Case Study of Jason Through Social Assessment Framework

Running head: CASE STUDY OF JASON THROUGH SOCIAL ASSESSESMENT FRAMEWORK
CASE STUDY OF JASON THROUGH SOCIAL ASSESSESMENT FRAMEWORK
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Case scenario: Jason
This case study is concerned with Jason who is an 16 year old teenager of Chinese
Malaysian ethnicity. Jason’s family history tells that his parents migrated to Australia when
he was four years old. Jason has two sisters who were born in Australia. In Jason’s case, the
main issue identified is that there is a conflict of interest between him and his parents. His
parents want him to pursue higher education and remain in core academics whereas Jason is
inclined towards arts. His father wants him to bequeath the legacy of the family business
whereas Jason wants to purse arts and aims to build a career in arts. Apart from this conflict
of interest between Jason’s family and Jason’s personal interest, another issue has plaguing
the family. Recently, Jason has been found to have become withdrawn, reticent and prefers
isolation. He has befriended a boy named Troy who is bullied by his peers for his so-called
effeminate nature. It is being predicted that Jason’s proximity with the boy has led him to a
whirlpool of gender and identity crisis. As a result, Jason have resorted o drugs as a coping
mechanism to fight against this complexity. Jason has attempted suicide and has become a
patient of depression. Therefore, this case study of Jason would give me, the social work
supervisor of Jason’s school to analyse his issues and suggest a social work assessment plan
to deal with his problem.
Social work assessment framework and knowledge of social in the
treatment of Jason: Short-term and long-term concerns
According to Payne (2014), the term assessment refers to the process of collecting
information about specific factors that have implications on the life a person like the origin of
the person, family, ethnic identity, and membership to a community or an organization. The
interpretation of the available information, and identification and assessment of the strength
and weakness of the client follow this (Haggerty, 2016). This further entails mutually agreed

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upon intervention strategies that would alleviate the plight and ordeal of the patients. This
selection of the appropriate intervention would be helpful in dealing with the case of Jason.
Considering the first step in the procedure of social work assessment it is important to collect
information and then embarking on a systematic analysis (Hepworth et al., 2013). In Jason’s
case it can be found that his parents have migrated to Australia from China when he was four
years old, therefore his ethnic background is different. Secondly, it can be found that he
speaks different language from that of the dominant Australians. Thirdly, a communication
gap has been widened by the conflict of interest between Jason and his family. On the
financial front, Jason’s parents have their family business and there is not enough data to
support whether the business is successful. However, given the condition that his family
wants him to take over the business it may be assumed that their family restaurant is doing a
decent business. Therefore, financial constraint is not an issue in case of Jason. Jason has
become completely repulsive towards academics and have a recluse post his friendship with
Troy. Art is his passion and therefore, art can be understood as his strength. It needs to be
understood that Jason is an involuntary client as he was not the one to approach me with his
problems but it was the counsellor of the school who has sent me to assist him. Therefore, I
need to make my position and role clear to Jason.
I would request him to share his views about the changing scenario and the trigger
that led him to become a recluse. I would also request him to share his views about his family
and is there any tension between the two parties. I would maintain confidentiality and respect
the code of ethics during the course of interaction. This assessment will be addressed though
a solution-based approach (Groenewoud et al., 2015). The immediate goal would be to
identify whether gender is going through a gender identity crisis especially after his
interaction with Troy he has felt that he cannot identify with his given gender role. The
short-term goal would be to remove the drugs and anti-depressants in possession of Jason and