Assessment 1 - Grief and Loss Discussion Paper

You will construct a paper around the following tasks:

1. Choose one role of a person in the profession for which you are studying. Please be specific and put a job description in an appendix.

2. Choose and outline one form of loss. Furthermore, discuss how might the role you have chosen respond to this loss with an adult client. Identify how the process may be adapted for one of the children in the family (less than 17 years of age)

3. Outline and discuss some of the challenges that the professional may experience working with these clients. Be sure to take into consideration the context of your role, organisation and community.

Rationale

This assessment addresses three of the learning outcomes in the subject in particular. It asks for a logical, cognitive and analytical response. It helps to ensure that you have confidence in dealing with loss and grief in a variety of age-groups and circumstances: You should

- be able to evaluate and critically discuss a range of conceptualizations of the experience of grief, loss and change.

- be able to demonstrate their understanding of normal human reaction when confronted with loss and the influence of personal and social variables in shaping these.

- be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of what is involve in assessing for issues of grief, loss and change in situations where these may, or may not be, relevant.

Assessment 2 - Case Study

Task

Your client is a 65-year-old widower whose wife passed away twelve months ago. Barry has been living with his dog, Rusty at home. Barry has a small circle of friends and regularly attends the local club on Friday nights for the raffles and a few beers. Since his wife's passing Barry has had home care and meals on wheels to support him. Barry is currently a patient in the local hospital due to a recent stroke, the doctors have said that Barry is now unable to care for himself and will need to go into an aged care facility. Barry's states his only living daughter is a senior executive in a major metropolitan city and that she will be unable to care for him. You have been called in to talk to Barry on your first day back at work after travelling interstate to visit your father in hospital after he fractured his hip.

Write an essay that explores;

What grief and loss issues Barry might be experiencing and how you will address these?

Explain what theories of loss and grief will inform your practice while you are working with Barry?

Identify what obstacles you might experience while working with this client including the impact of your current personal situation.

Rationale -

This assessment task allows you to address the following learning objectives in an active and applied manner

- be able to evaluate and critically discuss a range of conceptualizations of the experience of grief, loss and change

-be able to demonstrate an appropriate level of self-awareness around how their own history of grief, loss and change may enhance or interfere with their provision of effective psychosocial support / counselling

- be able demonstrate their understanding of normal human reactions when confronted with loss and the influence of personal and social variables in shaping these.

-be able to demonstrate a sound understanding of what is involved in assessing for issues of grief, loss and change in situations where these may, or may not be, relevant.

Attachment:- Assignment File.rar