Case Presentation

Interview
Mariquena Davenport
Table of Contents

 Background Information
 Problem Statement
 Services
 Goals, Interventions, and Timeframes
 Strengths and Limitations
 Framework
 Interviewer’s Reflection

 Competencies Used: 1.1-1.5, 2.1-2.3, 6.1-6.2, 7.1-7.4, 8.2, 8.5

Background Information
 Name: Jane Doe
 Gender: Female
 Age: 16 years old
 Ethnicity/Race: African American and Native American

Problem Statement
 Claims:
 Mothers boyfriend started ”a lot of mess.”
 Arguments occurred between Jane and the mothers boyfriend
 Mothers boyfriend is manipulative with mother
 Mothers boyfriend removed Janes door in her bedroom
 Mother admitted Jane to hospital claiming she had a mental illness
 Jane was admitted to a behavioral health treatment facility for one week.
 Facility recommended Jane not return home to obtain mental health stability.
 (Personal Communications, October 4, 2018).
Services
 Behavioral Health Treatment Facility (1 week)
 Therapeutic services
 Guardian Ad Litem

Goals, Interventions, and Timeframes

 Personal Goals:
 Not worry about little stuff (timeframe: on going)
 Intervention: Therapy

 Getting closer to her mother (timeframe: not going to happen)

 DSS Goals: PERMANENCY
 Reunification (timeframe: one year)
 Intervention: service agreement plan

 Custody with a relative (timeframe: one year)

 (Personal Communications, October 4, 2018).

Strengths
 Has learned to handle anger
 Listens to music, isolated self, talks to friends)
 Support system
 Family- Aunts, cousins, grandmother, significant other

Limitations
 Finances
 Unable to purchase items needed for school
 Mother’s Boyfriend
 Barrier between Jane and her mother

 (Personal Communications, October 4, 2018).

Framework

 The framework used to conduct the case presentation interview was person-
centered approach and P.I.E.
 Client-centered: The client is the expert of her life and therefore as intake form
nor an assessment was conducted. The client shared from her perspective about
the situation she was in.
 P.I.E: The client was considered within her environment. When looking at strengths
and limitations, support system, and the reason she has a GAL, we see that her
environment contributed to her current situation. We also note that the
environment continues to impact her situation as a foster child.
Interviewer’s Reflection
 What are some biases you had going into the interview?
 During the interview I noted my assumption that the client was heterosexual.
 I expected the client to not want to share what she went through
 What were some value differences between you and the client?
 Religious belief, value of parents
 What events or life experiences have shaped them into the person they are?
 Mothers life choices has caused Jane to always go live for extended periods with a family
member. Such frequent event have shaped her character.
 What is the staff recommendation about diagnosis, Interventions or treatment?
 DSS and GAL recommends custody with a relative
 What changes do recommend for the agency or service (Needs of agency, changes,
and rights issues)? Report those to supervisor.
 Changes pertaining to DSS: Funding for child’s needs such as school material
 No changes observed for GAL.