Assessment

Learning to complete biopsychosocial assessments and genograms is essential for social workers during the assessment stage of the Planned Change Process, helping them gain a comprehensive understanding of the client’s life and the factors influencing their wellbeing. These tools allow social workers to assess biological, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions while identifying family patterns and dynamics that impact clients. This assignment provides students the opportunity to practice and demonstrate their ability to use these tools effectively, which is critical for creating informed intervention plans. By mastering these skills, social workers enhance their ability to engage clients and address complex, interconnected challenges. For this assignment, you are a social worker tasked with completing a biopsychosocial assessment on a mock client. You may use the mock client from Topic 4 assignment if you would like. Review the Appendix A: An Outline for a Biopsychosocial Assessment and Intervention Plan located in the Topic Resources. Create a Word document using sections I-V headers for your biopsychosocial assessment. Written biopsychosocial assessments are narrative documents and not question and answer. Genogram: Using the same mock client from the Biopsychosocial assessment, create a detailed three-generation genogram. You may use free websites such as Genopro, Creately, or Venngage, or software like Word or PowerPoint. No purchases or software downloads are required. Include the following in your Genogram: Three Generations: Include the client, their parents’ generation, and their grandparents’ generation or their children. If relevant, you may add additional family members (e.g., extended family). Five Descriptive Details per Family Member: In addition to name and gender, each family member must include at least four additional pieces of information. These could include: Date of birth/age Occupation or education level Marital status or significant relationships Health conditions (physical or mental) Substance use or abuse history Significant life events (e.g., divorce, death, trauma) Cultural background or religious affiliations Family Dynamics: Use standardized genogram symbols to depict relationships (e.g., close, distant, conflicted, abusive, etc.). Show key family patterns such as divorces, separations, cohabitations, or remarriages. Legend/Key: Provide a legend that clearly explains all symbols and relationship lines used (e.g., solid line for close relationships, dashed line for distant relationships). Submission: You will submit two items to your GCU instructor the biopsychosocial and the genogram on the same mock client.