The Sanchez family is a large extended family living in a Latino community in the midwest. You are their social worker, having just been hired at the local social service agency. Your job is to provide a psychosocial assessment, develop a case plan, and then execute that plan. This is a complex case that will require you to apply everything you are learning in your social work program! To get started, click on the button below, and begin your tasks.http://routledgesw.com/sanchez/home
Review the information on the case and respond to the questions in the post. Be sure to read the posts of other students and respond to at least 2 other students. Your responses must reflect critical thinking and engagement in the content. Ask thoughtful questions and leave comments about your agreement or different viewpoint. Write a few sentences to answer each question. See the attached rubric for details about grading.
Intervene
- What are the long-term goals for the family as a whole in order of importance? (Note: focus on goals for the entire family, not individual members).
- Identify one SMART objective for the family that will help them accomplish the goal. “PLEASE USE THE SMART GOALS”
- What resources will be required? Include both the formal and informal resources you defined earlier, as well as additional resources that do not appear on the town map or in the case files.
- What can you do to help the family accomplish the goals?
Evaluate
- After reviewing your notes about your intervention plan, identify the measures that you could use to determine whether the family’s goals have been reached or not.
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Intervene
- What are the long-term goals for the family as a whole in order of importance? (Note: focus on goals for the entire family, not individual members).
The long-term goals for the family, in order of importance, are communication, finances, immigration, and housing. Communication between the family is almost non-existent, and Mrs. Sanchez has to get food from their church without her husband, Mr. Sanchez knowing. The family struggles financially with the head of the household, Mr. Sanchez, not working as much and not regularly eating to save money. The immigration issue is a problem because it affects Mr. and Mrs. Sanchez’s relationship, and the house is not big enough for the family.
Identify one SMART objective for the family that will help them accomplish the goal.
The family, though very close-knit, is very disconnected, so having a weekly game day will help bridge the disconnect.
The family will have a game day once a week, on Sunday after lunch, to improve their listening skills and interaction with each other, and it will be completed by April 22, 2023.
S: Game Day
M: One time a week
A: Every Sunday after lunch
R: Will help improve their listening skills and interaction with each other
T: To be completed by April 22, 2023.
- What resources will be required? Include both the formal and informal resources you defined earlier, as well as additional resources that do not appear on the town map or in the case files.
Formal resources required for the Sanchez family with the buy-in of Mr. Hector Sanchez are Family and Social Services, where they can receive benefits such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), CalFresh, and Medi-cal. The Sanchez family can also receive Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment and additional income for Vicki and Carmen if they qualify for SSI. Other formal resource would be the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation and Community Group Home for Disabled citizens, School for the Hearing Impaired, Drug Rehabilitation, 2-1-1, Shelter for Battered Women, Immigration lawyers, Martin Luther King Jr. High School, and Central Junior High School. Informal supports would be Mercado Grocery Store, our Lady of Guadalupe Church, and friends Alicia Lopez and Luisa Gonzalez. Additional informal resources would be the community center, library, thrift stores, Swap Meets, and outdoor markets.
- What can you do to help the family accomplish the goals?
According to Kirst-Ashman and Hull (2017), homework assignments and role playing are two ways of engaging the family. I can give the family homework assignments based on their SMART goal for communication and also do role play in the office with the family; I can also call the different resources and get information on what resources they have that could benefit the Sanchez family. I could then pass them on to the Sanchez family, write down which ones they want to pursue, and then connect them to those resources by providing them with the necessary information. I could also provide bus passes to assist with transportation. I can then set up the specifics about the identified SMART goal and ask if they have games and what type of games they each like and check with my agency if we have a budget to get games for them. If not, I can check thrift stores or other agencies, such as 2-1-1, to get funding to purchase the games for them.
Evaluate
- After reviewing your notes about your intervention plan, identify the measures that you could use to determine whether the family’s goals have been reached or not.
Tools to use based on Kirst-Ashman and Hull (2017) would be check on the families progress on meeting their set goals, doing a check-in with each family member to determine their understanding of the problem/s and how they think they have progressed. Discussing with the family what the future looks like if problems and issues occur again and give them positive reinforcement on how far they have come and answer any questions, concerns or clarifications they may have.
I can also follow up with the Sanchez family on their SMART goal at our weekly meeting on how Sunday ‘game-day’ went and ask specific questions, such as:
Did everyone participate?
What type of game was played?
Has a game been chosen for next Sunday?
Who picked the game for the following Sunday?
Reference
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, Jr. Grafton H. (2017). Empowerment series: Understanding generalist practice (8th ed.). (p.398-399). Cengage Learning.
