What does SMART stand for?

Use Chapter 12 in your textbook. This will help you in the next assignment.

Learning Objective: Describe a client needs list and demonstrate how it is used in social work practice.

Open-Ended Question:

1. Explain how a client needs list could be used in coordinating the activities of several different agencies and professionals who are all providing services to a particular individual. Please develop your answer.

A tool known as a client needs list is most likely to be used in

a. psychotherapy with clients who are emotionally needy

b. food and nutrition planning

c. community organizing

d. case management

Formulating Intervention Objectives-

Learning Objective: Explain the concept of a practice objective and describe the characteristics of a properly formulated or constructed objective.

Open-Ended Questions: PLEASE DEVELOP YOUR ANSWERS.

1. Explain the difference between a “goal’ and an “objective.” Provide an example of each FOR YOUR CLIENT- FROM THE MOVIE/TV SHOW- this should be based on the assessment you submitted.

2. Describe the key characteristics of a properly written “objective.”

3. When developing an objective, it is important to not confuse input with an outcome. Explain the difference between these two concepts.

4. Write an intervention objective that makes use of a timeframe or timeline. (FOR YOUR MOVIE CLIENT)

Multiple-Choice Questions:

Which of the following statements best reflects the characteristics of an objective that might be written into a client’s case plan.

a. Mr. Jones will get some counseling for his problems

b. Mr. Jones will submit a job application

c. Mr. Jones will submit two job applications within 4 weeks

d. Mr. Jones will learn to behave more appropriately

When an objective is especially complex and cannot be written in a single sentence, it will be necessary to attach further statements of

a. condition and criteria as clarification

b. timelines or timeframes

c, monitoring, and supervision

d. outcome goals

Written Service Contracts

Learning Objective: Identify the key elements or components of a written service contract and explain how it can be useful in direct social work practice.

Multiple-Choice Question:

The most important characteristic of a properly formulated written contract is that it

a. avoids committing a worker or agency to particular actions or tasks

b. specifies what both the client and the worker/agency will do

c. is not more than 10 words in length

d. specifies what the client will do in the next 4 or 5 days

Making Use of Informal Resources

Learning Objective: Describe the characteristics of informal resources and their potential usefulness to an individual or family.

Open-Ended Questions:

1. Describe three reasons why the use of informal resources may have appealed to clients.

2. List two reasons why some professionals are reluctant to consider drawing upon informal resources.

3. Explain how a social worker can meet his/her professional obligation to maintain confidentiality for a client when informal resources (friends, neighbors, etc.) are being utilized in the helping process.

Multiple-Choice Question:

The person with final authority concerning whether to contact a potential informal resource is the

a. the client

b. the social worker

c. a coordinator of informal resources

d. the client’s case manager

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