The University of Texas at Arlington Child Protective Services Questions

1.Give a brief description of agency and services provided.

2. Summarize assessment information.
a. Provide  a  summary  of  the  client’s  demographic  description  and  any  pertinent
information  about  the  family  system.  Demographics  consist  of  ethnicity,  race,
education, knowledge, age, marital status, gender, and social economic status.
b. What is the presenting problem? Provide a human behavior and social environment
(HBSE) theory to explain how and why you developed your conclusion.
c. Explain the effect of socioeconomic status on client.  Support your argument with
research  regarding  the  effects  of  socioeconomic  status  on  human  development,
education, and/or health.
d. Define  culture  and  its  significance  in  social  work.    Based  on  the  definition  of
culture, define and explain a minimum of two cultural factors that affect who client
is or his/her situation.
e. Explain how your client’s culture and ethnicity impacts the presenting problem.
f. What are the client’s strengths? Limitations?
g. Who else is affected by the problem? How are they affected by the problem?  Apply
systems theory and include answers in the micro, mezzo, and macro levels.
h. How is your case impacted by policy?  Name and show how one specific policy
has had or could have had a meaningful effect on the client’s experiences.
3. Summarize goal planning, the intervention plan and the actual intervention.
a. What goals and objectives were developed?  Who developed them?
b. What  needs  to  be  changed?    Consider  changes  to  the  client,  family  system,
environment, policy, etc.

Field – Micro/Macro Paper, Page 2

c. Does client have the motivation, capacity, and ability to change? Provide a human
behavior  and  social  environment  (HBSE)  theory  to  explain  how  and  why  you
developed your conclusion.
d. What  resources  are  available?  This  can  also  include  resources  available  but  not
utilized.
e. What  intervention  options  are  available?  Name  two  interventions  and  justify  the
use of these interventions with relevant social work literature (i.e., evidence-based
practice).  
f. Provide two social work skills-based techniques that were helpful in working with
this case.  Explain how you applied the skills in the case.  This web link is not all
inclusive and provided as a start.
https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/10-skills-every-so…
4. Summarize your evaluation of the intervention.
a. Were  the  desired  outcomes  (goals)  achieved?    What  evaluation  tool  was  used  or
could have been used to evaluate the process or outcome of the case?  What does
the evaluation tool measure?
i. If  outcomes  were  achieved,  what  process  did  you  utilize  to  terminate  the
client?  If  termination  did  not  occur,  how  might  it  occur  based  on  agency
procedure and/or best evidence-based practices?
ii. If outcomes were not achieved or still ongoing, what barriers were
encountered?
1. Have the barriers been addressed?
a. If yes, how were the barriers addressed?
b. If not, why not?