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Maintaining the perspective that people are in constant interaction with their environment and the social systems therein (the Person in Environment perspective) is a key concept in the field of social work. Social work recognizes that the concerns or problems individuals face might be due to many causes. This view also supports another goal of social work which is to empower clients who are marginalized and oppressed to collaborate in the resolution of their problems or concerns as experts of their life experiences. As such, looking at a problem and assessing the needs of individuals depends on a review of the challenges they have encountered on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Assessing the situation on all three levels will provide a holistic map for goal planning. For example, you might assess a client\u2019s individual strengths and challenges, the support or lack of support received from family, friends, and others in the client\u2019s life regarding the issue, and the societal resources available to address the problem.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
For this Discussion<\/strong>, review this week\u2019s Resources. Select either the course-specific case study for Abdel or Pedro. Then, consider what information you need to gather and what questions you need to ask in order to complete a proper assessment for the client, based on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice.\u00a0<\/p>\n Post\u00a0a brief explanation of the information you need to gather and the questions you need to ask, in order to complete a proper assessment for the client in the case study you selected, based on the micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work practice. Be sure to reference in your post which case study you selected.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Pedro is a 58-year-old, heterosexual, Dominican male who is HIV positive. He is married to his second wife and is the father of three sons. Pedro lives with his wife in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a major metropolitan area. Pedro completed high school and has a long work history as the manager of multiple food stores in his community. Pedro is currently on disability. He collects Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and is covered by Medicare and the AIDS Drug Helpance Program (ADAP). ADAP is a state-sponsored insurance program for low-income individuals with HIV\/AIDS that provides Helpance with access to medication and primary care services in the state. Pedro does some work \u201coff the books\u201d to keep himself busy and earn extra money. While Spanish is Pedro\u2019s dominant language, he is able to communicate well in English. Pedro identifies as a Christian, and his faith is a very important part of his life.<\/p>\n Pedro has a long history of substance abuse, including intravenous drug use (IVDU). Pedro spent a good part of 20 years using both cocaine and heroin. Despite his drug use, Pedro kept a full-time job and provided a safe home and moderate lifestyle for his family. When I met Pedro, he had been clean for more than 15 years. He reported that he stopped using drugs \u201cbecause I got tired of being strung out.\u201d He stated, \u201cOne day I grabbed my Bible and locked myself in a room for a week. I haven\u2019t touched drugs since.\u201d Pedro denied ever attending a formal drug rehabilitation program.<\/p>\n Pedro was diagnosed HIV positive in 1988. His risk factor for contracting HIV was IVDU. Pedro\u2019s first wife contracted HIV from Pedro and died of AIDS. After her death, Pedro raised his sons as a single parent until he remarried about 10 years later. Pedro\u2019s youngest son was infected with HIV through vertical transmission (from mother to baby). His HIV disease was controlled until he was 17. At that time, Pedro\u2019s son developed AIDS and, after a long battle, died before his 19th birthday. Pedro never left his son\u2019s bedside during his illness. Pedro harbors significant guilt\u00a0 The treatment setting where I met Pedro was an outpatient comprehensive care clinic affiliated with a city hospital. The clinic was created to provide interdisciplinary care to adult patients living with HIV\/AIDS. The backbone of each patient\u2019s clinical team included a social worker and a primary care physician with a specialty in HIV care. For the most part, visits with the social worker were paired with routine doctor appointments. When I met Pedro, he was an established patient at the clinic, having gone there since his initial diagnosis in 1988. As a result, he had worked with a string of social workers over the years.<\/p>\n During our initial visit, Pedro greeted me by saying, \u201cI really don\u2019t need another social worker who is not going to help me, so there\u2019s no point in me talking to you.\u201d I urged Pedro to sit down with me so I could at least introduce myself. During our visit, I validated Pedro\u2019s feelings about having another new social worker and attempted to explain how I viewed my role at the clinic. Pedro \u201cyessed me to death\u201d politely, but his ambivalence and resistance were palpable. This type of exchange continued for several visits. During these visits, I tried to build a rapport with Pedro. We spoke about his family and his social and medical history. The visits were casual, and I was nonconfrontational. After each visit, I thanked Pedro for talking to me and told him that I hoped I would be able to help him if something came up. My intent during this period was to build a clinical assessment of Pedro. Pedro had a strong personality and was reluctant to show his true emotions. His presentation was consistent with\u00a0machismo,<\/em>\u00a0and I realized that Pedro\u2019s Latino cultural background was embedded throughout his life. Pedro was profoundly committed to his family and their well-being, he had strong views toward male and female gender roles, and religion played a very important role in Pedro\u2019s life.<\/p>\n Engaging Pedro around this concrete issue opened the door to our future relationship. In his eyes, I was no longer \u201canother worthless social worker,\u201d and he was able to address more emotional issues with me, such as his feelings about his son\u2019s death and the progression of his own HIV\/AIDS and Hep C illnesses. In our future work, we spoke about Pedro\u2019s noncompliance to his medication, and while Pedro\u2019s behaviors around his HAART did not change, he did begin and successfully complete treatment for his Hep C.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n References<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2015).\u00a0<\/span>Understanding generalist practice<\/em>\u00a0(6th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2015).\u00a0<\/span>Understanding generalist practice<\/em>\u00a0(6th ed.). 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