Social Work Case Study

Guidelines and Steps for Case Study Assignment
This case can be an individual, family, group, community, organization/management, program, or policy-related project. For many of you, it will be something you are working on in your practicum organization, but it can be something you are working on elsewhere, or worked on in the past.
FYI: I worked with college students in the past as a social work intern at the university social work services. I have worked with foster children as a Guardian Ad litem volunteer with CASA. CASA—court appointed special advocate. So the case study should concentrate on this arena.
This assignment must be APA style; double space, all around 1” margins, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, and at least 10 APA (5th ed.) scholarly DIRECT QUOTES.
Part One 8 pgs:
• Background and context for the case
• Assessment and preliminary planning
• Brief description of the components of the case—stakeholders, where it is, what it does, with whom does it work, your role(s)
• Brief description of the case, and why you are interested in it/assigned to it
• Key issues and elements of the case (including relevant literature/evidence)
• Who are key players in the case (including yourself- a social work intern).
• Preliminary assessment of facilitators and inhibitors for change
• Use relevant assessment tools
• More in-depth analysis of system components (e.g., size, boundaries, assets, struggles)
• How relevant people and components perceive the situation.
• History of work on/ways have handled the goal/issue.
• Major strengths/assets/resources. Problems, barriers that need attention.
• Social justice issues/goals, how gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, economic class, disability, age, and other identities and group statuses impact
• Ethics and value issues relevant
• What different community components, and types and levels of practice methods are potentially relevant
• Tentative goals, objectives. Questions still need to answer/explore.

Paper Two 8 pgs: Develop, analyze, evaluate (or plans for these) intervention steps, progress and problems
• Who/what systems are involved?
• How did planning occur?
• What change/intervention methods are being used? Will be used?
• What steps and progress has been made?
• Effectiveness, challenges, facilitators and barriers, problems?
• What practice methods, skills, knowledge are being employed (or will be)?
• Use some relevant planning, analysis, scheduling, or monitoring “tool” somewhere in the paper
• What interfaces and conflicts did you encounter?
• How were this anticipated and addressed?
• How will you evaluate and monitor progress and struggles and guard against unintended consequences
• What have you learned?

Potential tools: e.g., SWOT, logic model, concept map, stakeholder map, sign graph, causal diagram, force field analysis, gantt charts, flow diagram.
“Tools”—A procedure, guide, format for assisting a practitioner to address a practice issue, step of question systematically. To apply practice skills in a systematic way
–Analyze –Organize –Depict, clarify –Sequence –Monitor
Can be mixed and matched—some embedded in others. Some can go in more than one category
1. Assessment models, procedures [needs, structures, history, measures/data available, feasibility options] Methods—lit reviews, compilation of existing data, participant observation, interviews, surveys, satisfaction measures, other evaluation, mapping, etc
2. Ways for organizing information—(and identify what information is needed)
SWOT [Strengths, weaknesses (current, internal); Opportunities, threats (future, external)] Force Field, various problem-solcing models. Prevention frameworks
3. Planning—analysis, formulating goals, developing strategies, implementing plans Assessment procedures, Force field analyses, sequencing strategies, check lists
4. Problem-solving—different models and formats—multiple assessment steps—gathering information, assessing and analyzing that information, sorting/clustering, identifying priorities, identifying major goal, possible objectives. Assessing pros and cons of different approaches, selecting one or more, develop strategies and tactics—both linear and iterative
5. Scheduling and Tracking—Gantt charts, Pert charts, calendars/schedules; Calendar of tasks and sequences Relationships among tasks and sequences
6. Depicting/analyzing procedures (sequences, timing, decision-points) Flow charts, program diagrams, logic models (some include program theory/rationale)
7. Showing relationships among components, transactions mapping of various types—organizational charts (hierarchical, programmatic, functional) Community maps (literal, symbolic) Structural diagrams
8. Indicating influence and/or communication structures and processes Influence and communication nodes, flows—map perceptions
9. Conducting analyses—of issues, resistances to change, levers for change, feasibility of strategies and tactics e,g, Force Field Analysis, advocacy homework
10. Monitoring and evaluation—group assessment scales (participation, direction, norms), Satisfaction measures. Identify and track benchmarks.

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