Assignment task: In order to complete the final integrative assignment for this course, you must select a client or group of clients (also called a "client-group") you are working directly with that will be the subject of this final assignment. This can be an individual, couple, and/or family, or a group of clients that may be a small treatment group, work team, or community task group. Your case selection will be used for this assignment, so it is important that you think carefully about the selection. Some of you may be in placements in which you are not working directly with the agency clients or beneficiaries. Instead you may be working with a community task group such as an advisory board. No matter who the client is, it is expected that you are working directly with people whether it be the Director of an Association; a legislator; a neighborhood watch group; or an individual client and/or family. You need the very same skills in communication, engagement, goal-setting, problem-solving and evaluation whether it is an individual or a community group. Make sure to discuss the selection of your client with your supervisor. Note: limited contact, i.e. 1-2 encounters with the client system, is acceptable. The idea is to choose a case that you can use as a learning experience to assessing and researching clients and others like this client or client-group. You are required to discuss these case study requirements with your field supervisor at the beginning of the course in order to jointly determine which case you can use as illustrative of the social work problem-solving process with a client or client group. (For more detailed information, visit Integrative Assignment Instructions in Course Essentials).
Write a brief description of the client or client system, presenting the problem and the work you are doing, have done, and/or expect to do, whichever is applicable (300 words).