SOCW 6520: Social Work Field Education III
Week 2
Confidentiality
Resources please use the reading that I have provided to you. Please note that this is a master of social work. Please check the grammar.
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.
Resources
Readings
• Saxon, C., Jacinto, G. A., & Dziegielewski, S. F. (2006). Self- determination and confidentiality: The ambiguous nature of decision-making in social work practice. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 13(4), 55–72.
• Wulff, D. P., St George, S. A., & Besthorn, F. H. (2011). Revisiting confidentiality: Observations from family therapy practice. Journal of Family Therapy, 33(2), 199–214.
Media
• Laureate Education (Producer). (2013a). Confidentiality [Audio file]. Retrieved fromhttps://class.waldenu.edu
Assignment
Week 2 Blog
Refer to the topics covered in this week’s resources and incorporate them into your blog.
a blog post that includes:
• An explanation of potential challenges in adhering to confidentiality in your field education experience
• A description of agency policies or mandates with regard to confidentiality
• An explanation of potential challenges in communicating with clients within your agency
Be sure to support your blog posts with specific references to this week’s resources and provide full APA citations for your references. For more information about posting your blog assignment, click on the Field Education Blogs link on the course navigation menu.
