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RAY CASE
Ray gains self-confidence from exercising, socializing with the other
team workers at his part-time fast-food job, and honing his woodworking
skills. He graduated high school. Ray applies to college with the support
of his teacher-mentor and gets a full scholarship. He would be the first in
his family to attend college. However, his father George becomes sick
with lung cancer the summer before his freshman year of college. Ray
doesn’t know where to turn. He is estranged from his father’s side of the
family due to a fight George had with his brother years ago. His mother’s
side of the family do not live in the area, and he’s never had a close
relationship with them. He feels a sense of obligation to George and guilt
for what he’d said about wishing him dead, ray never leaves for college,
letting the scholarship lapse. He stays and cares for his father until
George dies four months later. Now 18, Ray lives alone with a rescue pit
bull named Daisy. He has maintained his fast-food job, but after George’s
death, he begins to show up at work late, unshowered, and occasionally
drunk. Ray’s boss tells him that he understands he’s grieving, but he can’t
show up in that state. The boss puts him on probation. If he is late, skips
work, or shows up inebriated again, he will be fired. If Ray loses his job,
his housing will be in jeopardy as well. Ray’s work friends encourage him
to see a social worker.
ASSIGNMENT BELOW
To provide an appropriate intervention, social workers first need to have
conducted a thorough assessment. Having a comprehensive
understanding of a client and their social environment allows a social
worker to accurately identify the presenting problem and help the client
develop goals to address their needs. Part of the assessment should be
how power and privilege connect with the problem. For example, the
client’s gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or
socioeconomic status may put them at a disadvantaged or marginalized
position.
Additionally, evidence-based practice requires social workers to use the
best available evidence to inform their thinking and treatment decisions.
In this Assignment, you further prepare for the biopsychosocial
assessment by identifying the presenting problem and searching for
evidence to deepen your understanding of Ray’s case.
RESOURCES
Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.
Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.
TO PREPARE:
Locate at least 1 peer-reviewed scholarly resource that could inform your
understanding of Ray’s case.
Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you:
Describe the presenting problem(s).
Identify a specific peer-reviewed research article and explain how it could
inform understanding of the problem or population.
Explain how power and privilege may influence the case (as it relates to
gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or socioeconomic
status).
Please use the Learning Resources and your identified peer-reviewed
scholarly resource in your paper. Make sure to provide APA citations and
a reference list.
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Describe the presenting problem(s).
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Identify a specific peer-reviewed research
article and explain how it could inform
understanding of the problem or population.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Explain how power and privilege may influence
the case (as it relates to gender, sexual
orientation, race, ethnicity, disability, or
socioeconomic status)