CASE STUDIES ASSESSMENT REFLECTION & REFLEXIVITY. This assignment is aimed at getting you to assess case studies using the phases

of reflection, critical reflection, and reflexivity. In addition, you will need to

include the use of assessment tools to assess the cases. These are skills that you

must master within the social work profession therefore, it is important that you

start developing these skills when assessing cases. CASE STUDY ONE

Tevita, a $10-$year$-$old boy recently moved to your community with his family. He has

three other siblings. A sister Rosi $16,$ Pita $12$ and Kylie $5$ years old. They are of mixed

ethnicity from a bi$-$cultural relationship from an indigenous woman $($can be from any

Pacific origin$)$ and a Chinese man. Tevita has been bullied and teased in school and in

the community. He also recently got kicked and punched by a group of older boys in

the neighbourhood. The family does not have any close relatives nearby but the

mother$$s sister lives about $70$km in another town. They are affiliated with the local

church and the local school where the all the children are enrolled, however, they

tend to keep to themselves. It has been hard for the children to adjust to their new

environment.

You have been assigned this case as the school Social Worker. $1)$ Draw an

$$Ecomap$$ of your understanding of the case; $2)$ Using the phases of reflection,

discuss how you would reflect on this case. Refer to the instructions provided to

guide you.

CASE STUDY TWO

Anna, an $18-$year$-$old girl has attempted suicide twice over the last $2$ years and has

been referred to you as the hospital social worker. Her case files state that she is $2$

months pregnant and that her boyfriend John left her when he found out that she

was with a child. Anna lives with her mother Dotty who is a single mother and

does not want to have anything to do with this as she was a teenage mother

herself when she had Anna. Dotty is visibly upset about this as she has told Anna

so many times that she needs to focus on her studies rather than boys. Despite

all, Dotty has accompanied Anna to come to you. Dotty$$s parents live about $20$km

away and are close to Anna, but Dotty chooses not to have any relationship with

her parents.

You have been assigned this case as the social worker. $1)$ Draw a $$Genogram$$ to help

you assess this case. $2)$ Using the phases of reflection, discuss how you would

conduct a reflection on this case. Refer to the instructions provided to guide you.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

$1.$ For the $1$st case study, draw an ecomap to reflect the client's most

important relationships with people, groups, and$/$or organizations; and

identify resources available in the clients' community. After drawing this,

explain in a few sentences what your ecomap shows.

$2.$ For the $2$nd case study, draw a genogram outlining the history of the behavior

patterns $($e$.$g$.,$ suicide, abuse$)$ of a family over several generations. After

drawing this, explain in a few sentences what your genogram shows.

$3.$ Apply and draw a culturagram for only ONE of the cases. Explain your

diagram before continuing with the following.

$4.$ Using ASWOF Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct, assess how you will

comply to the ethical standards and explain the context when working

through the $2$ cases studies provided. Refer to the ASWOF Code of Ethics,

under Wk $5$ heading in Moodle.

$5.$ State the clause number and what it refers to in your write up$.$ You are to

explain how the clause or clauses you have identified apply to the case

and what are your responsibilities as the social worker when assessing

and working$/$reflecting on each case.

$6.$ Using the cycle and phases of reflection first explain your own thoughts

about what is happening in this case study. This is based on your own

worldview, i$.$e$.,$ your beliefs, your culture, biases, and how this shapes the

way you are thinking about this particular case. These will be referred to$,$

as your reflections based on your view of the world.

$7.$ Next, using critical reflection, explain who the client is or are and then

question, challenge, deconstruct the systems, what is happening with

the issues you have identified?