I will provide the instructions in the documents attached as well as the vignettes needed for the completion of the paper and the rubric for grading guidelines. Please follow the instructions provided exactly, do not use any AI, and if any instructions are unclear or confusing, please feel free to ask.
This assignment will focus on demonstrating understanding of skills of engagement, reflecting on challenges that you may experience with clients who spark an internal response and using the NASW Code of Ethics to provide guidance and support. Each student will discuss engagement strategies in response to one of the vignettes provided. Students will be graded on their ability to describe appropriate engagement strategies focusing on the values, beliefs, and behaviors that are described in the literature. Concepts must be supported by academic/professional literature. The vignettes will be provided by your professor and are separate from the Acevedo vignette and the VFP case of Mario.
The paper requires the use of a minimum of 4 scholarly works. I will provide a list of the scholarly works within our course syllabus below – please try to take all 4 from that list but at least 2/4.
Course Syllabus Readings:
1. Cross-Denny, B. Integrated social work practice: An overview. In Integrated social work practice: Bridging micro, mezzo, and macro level practice (pp. 3-28). Congella.
2. Finn, J. (2020). Looking back. In Social justice approach to social work, 4th ed. (pp. 63-71). Oxford University Press.
3. Finn, J. (2020). Values, ethics, and visions. In Social justice approach to social work, 4th ed. (pp. 106-126). Oxford University Press.
4. National Association of Social Workers (NASW). (n.d.). Code of ethics.
5. Mosher, D. K., Hook, J. N., Captari, L. E., Davis, D. E., DeBlaere, C., & Owen, J. (2017). Cultural humility: A therapeutic framework for engaging diverse clients. Practice Innovations, 2(4), 221.
6. Cross-Denny, B. Micro-level client systems. In Integrated social work practice: Bridging micro, mezzo, and macro level practice (pp. 51-65). Congella.
7. Lee, H., Boyd, R., Slack, K. S., Mather, R. S., & Murray, R. K. (2022). Adverse Childhood Experiences, positive childhood experiences, and adult health. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 13(3), 441-461.
8. PettyJohn, M. E., Tseng, C. F., & Blow, A. J. (2020). Therapeutic utility of discussing therapist/client intersectionality in treatment: When and how?. Family Process, 59(2), 313-327.
9. Masten, A. S., & Barnes, A. J. (2018). Resilience in children: Developmental perspectives. Children, 5(7), 98. doi:10.3390/children5070098
10. Finn, J. (2020). Engagement: Just get started. In Social justice approach to social work, 4th edition (pp. 183-208). Oxford University Press.
11. Hepworth, D. H., Der Vang, P., Blakey, J. M., Schwalbe, C., & Evans, C. (2023). Building blocks of communication. In Direct social work practice: Theory and skills, 11th ed. (pp. 78-105). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
12. Hepworth, D. H., Der Vang, P., Blakey, J. M., Schwalbe, C., & Evans, C. (2023). Verbal following, exploring, focusing skills. In Direct social work practice: Theory and skills, 11th ed. (pp. 106-126). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
13. Lynch, A., Newlands, F., & Forrester, D. (2019). What does empathy sound like in social work communication? A mixedmethods study of empathy in child protection social work practice. Child & Family Social Work, 24(1), 139-147.
14. Finn, J., (2020). Challenges to engagement: Power, difference and resistance. In Social justice approach to social work, 4th edition (pp. 212-219). Oxford University Press.
15. Hepworth, D. H., Der Vang, P., Blakey, J. M., Schwalbe, C., & Evans, C. (2023). Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns and substituting positive alternatives. In Direct social work practice: Theory and skills, 11th ed. (pp. 127-142). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning.
16. Krebs, P., Norcross, J. C., Nicholson, J. M., & Prochaska, J. O. (2019). Stages of change. In J. C. Norcross & B. E. Wampold (Eds.), Psychotherapy relationships that work: Evidence-based therapist responsiveness (pp. 296328). Oxford University Press.
17. Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2023). Responding to Sustain Talk and Discord. In Miller, W.R., & Rollnick, S. . (eds.) Motivational Interviewing: Helping people change and grow (4th ed., 229-252). New York, NY: Guildord Press ISBN #978-1-4625-5279-5.
Requirements: 4-6 pages (double-spaced)

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