Competency Seven: Assess

Individuals, Families, Groups,

Organizations, and
Communities
Charles A. Williams
University of North Carolina Pembroke
Professor A. Oxendine
October 10, 2018
  7.01 Collect and organize data, and apply critical
thinking to interpret information from clients and
constituencies.
 7.02 Apply knowledge of human behavior and the
social environment, person-in-environment, and
other multidisciplinary theoretical frameworks in
Practice interventions with clients and constituencies.

Behaviors  7.03 Develop mutually agreed-on intervention goals

and objectives based on the critical assessment of
strengths, needs, and challenges within clients and
constituencies.
 7.04 Select appropriate intervention strategies based
on the assessment, research knowledge, and values
and preferences of clients and constituencies.
Collecting Data

Engagement

Brief Interviews for Mental Status

Assessment (BIMS)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

Critical analysis
Applying Previous Knowledge

 Understand that residents come for different backgrounds which can

effect assessment and intervention methods.
 Ex. Resident showing hesitation due to belief that facility thinks she is “out of her
head.”
 Provide information that the resident can understand and has a right to know.

 Using empathy and understanding the perspective of another person can

help to make the other individual feel more comfortable.
Developing Goals

 Provide information that educates all relevant stakeholders to the situation.

 Discuss goals and reach an agreement on what will occur and the
potential outcomes.

 Follow up

 Ex. Resident moving from Assisted Living (AL) to Skilled Nursing (SNF)
 Agreed, two weeks of sitters and follow up on changes in behaviors
Selecting  Research and practice-informed decisions

Appropriate  Professional collaboration

Interventions  Interdisciplinary team (IDT)

 Evaluate and changes to interventions as

necessary
 National Association of Social Workers. (2017).
Code of ethics of the national association of social
workers.
Retrieved from:
https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-
References
Ethics/Code-of- Ethics-English