Running head: WEEK THREE SCRIPT 1

Assessment

Andrea N Hardman

Our Lady of The Lake University Worden School of Social Service

SOWK 7158-2

July 18, 2017

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Week 3– Assessment

 Think about your agency setting and describe how a law or policy from the federal,

state or local level would impact a family having mixed immigration status.

o When we talk about immigration it is important to lay its foundation. Immigration

is regulated at the federal level, the United States Congress has control over all

immigration-related regulations, while the White House oversees enforcing

immigration laws. Now at the state level nearly all state laws affecting

immigration are challenged either through litigation by immigrants’ rights and

civil liberties groups or by the federal government.

o Now, in my current placement I do not have any real-life experiences with

immigration issues and my clients, however in my first internship I worked for a

nonprofit organization that housed individuals who suffered domestic abuse and

violence. During my time, I worked with numerous women and their children

who were not legal citizens.

o My answers to those questions were as follows: all people in the United States,

regardless of immigration or citizenship status, are guaranteed basic protections

under both civil and criminal law.

o In the United States, victims of crime, regardless of their immigration or

citizenship status, can access help provided by government or non-governmental

agencies, which may include counseling, interpreters, safety planning, emergency

housing and even monetary assistance (Department of Homeland Security, n.d.).

 Provide a case example of work with Hispanic children and families where you

applied a specific family-centered theory to assessment.

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o I am currently working with an entire Hispanic family, and when I say entire I

mean – entire. The mother, father, children, and step children. They are a blended

family and extremely dysfunctional.

o I prefer for this family the strength-based approach specific to family-centered

theory and assessment. I did this by dividing up each member of the family,

seeing them individually, and identifying some of the following.

 What they want, goals, etc.

 Allowing the client to tell me about he/she

 While listening. I am asking probing questions that help me too identify

client strengths that perhaps they didn’t realize they had – this helps with

rapport and really improves the clients current state of anxiety, anger,

frustration, etc. -

 So upon concluding first introductions with this family, my field instructor

and I have decided to work and collaborate with, and for this family. We

outlined a goal plan starting with the mother and father. We have helped

identified their weakness and areas of improvement -so we thought best to

start at the top (with the wife and father )and to begin with each of them

first. Our goal is and was outlined to each of them. They are to set two

goals / areas of improvement for themselves, and two areas of

improvement for their spouse.

 With time, and continued counseling to help them each met these goals-

both for themselves and for one another we will then do a group

counseling session with both myself and with my field instructor.

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 This family is on the verge of destruction so we are hopeful with their

work and participation, and our guidance they will be able to claim their

family again and move forward with healthy and loving relationships.

References

Department of Homeland Security. (n.d.). Information on the Legal Rights Available to

Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts about

Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa Fact Sheet | USCIS. Retrieved July 18, 2017,

from https://www.uscis.gov/news/fact-sheets/information-legal-rights-available-

immigrant-victims-domestic-violence-united-states-and-facts-about-immigrating-

marriage-based-visa-fact-sheet