Jasmine Jones is a 23 year old African American female from Atmore, Alabama. Jasmine is a single mother of two and pregnant with her third child. Jasmine left her dads house after an abusive relationship with him. Jasmine is now homeless and lost temporary custody of her children. Jasmine has been arrested several times and is currently on probation. Jasmine was warned if her disruptive behavior continues, she would lose her spot on the list at housing first. “…. I have nowhere else to go. I don’t get along with my mother because her recent husband raped me and I’m mad at her…” A list of Jasmine problem areas is: 1. Jasmine is currently homeless and need somewhere to live. 2. Jasmine’s father is controlling and abusive. 3. Jasmine suffers from …show more content…
Task: a) Get the client housed in a positive environment. Goal #2: Improve her behavior. Objective: Jasmine needs counselling with Alta Point for her mental illness. Social work will make weekly visits to see if Jasmine receives treatment on her mental illness. Task: a) Monitor client’s mental behavior. Problem-Solving Analysis Jasmine seems to have some personal issues with her family. After the meeting, Jasmine shows some potential to following procedures with her probation officer in order to get back on her feet. The following resources are recommended to Jasmine to attend while she is on her six months’ probation. After her probation period she will have to appear to the Municipal Court to prove that she has done what was ordered by the judge. Follow up plan As directed by the municipal court, the judge appointed the social work and probation officer to follow guidelines to check with Jasmine weekly for the first month to see that she follows with Housing First and that she does not get in trouble with law. Jasmine will be staying nightly at McKemie Place women shelter. BSW signature: ____________________________ Date: _____________
One of the cases found in the novel by Cynthia Crosson-Tower dealt with a little girl by the name of Jessica Barton. Although still a small child, her foster family had an issue trying to raise her in which she gave them behavioral issues and she would not react to them and was hard to ...
Foster parent, Audrey Shamblee, expressed that the bags that were observed in Earnest, Albert, and Timothy’s bedrooms are filled with items that will be placed in the trash receptacle. Ms. Shamblee expressed that she is caring for three teenage boys and refuses to clean their rooms for them. Ms. Shamblee indicated that the cable wires observed in the home are positioned out of Jade’s reach. As for the bathroom situation, Ms. Shamblee explained that they have documentation which depicts the repairs which were expected to occur in her apartment and are currently an outstanding issue. Ms. Shamblee submitted several civil court documents which ordered NYCHA to correct multiple concerns reported within Ms. Shamblee’s residence.
Rachel Fryer was no stranger to the Department of Children and Families. Dating back to 2002 she was facing allegations of abuse and neglect. Her children were taken from her and put into foster homes over the years. Fryer spent six months in jail in 2012, for violation of probation. Caroline Rowland, reporter for News13 writes, “The case worker assigned to Fryer had less than six months experience” (2014).
Kreager, Derek A., Ross L. Matsueda, and Elena A. Erosheva. 2010. “Motherhood and Criminal Desistance in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.” Criminology 48:221–58.
The people that ACC serves face extreme obstacles to stabilizing their lives. Due to low or nonexistent income, their criminal background and/or rental history, credit problems, and the lack of affordable housing, it is almost impossible for ACC’s participants to get off the streets and to rebuild their lives without effective advocacy and assistance. In 2013, working with Jerry Gates, a long-time housing developer and the president of Craig’s Doors board of directors, ACC began a pilot project, “Amherst Transitional Housing Program,” to provide housing and support service to people who are homeless in Amherst.
We can achive whatever we put our hearts to. Mr.gardner was a very hard worker and did not quit when it got difficult even though he wanted to. Ever since he was a child he worked hard and was top of his class. Mr. Gardner found out about a internship, and there would be a big test at the end and if he passed he could be the next stock broker. There were alot of people in the internship and his chances at being the next stock broker were very slim, but that did not stop him. He worked very hard and was always studying. Him and his son did not even have a place to live, so they had to sleep in a homeless shelter. The homeless shelter opened at 5 so right after the internship he would go pick up his son and run to the homeless shelter and hope
The officer takes public’s view that may be especially true if they shares the persons with mental disorder are extremely violent. If the probationer’s receives a low risk score based on general risk factors, an officer who believes that such disorder as mental or physical strongly predicts violence may override that score and assign a high risk rating to that probationers. First, the probation officer may recommend that the probationers be assigned to a higher observation caseload. As noted above, high levels of supervision lead to a higher possibility of infractions being discovered. This may set up the probationers to fail from the beginning of supervision. Number two; another officer may make references regarding specific condition of probation. Officers who view mental health tr...
During the court case the judge said that lead social worker Gunn Wahlstrom was “naïve beyond belief”. This report brought over 68 recommendations to make sure cases like this did not happen again. The recommendations included putting the child first and the parent’s second. “Jasmines’ fate illustrates all too clearly the disastrous consequences of the misguides attitude of the social workers having treated Morris Beckford and Beverley Lorrington as the clients first and foremost” (London Borough of Brent, 1985,p295). The social workers in Jasmine’s c...
Once Olivia receives help, it is perhaps too late. In her senior year, she is sentenced to a juvenile camp, and is clearly out of place. “She is so different from the other girls (pg.312)”, her therapist says. “She was one of the rare kids we see who is focused on her future. I wish I could have started with her when she was twelve or thirteen (pg.312).” Olivia’s case illustrates a system that rather than providing guidance and support to abandoned children, it leads them into a criminal world.
Erin G., 2010, A Woman Doing Life: Notes from a Prison for Women: The Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Pp. vi, 202, Vol. 8(2)175.
For Precious, I have used a Systems theory/ Family Systems approach to evaluate and summarize her needs and interventions. One of the crucial aspects that I have addressed is that being removed from the abusive environment is crucial for her and her two children. At the moment she is able to stay at a half-way house that can accommodate her and her children. She is able to also utilize childcare while she attends her alternative school. I have spoken with Precious, and she states that she wants to get her own place and raise her children. Being that she is 17, she is still considered a minor so we spoke about how certain obstacles may bar her from leasing an apartment right away. I have made a referral for her
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Its population consists of approximately 2,155 female inmates that have committed a variety of different felonies from robbery to murder. As I stepped out of my car and walked towards the entrance of the institution, I could feel a sense of dread making its way down my spine. Before I knew it I was inside the institution being greeted by the first security checkpoint, where my purse was searched and I had to walk through a full body metal detector. After I was permitted through the first security door, I walked into a lobby where I would be admitted into the
Correction has now moved from that of retributive to rehabilitative and doing so has also implemented certain institutions to assist in the rehabilitation process. Such institutions involve offer two basic service called ‘probation and parole’. Probation and Parole are very similar in that they are both dealing with someone who has broken the law and is a substitute to incarceration; both systems are used by judges in dealing with offenders. Probation deals with offenders before they enter the prison system and it is called a suspension of sentence. This sentence is handed down to you by a judge (Abadinsky, 2012). Once a judge sanction your probation you are assigned a probation officer and you are now known as the probationer until you have successfully completed your requirements as ordered by the judge; then you will be released from your service.
Unfortunately, her mother lived in poverty as this is the way her future was molded. The client was raised in a single parent household in which her mother worked two jobs to support the children. The client graduated high school and completed one year of vocational school to become a hair stylist. Her oppression once again rises to the surface with her pregnancy and dropping out of school. This was her one hope to regain her status in society. The client currently lives with her 60-year-old boyfriend who is oppressing her to live and abide by his rules since the apartment is in his name. The client feels obligated to follows his way of life and may fear the self-confidence to take the necessary steps to