PSF200: Forensic Social Worker

RUNNING HEADER: FORENSICS SOCIAL WORKER

John P. Dotson
Capella
Prof. Kay Carter
PSF 5020 – u10a01 – Forensics Mental Health
Forensics Social Worker

2701 N. Mill Rd., Apt.56
Bowling Green, KY 42104
[e-mail]

Table of Contents
Abstract 3
Forensic Social Work Introduction
Competency v. Criminal Responsibility
Guardianship
The role and expectations of forensic social workers in civil and criminal settings.
Forensic Social Worker and Collaboration
Assessment strategies, clinical instruments, evaluations, tests, and collateral reports
Ethical challenges related to forensic social work
Most salient practice issue for the forensic social worker
References 6

Overview
This project will
| Identifies, but does not fully describe, the assessment strategies, including the clinical instruments, used by a forensic mental health professional in addressing the selected issues in criminal and civil court proceedings. | Describes the assessment strategies, including the clinical instruments, used by a forensic mental health professional in addressing the selected issues in criminal and civil court proceedings. | Describes and analyzes the assessment strategies, including the clinical instruments, used by a forensic mental health professional in addressing the selected issues in criminal and civil court proceedings. Also, uses examples to support the analysis. | Reflect on the ethical expectations related to the chosen issue.
20 % | Does not reflect on the ethical expectations related to the chosen issue. | Identifies, but does not reflect on, the chosen disciplines ' ethical standards related to the chosen issue. | Reflects on the ethical expectations related to the chosen issue. | Reflects on the chosen disciplines ' ethical standards related to the chosen issue and uses examples to support the analysis. | Identify the most salient practice issue for the chosen discipline in criminal and civil court proceedings and offer one possible macro-level solution.
Working with health care professionals on health of the person in question, not to mention medication and how well that particular medication is working in preventing the non-conformant behavior.
Assessment strategies, clinical instruments, evaluations, tests, and collateral reports The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Illnesses is provided to give a language used with mental illnesses and to keep this language common for all parties concerned. Additionally, it is not a diagnostic tool. This is used to not only use a common language, but to provide information on the mental illnesses in question for whomever is using the document. The uses for this with the various mental health professionals could be to refresh their memory on a particular illness, to aid in preparation for testimony or advisement in the court system, and as a