An explanation of potential challenges for intervention during your field education experience
John Lawrence
An explanation of potential challenges for intervention during your field education experience
One of the potential challenges for interventions for our clients is the community understanding that there are not enough resources to address the social problems that are present in our community (Garthwait, 2017). Many people view the population that the Elizabeth Foundation serves in negative terms where they are too lazy to get a job to bring them out of homelessness or made bad decisions that led them into substance use disorder (Understand Homelessness, n.d.). Another challenge is the clients who are using substances that cause psychosis such as methamphetamine create a challenge in for intervention as these clients tend to exhibit behaviors of mistrust and fear of any organization that could help them (Villines, n.d.).
An explanation of personal action plans you might take to address intervention in your field education experience
One of the items addresses how the general community views the homeless population in education. Education on how homelessness is a complex social problem, and a one size fits all solution does not address the issue (Garthwait, 2017). In the education of the community, we must explain that it is a convergence of mental health, substance use disorder, economy, all forms of abusive relationships and many other factors help explain and educate the community as to why our organization needs to operate with syringe exchange to begin to address the social problem (Understand Homelessness, n.d.). To address the psychosis of methamphetamine substance, use as a challenge building rapport, operating with empathy, and partnering with insiders within the population can increase the effective use of interventions with clients and allow us to utilize resources to address their needs.
2.Marcia Reed Wilson
Intervention is the universally established third step in the change process. Due to the diverse groups of clients, I interact with in my agency, I often find(more often than not) no matter how similar the clients/situations appear, each client’s social functioning is paramount and instrumental in the optimum success or failure(need to revise plan) of the prescribed treatment plan designed by the client and their social worker. Social functioning includes the ability to fulfill desired and required social roles, meet one’s own basic needs, make adequate contributions to family and community life, and achieve autonomy and satisfaction in the pursuit of own’s lives goals(Garthwait,2017). Stating this, I find that with each respective client, you may have a large spectrum of cooperation and active participation in their own treatment plan which is stressful and I find myself having to remind myself all I can do is my part/play my role as effectively as I can within the helping relationship. Clients who come/are referred expecting you/me to take notes and ‘fix’ their issues with nothing more than the intake form as their contribution makes it hard to effectively implement successful interventions especially due to my role within my agency.
The NASW Code of Ethics, prescribes social workers respect and promote the right of clients to self-determination and assist clients in their efforts to identify and clarify their goals(NASW,2018). With this in mind, I will work harder at respecting the client’s individual strengths and levels of resiliency as well as their particular level of effort in participating in the process to meet their goals. I will continue to reach out to my supervisors when I need to adjust or audit my plans and to ‘check’ myself as I offer assistance not,’ doing the heavy lifting for the client. Accept that I am there to assist, and contribute, not to manufacture or create the solution for the client. The skills employed would be the use of redirection when needed, circular questioning, positive reinforcement, and motivational interviewing throughout the entire process to all for respecting the client’s goals and make changes as needed as we get closer to termination/goal acquisition.
3.Courtney Perez
Intervention is the third phase within the planned change process between the social worker and the client. This phase is essential for our client’s progress toward their goals and other areas they wish to improve in their life (Garthwait, 2017). There are several challenges that may arise during the intervention phase. Some include cultural barriers, client interpersonal problems, and clients not implementing the intervention skills greed upon, to mention a few. When cultural barriers are present, some clients may be hesitant to work with social workers who are unaware of their culture. That is why all social workers must be culturally competent to better assist all clients that we may see. If a client is experiencing interpersonal problems, it may interfere with the intervention phase. When external factors become too much for a client, the intervention plans agreed upon may become too overwhelming for the client to proceed with them. Some clients may also be resistant to the interventions for various reasons. They may not want to participate and are being court-ordered to receive treatment or think they do not need help.
For the action plan that my supervisor and I went over together, one of the main things needed is to go over the client’s goals each session and see how they are progressing after each session. Doing this will show the clients the importance of the agreed-upon goals and also give the social worker an idea of how much progress has been made since the previous session. Informing the clients that their progress will be tracked during each session may also increase the likelihood that they are working towards obtaining their goals. Another part of the action plan is keeping in contact with the clients. Sending emails if they have access to one or calling them to do quick check-ups and inform them of an upcoming visit can help build rapport with the clients and show them that we truly care about their wellbeing. Some of our client’s needs may change between sessions and knowing what the new needs of the clients are before a session starts can help us keep control of the session and keep us more prepared to handle the issues our clients are facing currently.
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