Case Study: Collaborative Case Planning for Jimmy's Family

This case study focuses on collaborative case planning for Jimmy and his family, addressing psychological, family, social, and relationship issues. The student, acting as a counsellor, outlines the importance of effective communication and active listening, and suggests engaging Jimmy in activities to build trust and gather information. The goals for the family include improving Jimmy's cognitive development, self-esteem, concentration, social engagement, and family bonding. Resources required include mental health services, social support, and school staff support. Stakeholders such as the counsellor, community service providers, neighbors, and school staff, are identified, along with their roles in supporting the family. The study emphasizes the importance of self-involvement from Jimmy and his family to overcome their difficulties and achieve positive outcomes.

Running head: COLLABORATIVE CASE PLANNING
COLLABORATIVE CASE PLANNING
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author note:

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Role as a counsellor:
In this case, many aspects have been identified such as psychological issue of Jimmy,
family related issue, social issue and relationship issue as well (Chapman, 2017). Therefore, in
order to manage the current condition of Jimmy and his family it is important to conduct
counselling with each member of the family to understand their concern and perspectives
regarding the current situation. It is the responsibility of a counsellor to allow the client to
explore the different aspects of their lives and express difficult feelings without any hesitation
(Fleet et al., 2016). In this regards, I need to consider effective communication and active
listening during the session. In addition I will involve Jimmy in some interesting activities such
as watching video of soccer and related pictures and would like to ask him about his favourite
player, as it was mentioned by him that he like the time of playing soccer in school. Such
activities would help to gain trust of the client and engage him in the session to collect important
information that may help to set goals and strategies to resolve the issue of the child and his
family (Chapman, 2017).
Goals for the family:
As identified several issues in the interview session, the goals for the family of Mr.
McLeod should be-
 Cognitive development of Jimmy as psychologist has identified delay in the cognitive
development.
 Improve the self-esteem of Jimmy as poor self-esteem has contributed to his aggressive
behaviour.

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 Improve concentration of the client on study in order to help him to overcome form the
underperforming status.
 Improve engagement with family and wider society.
 Jimmy needs to be encouraged to play soccer as he loves this sport. Such involvement
would help him to get rid of the mental distress due to taunt and family issue as well.
 Improve family bonding as there is issues between the parents of Jimmy and his father
also neglects him due to his inability and psychological problems.
Resources required by the family:
In order to achieve the goals and get positive outcomes it is important to provide
adequate resources to the client and his family in order to meet their requirements to overcome
their issue. Such resources include, effective mental health service like counselling and
community service for Jimmy, support from the counsellor for improving relationship of Mr.
McLeod and his wife, social support such as support from the neighbours and relatives and
Support from the school staffs of Jimmy (Pinals et al., 2015). Such resources would help them to
manage and overcome their condition in an effective manner.
Stakeholders and their role:
Counsellor- Help them to identify their issue and provide effective strategies to mitigate the
issues.
Community service providers- They could support the family by involving them in various
family support programs and mental health service.
Neighbours- Could enhance social support.

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Staffs of the school of Jimmy- Could support Jimmy in his learning session and motivate him to
engage in school activity.
Jimmy and his family- Self-involvement is most important to overcome any difficult situation,
hence, engagement of Jimmy and his family is required to improve the condition of their family
(Hattingh et al., 2015).

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