting a Policy Brief to my state senator.
• Initiating culturally responsive client relationships by crafting and presenting a financial literacy class for participants in their native language.
• Building relationships the local chapter of the NASW and with local politicians to help bring about social change and promote social justice in the city of Chattanooga as documented in Journal 14 and 24.

b. Facilitate engagement through the development of a comprehensive pre-assessment strategy.

Learning evidenced by:

• Conducting a community assessment in a low-income Hispanic community. 
• Crafted an Opioid Addiction Test to screen clients before assessing them.
• Creating a  BOPP Anger Management tool to pre-screen clients for anger management problems.

Assessment
c. Formulate comprehensive assessments, using a variety of diagnostic classification systems.

Learning evidenced by:

• Designing and implementing a pre/post assessment and evaluation tool for the Relapse Prevention Group at the Tennessee Department of Corrections.   
  
• Formulating an Opioid Addiction Test to assess clients for drug abuse issues. Crafting an Anger Management assessment to screen clients for anger management needs.
• Creating and analyzing complex clinical scenarios in order to complete five-axis DSM assessments, simulating clinical practice.

d. Design and implement organizational and community assessments.

Learning evidenced by:

• Conducting a community assessment. 
• Conducting a research project that assessed the relationship between international service-learning and Southern Adventist University students’ attitudes, learning outcomes, and commitments to serve in the future.
• Proposing and conducting a financial literacy class for low-income Hispanics.
• Creating a survey for clients in order to assess their outlook on the services provided, their overall perception of the department, and any aftercare needs.

Intervention

e. Implements and integrates evidence-based interventions across multiple advanced practice roles: Clinician, Administrator, Supervisor/Trainer, Community Developer/Advocate, Evaluator/Consultant.

This practice behavior encompasses nearly the entirety of social work practice. A few highlights can be seen below.

Clinician:

• Creating treament plans for clients, an example of which can be seen here. 
• Utilizing clinical tools, such as exercises in modifying core beliefs and schemas.
• Evaluating clinical interventions through transcriptions and reflections. An example can be seen here.

Administrator:

• Developing an entire curriculum for a class on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
• Taking administrative roles in the community project collaboration with CLILA.

Supervisor/Trainer:

• Developing a training on how to budget in English and in Spanish. 
• Creating a framework to guide supervisory practice.

Community Developer/Advocate:

• Conducting a group project for low-income Hispanics.

Evaluator/Consultant

• Constantly evaluating myself and my team, clients, and treatment progress to determine best courses of action and to make corrections if necessary. 
• Consulting with probation/parole officers to implement anti-recidivism programs to help individuals on probation and parole reintegrate into their community. Need was determined using a risk-based assessment and a early warning intervention guide.

Evaluation

f. Use relevant current research to effectively evaluate evidence-based practices based on their efficacy.

Learning evidenced by:

• Examining and reflecting on social work practice related to issues of poverty in this paper. 
• Reflecting on the efficacy of the Strengths-Based model of case management.
  
• Writing article critiques, such as this reflection on the treatment of insomnia for patients with PTSD.
• Researching and analyzing the efficacy of treatments for Vietnam veterans suffering from PTSD in this literature review and this powerpoint.

g. Monitor efficiency and effectiveness of practice outcomes.

Learning evidenced by:

• Recording progress notes of interactions with clients, evaluating progress to adapt practices to improve practice outcomes. For examples, see progress notes 1, 2, and 3.
• Developing a relapse prevention assessment/evaluation in order to adapt best practices on group treatment to gain the most benefit.
• Surveying BOPP clients upon course completions.