Study Guide Flashcards
What is strengths based practice?
This practice allows professionals and the individual to see possibilities rather than problems, options rather than constraints, wellness rather than sickness so the individual they provide services to can set goals that are achievement and growth oriented
Does case management tailor to the needs of each person or focus on general needs of everyone?
Focuses and tailors to the needs of each individual person
What are the essential functions of case management?
- engages in a hopeful relationship with the person or family being served
- assessed the strengths and needs of the individual
- develops a partnership with the person or family a service plan to achieve desired outcomes
What does being responsible for your own recovery mean?
That they are responsible whether they succeed or fail. We can’t make them do anything that they do not want to do
What are the stages of change
- pre-contemplation
- contemplation
- preparation
- action
- maintenance
- termination
What are the four A’s?
- adequacy
- availability
- accessibility
- accommodation
What are the reasons case managers help people who are part of the criminal justice system?
They help to try and find out what put them there to begin with and what resources they will need to succeed in order to not return
How does a case manager develop a relationship with someone who is coming out of incarceration?
Helps them get the correct resources to succeed in the environment. Plus also gives them the resources to try and succeed on their own
Does shame inhibit men or women more when they want to receive case management services and why?
Men, because they are supposed to look like they can take care of themselves and the stigma that comes with that.
What does the strengths model provide for people?
The empowerment that they can succeed on their own and gives them the impression that they actually have strengths when they don’t think they do in the first place
What type is of relationship should case managers have when working with consumers? Does the relationship involve directing the choices for the consumer?
Professional- client
Should make them feel empowered
No the choices should be the consumers choice but we will give them the good and bad of both situations
When discussing a clients case in group supervision what should be discussed?
Nothing or very little because that would be a HIPPA breach
What is the main reason a clients goals may fail?
They are too high to reach or they are not willing to change
What is the difference between ethics and values?
Ethics are what needs to be done based on the law whereas values are what someone believes is right or wrong based on religion
What does helps me mean In the strengths model?
Give them the resources to try and succeed for themselves or empower them to do things on their own
What is cultural competency?
Work effectively with others who have different beliefs than you might have
When is the best time to begin disengagement from case management services?
When they have met their goals that are needed to succeed and they can live successfully on their own
What is the purpose of self-disclosure?
To let the client know that this is what happened to someone and this is how they overcome that obstacle
What are the seven core helping functions of the strengths model?
- engagement
- assessment
- planning
- implementation
- monitoring
- supportive council
- graduated disengagement
What are the 4 A’s to consider when developing resources for the client?
- adequacy
- availability
- accessibility
- accommodation
What is hope inducing behavior?
Gives the client the empowerment to believe in themselves and lets them believe that they can do things for themselves
Why is the case management service plan important in the strengths model?
Because it shows the client is human and gives them goals that they could try to reach to get their lives back on track
What are the 6 principles of the strengths based model?
- people with psychiatric disabilities can recover, reclaim and transform their lives
- focuses on individual strengths not their deficits
- the community is viewed as an oasis of resources
- the client is the director of the helping process
- the worker-client is primary and essential
- the primary setting for our work is the community
When is the process of modeling behavior used?
When showing the client how to interact with others and what is right or wrong in situations
