Though I have had many experiences with working with different client systems, the client system in which I will be focusing on for the sake of this practice example will be a group client system. The group is composed of 21 participants, whom ages vary from 16-24 years old. The participants are members of the Opportunity Youth Program. The program requires that the participants are not currently enrolled in an educational setting or currently employed. The participants must also fall within a low-income bracket, though they are not required to show documentation for this specific requirement. Furthermore, the members of this group all live in …show more content…
Though the goal of the program is to have as many participants as possible enroll is an educational setting along with finding permanent employment by the end of the 14 weeks, my personal goal for the Program Director is to maximize participant work/educational readiness. I have a hard time believing participants will do well in an educational institution or in the workforce if they don't have the skills to succeed.
Action 1: Place the participants in a work setting of their choice. Here is where the participants will be putting into practice what they are learning.
Action 2: Mandatory Weekly Workshops: 1 Time per Week/5 hours total. The Core Services Include: Life Skills, Work/Job Readiness, Educational/Career Exploration.
Action 3: Weekly Worksite Assessments: This is in place to assure the participants are receiving the best possible supervision.
Action 4: Weekly one-to-one check-ins with the client: To monitor progress and provide individualized services to the participants.
Your evaluation of the effectiveness of your service / …show more content…
What I am mean is that I am my participants ages vary for 16-24 and I myself am 22 years old therefore, developing a relationship was relivitetly easy as many of us have a lot of commonalities. Again another aspect of the age that I though really helped out was the fact that many of the participants looked up to me, they saw me not only as a program director but also a student and as someone who grew up in their neighborhood. In addition, because I am still a social work student I was unavailable and out of the office at times which might have been a negative factor in the relationship between the group members and myself. Lastly, those participants who built a stronger relationship with me were more likely to take advantage of opportunities and has more success than did those who waited for me to present options and