Imagine that you are preparing to talk with work colleagues in a weekly team meeting. You need to present a client case to the group, which consists of both emerging and experienced practitioners. This kind of sharing occur in agencies regularly as a way to generate support, discussion, and feedback on practice approaches, techniques, and potential resources. Case presentations offer another opportunity for you to critically reflect on your skills and potential gaps that could be addressed through professional development.
For this Assignment, you develop a case presentation of a client you encountered during your field experience.
Resources
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To Prepare
- Review your field experience notes and your previous process recordings to identify a client to use for this case presentation. ( attached separately) Choose a client that interests you due to the services needed, case history, or your work with them.
- Ensure that, as you describe the client, you maintain their anonymity.
- Download the PowerPoint Presentation Template located in the Learning Resources and use it to develop your case presentation for the identified client. Attached separately.
By Day 7
Create a Case Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. The presentation should have a voiceover audio component (15 minutes maximum) and should include title and reference slides. The remaining slides should address the following:
- A description of your agency and the services offered
- A description of your client to include demographics, presenting problem, goal, legal and ethical considerations, cultural considerations, termination assessment, and proposed treatment/social services delivery plan and the inclusion of termination plans if applicable
- An explanation of whether interacting with your client demonstrated social work practice skills
- Identification of potential social work skills not demonstrated in your agency or field placement to include in a proposed professional development plan
- An explanation of how preparing and engaging in a formal case presentation represents a component of professional social work
For the slides in the Case Presentation, provide significant detail from field education experience, including relevant examples and evidence from the Learning Resources and other professional sources.