Janice is a 19-year-old First Nations woman and has been brought to the local community health centre by her grandmother. Janice is 20 weeks pregna

JANICE

Janice is a 19-year-old First Nations woman and has been brought to the local community health centre by her grandmother. Janice is 20 weeks pregnant and her grandmother has brought her to the centre for a check-up to make sure that both she and the baby are doing okay after noticing that Janice has been acting a little strange lately.

Janice reported a prior history of petrol sniffing and drinking alcohol that started at a young age. Janice stated that she stopped using substances several years ago after experiencing hallucinations and paranoid thoughts. At this time, she was linked with a First Nations youth mental health service but has not had any contact with mental health services for over 2 years and currently does not take any medication. Janice reports that she occasionally hears voices from the spirit world but does not find these distressing. Janice reports that lately she has been having difficulty sleeping and is feeling down and angry most of the time.

Janice reports that she currently lives in a rented house with her partner, Jason and 2 of her cousins. She reports that the house is pretty crowded but they are unable to afford any alternative accommodation at the moment. Janice reports that Jason is a big support and they are both very happy about the baby. She states that Jason understands her and her situation as he also was in foster homes for most of his childhood. Jason now works part-time in a First Nations youth service and is studying part-time at TAFE to gain his youth work qualification. Janice reports that Jason is away from home for periods of up to a week for work, taking groups of clients out bush camping.

She reports that they have to budget their money tightly to cover all of their expenses and that most of their money is spent on rent. Janice worries about how she will look after her baby and wants to learn how to manage her money so that she can buy some stuff for the baby and start looking after herself better. She also reports that she would like to learn to drive and buy a car to make it easier to get around and do things.

Janice reports that over the past three years there have been a number of suicides in her community, including her cousin who hanged himself about 8 months ago. Janice described feeling very sad about the deaths and has been feeling very empty and lonely since her cousin died. She finds it hard to accept her cousins death and feels angry when remembering her cousin and how he died. Some days she just cant get her cousin off her mind and just wants to lie in bed and cry.

Janices grandmother informs you that the family is feeling concerned for Janice as she is not acting like herself. Janice reports that she has previously been treated by her GP, a psychologist and a traditional healer but is reluctant to see a psychiatrist, fearful that a crazy diagnosis will lead to child safety removing her baby from her care.

When she was little, Janice reports that she was taken from her parents as they drank excessive amounts of alcohol. She spent much of her childhood moving from foster home to foster home. She describes many of these homes as abusive and is reluctant to talk about her childhood. She has limited contact with her parents but in the last 3 years has had frequent contact with her grandmother. Janice reports that her grandmother has been really involved with her pregnancy and will help her once the baby is born. Janice reports that she does not know anyone with a baby and she worries about how all her friends will act once the baby is born. She is worried that she will be left alone in the house all day by herself. She is also worried about how Jason will cope with being a father as he is so busy.

Janice is keen to find a house closer to her grandmother so she can visit often and get advice and support with the baby. Janice reports that she has heard from family members that her mother has recently moved nearby and she has been thinking about going to see her. Janice feels anxious about seeing her mother again and is unsure if she is ready or able to develop a relationship with her at this time.

Janice left school at age 14 and reports that she always struggled with schoolwork. Janice describes moving around a lot as a child and living with different foster families, which made attending school really difficult. She reports that she ended up skipping school a lot which has resulted in poor school performance and difficulty with reading. Janice states that she would like to improve her reading and would be prepared to participate in some classes or study so that she can learn to read books to her baby.

Janice has participated in a number of projects and work for the dole schemes in the past but has always struggled to attend and participate. She reports that the best project she did was planting trees along a creek bed, as she enjoyed being out in the fresh air. Janice states that she liked having a connection with nature and felt peaceful and happy when working outside with plants.

Janice reports that as well as feeling flat and disconnected from her family, lately, she has been feeling unwell with headaches, tiredness and some aches and pains. She reports difficulty sleeping and will often get up many times throughout the night to go to the toilet. Her appetite has decreased lately and this is of concern to her grandmother as Janice has always loved her food.

Janice has previously been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes but has not seen a doctor for her diabetes for over a year. Janice is not really sure what she should be doing to manage her diabetes but remembers that her doctor told her to lose weight and watch what she eats. Janices grandmother has been talking to her about her diet and looking after the baby, and Janice is interested in talking to a doctor or someone about what she should be doing to look after herself during pregnancy.

Connect with a student to interview here

Your name Student email Your discipline Comments

Joe Bloggs example Student email@griffithuni.edu.auSocial work Keen to meet on Teams

Annette ParadiesAnnette.paradies@griffithuni.com.au Social Work Urgent! Need partner. Can meet via teams in pm. Doing Samar case.

Stefani CaminitiStefani.caminiti@griffithuni.com.au Counsellor Vicki Tarrant vicki.tarrant@griffithuni.edu.au Therapeutic Recreation Eman Wally eman.wally@griffithuni.edu.au Mental Health and social work Samars case, we can meet via teams or zoom

Natalie Clement Natalie.clement@griffithuni.edu.au Process Manager Suicide Taskforce Can meet via teams and available by email

Gavin LyallGavin.lyall@griffithuni.edu.au Social Work Teams and/or email.

Hopefully ready to interview by Wednesday arvo/evening 27/09

Doing the Samar case

Victoria CouldwellVictoria.couldwell@griffithuni.edu.au Midwifery / Perinatal Mental Health Doing the Janice case study.

Interview via Teams

Max Taylor max.taylor2@griffithuni.edu.au or reachable at 0403934960

Still without a partner as 22/09

Mental health practice Doing the Samar interview

Josie Heslopjosie.heslop@griffithuni.edu.au Registered Nurse Lauren Holst lauren.holst@griffithuni.edu.au Community development practitioner Undertaking Janice case study. Available via teams or email.

Allan (Ally) Bell

(They/them)

Allan-troy.bell@griffithunu.edu.au*****Still looking for a partner

0401395660****** Social Work

Human Services

Mental health recovery Janice

Zoom teams phone call teams.

Moroni Pugh

-Will need some time as I am sick atm. Prob end of next wk?

BEST EMAIL:

pughwhanau@gmail.com

0431 171 041 feel free to text or buzz or whatever Multidisciplinary across sectors. Doing dual SW & MHP Can meet anyhow zoom; teams or f2f or via mobile/ph

Undecided case study. Prob Janice

Shantal Clarke/McManus Shantal.reanna@hotmail.com (easiest to contact)

Shantal.clarke@griffithuni.edu.au Psychiatric Registered Nurse- paedsDoing Janice case study.

Ella Vasseurella.vasseur@griffithuni.edu.au

Can use teams, email, imessage, facebook, whatever is easiest

Undergrad student (Bach of Psych Sci/Master MH practice)

Currently working in childcare. Janice Case study

Aiming to conduct interview by end of next week (30/11)

Minneh Maina Minneh.maina@griffithuni.edu.auMaster of Social Work. Working in legal setting Janice Case Study

Available on Teams and preferably on weekends or evenings.

Yuki ShimadaYuki.shimada@griffithuni.ed.auMaster of Social Work and Mental health, worked at Lifeline before Teams, zoom or phone, evenings or weekends work. Doing the Samar case.

Jessica Laker Jessica.Laker@griffithuni.edu.auORjessicaclairelaker@live.com.au- Nursing

- NDIS Behaviour Support Available via email

Janice Case study

Amanda Bell Amanda.bell3@griffith.edu.auOR

ba_gurl@hotmail.com Registered Nurse/Midwife. Email or phone. Please email for my phone #. Happy to meet at Southbank Griffith Campus also.

Janice Case study

Vikki Redwood Vikki.redwood@griffithuni.edu.au Workers Comp

Rehab sector Teams, Zoom

Emmanuel Uchenduemmanuel.uchendu@griffithuni.edu.auMaster of Social work Teams, zoom or email

Malwinder Singh malwinder.singh@griffithuni.edu.au Master of Human Services Available via email,

Working on Janice case study

Khyati VoraEmail- udit_varun@yahoo.co.inPhone- 0402928051

*** please text me on my number and we can work out best day and time to connect :) Currently working in child Safety and studying Master of Social work/mental health, completed Bachelor of Human services and Master of Education Working on Samar case study. I am completing my draft report at the moment(over 30th Sept-2nd Oct). I will be ready to collaborate after 6:30pm on weekdays or the weekend of 7th or 8th Oct. Happy to meet in person at Griffith Nathan or Mt Gravatt campus

Meg LanhamEmail- meg.lanham@griffithuni.edu.au

Phone- 0431982518 Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Practice. Currently working as an NDIS support coordinator for participants with psychosocial disabilities. SMS to arrange, can conduct interviews on teams or facetime. Working on Samar case study.

Claire Rayner Email: claire.rayner@alumni.griffithuni.edu.auPhone: 0447261196 (Text only please) Disability Services Email or text to arrange, I am happy to talk over teams, zoom or on a call in the evenings

I am working on the Janice case study!

Mylie Campbell

mylie.campbell@grffithuni.edu.au 0402673028 Mental Health in Emergency & completing a Masters in maternity services Text or email to arrange ?teams chat. Completing Samar no partner as of 3/10/23

Andrea Cooper Andreacooper2@griffithuni.edu.au, mobile 0493 132297 Master of Human Services Text pls to arrange teams. Ideally meet on sunday 8th Oct. Doing Samar case study.

Lorena Gomez lorena.gomezcenturion@griffithuni.edu.au

Mobile: 0479057592 Bachelor's in psychology

Master in Global Development Text me please

Meets

Morgan Clark-Dollman morgan.clark-dollman@griffithuni.edu.au Social work Samars case study.

URGENT!! Still need a partner

Title Page: Refer to Griffith Health assignment format presentation guidelines for title page inclusions

Section 1: Formulation matrix for [name of client]

Predisposing factors

(factors in the person's history that makes them more susceptible to the presenting issue/s)

Precipitating factors

(immediate factors that have caused the presenting issue/s) Perpetuating factors

(factors that are causing the person's presenting issue/s to continue or worsen) Protective factors

(factors that provide resilience and strength and help to mitigate the presenting issue/s)

Biological factors

Psychological factors

Social factors

Section 2: Case formulation

Brief socio-demographic summary

Presenting issues Predisposing factors Precipitating factors Perpetuating factors Protective factors Section 3: Argument for proposed interventions

Your text here in APA format.

Section 4: Person-centred care plan for [name]

Goal/s:

Strengths to draw upon:

Barriers which interfere:

Short term objectives:

Interventions and action steps:

Section 5: Interview with a practitioner from another discipline

Your text here in APA format

References

Your reference list presented here in APA style.

Assessment Item 3: Client Report 50%

DESCRIPTION OF TASK

Length: Maximum of 2,500 words (word count does not include title page or reference list).

The overall aim of the assignment is for you to gain a greater understanding of how to summarise assessment information in a meaningful way, and gain practice in documentation skills.

You will be provided with a choice of two case studies Janice or Samar. For your chosen case study, you will develop a formulation matrix, write a case formulation, propose appropriate interventions, develop a person-centred care plan, and compare your plan for working with the person with someone from a different discipline background to you that is either studying or working in the mental health area.

MARKING CRITERIA

This assignment will be assessed against the following marking criteria (see the marking rubric below):

Ability to develop a formulation matrix for an individual using the 4 P model and the biopsychosocial model (8%).

Ability to write a case formulation (8%).

Ability to present a logical and persuasive argument for proposed interventions based on the formulation and academic literature (10%).

Ability to document a person-centred care plan for an individual (8%).

Ability to compare the similarities and differences in interventions proposed by yourself with a practitioner from another discipline (8%).

Ability to write clearly and concisely and use referencing and formatting consistent with APA 7 style guidelines (8%).

TIPS FOR COMPLETION

The client report should be written from the perspective of a mental health practitioner working in a mental health service. If you arent already working in the mental health area, then please write from the perspective of the role you would like to work from in the future.

Make sure to read through the content in Topic 8, complete the activities, and after drafting your own report, check your assignment against the marking rubric and the example of George in the course content.

Topic 8 also includes a recovery-oriented language guide. Make sure to refer to this guide when writing up your assessment.

Use literature to support your ideas for sections 3 (Argument for proposed interventions) and 5 (Interview with a practitioner from another discipline). You will need to draw on academic journal articles and books (not websites). A critical analysis of the literature is required.

DOCUMENT FORMAT

The client report is to be presented in five sections with a heading for each section. A template is included on the assignment information page.

Title page aligned with Griffith Health assignment format guidelines

Section 1 - Formulation matrix

Section 2 - Case formulation

Section 3 - Argument for proposed interventions

Section 4 Person-centred care plan

Section 5 - Interview with a practitioner from another discipline

Section 1 - Formulation matrix

Assign factors to each of the sections. See the example in Topic 8.

If you think there are no factors for a particular area of the formulation matrix, then just leave it blank.

Use the landscape layout for your formulation matrix and single spacing for your points.

Section 2 Case formulation

Document a brief socio-demographic summary of the persons circumstances, stating the presenting issue/s for the person, describing the predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating factors (the 4Ps) for the person, and highlighting the protective factors. See the example in Topic8.

When summarising a person's socio-demographic information you can discuss their age, gender, marital status, number of children, financial status, transportation, who they live with, employment etc.

When summarising the persons presenting issues make sure to state what the person sees as the presenting issues. Thoughts, feelings, and perceptions related to any symptoms should be noted, together with any screening or diagnostic assessments that have been conducted.

You are not required to provide a provisional diagnosis for the person in the case study.

Section 3 Argument for proposed interventions

Base your proposed interventions on the persons goals and your assessment findings (including current and future risks for the person).

Literature should be provided to support your argument.

Limit the number of interventions you discuss to five (5).

The interventions need to be based on services available in your local area. When referring to these organisations you can mention their name in-text but there is no need to add them to the reference list.

In this section use double line spacing, indent the first line of your paragraphs and have no line spaces between paragraphs (i.e., present in APA 7 format).

When considering the types of interventions to include you can explore a range of options including:

professionally delivered clinical interventions such as medications or therapy, including evidence-based practices where applicable.

self-help and peer support.

exercise and nutrition guidance.

rehabilitation and skill-building to enable the person to live in the least restrictive environment.

daily maintenance activities and plans for managing symptoms and behaviours before they get worse.

spiritual practices and affiliations.

naturopathic remedies.

cultural healing practices/involvement of Indigenous healers.

involvement in community activities or connections with natural supporters.

rehabilitation opportunities such as supported housing, supported education, supported employed and supported community living.

practical assistance in community contexts to address basic human needs for housing, food, work, and connection with the community.

Section 4 Person-centred care plan

Make sure to align your goals, objectives, and interventions for the person.

The interventions you suggest will ideally be implemented by the person, yourself as the practitioner, or practitioners from different disciplines.

Be specific about who is doing what and when.

No citations or references are required in your care plan.

Refer to Topic 8s example care plan for George for how to write up your care plan.

Section 5 Interview with a practitioner from another discipline

Interview a student from a different professional background to discuss their approach to working with the person. This experience is similar to meeting with other members of an interdisciplinary team to discuss issues and share ideas about how we can work with someone. If you cant find a student to interview, you can interview someone who is already working in the field.

If you arent already working in the mental health area, write from the role you hope to be in and try to interview someone who will be working in a different field.

To help you connect with a student to interview, we will provide a link to a sheet where you can list your contact details and information about which case study you are working on. Please respond to student requests for interviews as promptly as possible each student needs to connect with others to complete this assessment piece, so it is important that we all work together to meet this requirement.

Ideally complete your interview using Microsoft Teams, or phone. (Tip: If you use Microsoft Teams, you could record the interview with your colleagues permission and refer back to it as you complete your assignment.

The interview may focus on the similarities and differences in your approaches, frameworks drawn upon, priorities for working with the person, as well as proposed interventions and techniques for working with the person.

Some questions you might want to consider asking include:

How does your discipline typically work with people?

What priorities did you have for working with the person?

What interventions did you propose for your care plan?

What informed your choice of interventions (e.g., theories/frameworks/literature)?

When discussing the approach taken by the other student, the similarities and differences to yours, make sure to use the literature to support your points. Here is an example of how you could write your discussion:

X was from a nursing background and talked about practicing from a XXXX perspective when working with people (reference). They thought the key interventions to focus on with XXXX were XXXX and XXXX as .. The use of XXX has been found to be a highly effective intervention for people presenting with XXX (reference). They also thought the use of XXX might be a good idea as the person had expressed the goal of XXX. According to Brown (2077), this would be a suitable intervention as .. After talking with the other student, what is common to our approaches to this case study is the use of XXXX....... According to Smith (2014), this XXXXX approach is associated with ....... With respect to the differences between our approaches, X took a more XXX approach while I utilised ...... which may result in

Please reference your interview as a personal communication (see the APA 7 referencing guide for how to do this).

Present this section in APA 7 format.

WORD COUNT

Make sure not to go over the word count as the markers will stop reading once they read the 2,500 word limit.

Your word count does not include the reference list or your title page.

REFERENCING

Referencing of your discussion is required only in section 3 (Argument for proposed interventions) and 5 (Interview with another practitioner).

There is no recommended number of references for sections 3 and 5 in this assignment.

Try to use more recent literature (i.e., in the past 5 to 10 years) that reflects contemporary practice.

SUBMITTING YOUR ASSIGNMENT

Submit your assignment via the course site portal, after checking your draft for text matching through the draft submission point.

Please submit your assessment in Word format.

Marking Criteria for Assessment Item 3: Client Report

Criteria Poor Satisfactory Excellent

Ability to develop a formulation matrix for an individual using the 4P model and the biopsychosocial model. (Section 1 of your report.)

(8 marks) 0 to 2.5 points

Limited ability to develop a formulation matrix based on the case study information.

Factors listed are often incorrectly classified.

Quite a few factors are missing in the matrix.

Recovery-oriented language is not used.

3 to 6 points

Satisfactory ability to develop a formulation matrix based on the case study information.

Factors listed are mostly accurate and correctly assigned.

Some factors missing from the matrix.

Some recovery-oriented language used.

6.5 to 8 points

High-level ability to develop a formulation matrix based on the case study information.

Factors listed are accurate and correctly assigned.

Most factors are included in the matrix.

Recovery-oriented language used throughout.

Ability to provide a case formulation. (Section 2 of your report)

(8 marks) 0 to 2.5 points

Inadequate documentation of a persons socio-demographic information.

Presenting issues for the person are inaccurate / missing / not concise.

Little or no understanding of the presenting issues for the person.

Inaccurate and/or limited explanation of how the persons current difficulties developed using the information gathered from the formulation matrix. (Predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, and protective factors.)

Does not consider risks for the person or others and how these risks may be managed.

Recovery-oriented language is not used. 3 to 6 points

Adequate documentation of a persons socio-demographic information, although some areas may be missing.

Presenting issues for the person are documented but not completely concise or accurate.

Adequate understanding of the presenting issues for the person with some errors or omissions.

Some explanation of how the persons current difficulties developed using the information gathered from the formulation matrix. (Predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating, and protective factors.)

Some consideration of risks for the person or others and how these risks may be managed.

Some use of recovery-oriented language. 6.5 to 8 points

Concise documentation of a persons socio-demographic information.

Concise and accurate statement of what the person identifies as the presenting issues.

Sophisticated understanding of the presenting issues for the person.

Accurate explanation of how the persons current difficulties developed using the information gathered from the formulation matrix. (Predisposing, precipitating, perpetuating and protective factors.)

Identifies risks for the person or others) and proposes how these risks may be managed.

Recovery-oriented language is used throughout.

Ability to present a logical and persuasive argument for proposed interventions based on the formulation and academic literature. (Section 3 of your report)

(10 Marks) 0 to 3.5 points

Limited or no discussion of why selected interventions were proposed.

Limited or no links between the formulation, the persons strengths, goals, needs, and supports.

Interventions are not appropriate.

Little or no supporting literature provided to support argument why selected interventions are appropriate.

Websites and non-academic books used as evidence to support argument 4 to 7 points

Some discussion of why selected interventions have been proposed.

Some links between the formulation, the persons strengths, goals, needs, and supports.

Interventions are mostly appropriate for the person.

Appropriate but limited evidence-based literature provided to support argument why selected interventions are appropriate.

Some peer-reviewed journal articles and books used as evidence to support argument. 7.5 to 10 points

Clear and well organised argument for selection of interventions.

Selected interventions are clearly linked to the formulation, the persons strengths, goals, needs, and supports.

Interventions are highly appropriate for the person.

High level of evidence-based literature provided to support argument why selected interventions are appropriate.

Excellent use of peer reviewed journal articles and books to support argument.

Ability to document a personcentred care plan for an individual. (Section 4 of your report.)

(8 marks)

0 to 2.5 points

Person-centred care plan is not well structured

Recovery-oriented language is not used.

Inappropriate goal/s listed based on the persons needs.

Limited or no strengths identified for the person.

Limited or no barriers which interfere are identified.

Inappropriate or no short term objectives identified for the person.

Inappropriate interventions and action steps listed for the person.

It is not clear who is involved in the interventions. 3 to 6 points

Person-centred care plan is well structured.

Some recovery-oriented language is used.

Appropriate goal/s listed based on the persons needs.

Some strengths are identified for the person.

Some barriers which interfere are identified.

Appropriate short term objectives identified for the person.

Appropriate interventions and action steps listed for the person.

It is mostly clear who is involved in the interventions. 6.5 to 8 points

Person-centred care plan is well structured.

Recovery-oriented language is used.

Appropriate goal/s listed based on the persons needs.

All strengths are identified for the person.

All barriers which interfere are identified.

Highly appropriate short term objectives identified for the person.

Highly appropriate interventions and action steps listed for the person.

It is always clear who is involved in the interventions.

Ability to document the similarities and differences in approaches taken by yourself with a practitioner from another discipline. (Section 5 of your report.)

(8 marks) 0 to 2.5 points

Poor or limited discussion regarding the viewpoint of a practitioner from different professional background.

Inadequate or inappropriate analysis and understanding of similarities and differences in approaches.

Little or no literature supports the discussion.

Websites and books provided as evidence to support the discussion. 3 to 6 points

Basic discussion regarding the viewpoint of practitioner from a different professional background.

Discussion includes a limited or descriptive level of analysis and understanding of similarities and differences in approaches.

Appropriate but limited evidence-based literature provided to support the discussion.

Use of peer reviewed journal articles and textbooks. 6.5 to 8 points

Comprehensive and clearly presented discussion regarding the viewpoint of a practitioner from a different professional background.

Discussion includes a high level of analysis and understanding of similarities and differences in approaches.

A high level of evidence-based literature supports the discussion.

Excellent use of a broad range of peer-reviewed journal articles and textbooks

Ability to write clearly and concisely and use referencing and formatting consistent with APA 7 style guidelines.

(8 marks) 0 to 2.5 points

Language and expression are poor and impact negatively on comprehension

Poor grammar and spelling throughout

Significant errors in APA style requirements for in-text citations

Significant errors in APA style requirements for the reference list

Significant errors in APA style formatting 3 to 6 points

Language and expression are generally clear.

Acceptable grammar and spelling

Some errors in APA style requirements for in -ext citations

Some errors in APA style requirements for the reference list

Some errors in APA style formatting 6.5 to 8 points

Language is clear and concise.

Accurate grammar and spelling

No errors in APA 7 style requirements for in-text citations

No errors in APA 7 style requirements for the reference list

No errors in APA 7 style formatting