Case Study Scenario of Asim - Critical Social Work
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1CASE STUDY ANALYSISIntroduction: Case study scenario of AsimThis case study is concerned with Asim who lives in Flemington along with his parentsand three older brothers. His parents decided to move to this place from North Parks as hisparents believed that if her children are growing up in North Park was turning out to beimpervious for the older boys (older brothers of Asim) who were continuously stopped by thepolice and prove their identification. The police continuously questioned Rashad the olderbrother suspecting him of the murder of Lieb, a Sudanese man who was brutally murdered in2007 in North Park. Rashad was subjected to sporadic name-calling and this made his parentsdistressed. However, moving to Flemington did not turn out as imagined by Faraj and Rosalia.The police about their whereabouts by the police often question the boys who love spending timein the park whenever they are found in the public space. The boys are asked to provide the IDcard by the police. Asim is fearful of the police and does not want too much of interaction withthe police. The police to know about the community of Sudanese Muslims and about theiractivities interrogate him. This is also the reason that led Asim to drop out of the basketball teamas the police were running it. In the present situation, Asim was found on CCTV camera stealingheadphones from the shop and was presented in front of the magistrate. The magistrate decidedthat Asim requires counselling and therefore, I would step in as a social worker and discussabout the strategies and interventions that are required to counsel Asim. In my first meeting withAsim I found him to be quite gregarious, however it is the police whom he fears and does notlike talking to them. In the first sitting, Asim is brought by his mother. In the second sitting, hisfather brings Asim and he looks quite reticent. On further investigation it was found that hismother has taken his teenage sister to Magdi who has become pregnant. It was the act of hisfriend Suleyman. Asim felt betrayed as he has trusted Suleyman but Suleyman betrayed him in
2CASE STUDY ANALYSISthis manner. His mother blames Asim for befriending Suleyman and leading to this condition ofhis sister. Asim has felt betrayed as he trusted his friend. Asim was aware of the growingintimacy between Magdi and Suleyman but he never expected that the situation would go out ofhand like this. He has been embroiled in greater trouble as he has confronted Suleyman andpunched him on the stomach and the face. The police for this act charged Asim with assault andhis family has become even more upset with him. Another issue that emerged in the family is theconflict between his parents. His father has blamed his mother for leading his children to becomedeviant. At the same time, he has grown repulsive towards his father because of his attitude ofcontinuously yelling at his mother. On the other hand, Omar has embroiled himself into troubleby stealing oploid medicine from an older woman’s flat. There has been a tendency to acessoploid medicine from older women DiscussionAssessment of the case of Asim through the ecological theory (key theoretical concepts)After the analysis of the case of Asim it can be stated that there needs to be theintegration of critical ecological theory framework and the mid-level theory of solutionapproach. According to the tenets of the critical ecological theory there is interdependencebetween the social environment and the physical environment has influence on the personality ofthe individual (Coady & Lehmann, 2016). Another feature of the ecological theory is that it linksthe private troubles of an individual with the broader public issue plaguing the society. Thenotion of the ecological theory is for the in-person environment and has found large acceptancein the discourse of social work (Tompsett, Henderson, Mathew Byrne, Gaskell Mew &Tompsett, 2017). The highlight of the theory is that it is able to seek connections among the
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