Intervention Plan

This intervention plan concerns a 60-year-old male client diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. The client is single and homeless, currently seeking social services at St Barnabas Behavioral Health Service. More about is him is that he has had many psychiatric hospitalizations and has been reported to be depressed, anxious, and threatening to his neighbors. This intervention plan focuses on the client’s social issues through a person-centered approach and outlines goals and evaluation methods that will improve his health and well-being.

Area Of Concern

From the biopsychosocial spiritual assessment, this intervention plan is concerned with the social component of the client. The assessment provides that the client has not acquired a college education, which might have been a critical challenge in getting employment. He is currently unemployed, although he is interested in working in a restaurant. As such, the client relies on income from the SSD. The client is a member of the state by birth, a last born in a family of three siblings. His parents are deceased, and the client has lost contact with his three brothers. He is not married and has no children, meaning he is without family members. However, the client has two friends with whom they have a good relationship. The three reside at a Long-Term facility. The client is currently discharged and considered a non-threat, and he is spending his time in leisure, which includes walking, listening to music, and singing. Notably, the client has no legal issues, and there are no reports of him regarding human rights or social injustices.

Short-Term Goals

1.  Follow up on medication. This goal checks that the client will take his medications and recommended therapies. As such, the goal should be complete when the prescriptions end. Each day, a social worker in charge of the treatment plan will remind the client to take his medication as prescribed, and every week, the client will attend the appropriate individual psychological therapies. In such therapies, the client will take the lead as recommended for a person-centered approach to identify his strengths and potential (Mcleod, 2017). This will relieve the client of his symptoms to appreciate his health and wellness and highlight his potential as a healthy individual.
2. Find a restaurant job for the client. From his social assessment, the client indicated that he is interested in working at a restaurant. This is one of the things he has mentioned categorically that he likes. Since putting a client’s interest at the center of intervention is the principle of a person-centered approach (Cherry, 2021), the client will suggest his desired roles and location of a restaurant occupation. However, a social worker will help the client find the ideal job openings he can handle at the age of 60, with his education and skills. The social worker should provide such options with a day, the client should choose his preferences, and within a week, the client should have acquired a job in a restaurant.

Long-Term Goals

1. Improve the client’s social support system. This goal aims to have the client settled with a robust social support system that addresses his immediate needs and understands him. Firstly, the social worker will help the client find a job at his desired location and advise him to find several workplace friends. The client will also inform the social worker whether he would wish to reunite with his brothers, upon which if he agrees, they will be searched. The client may list the people he wishes to find or talk to, and the social worker will help him achieve the goal. Forming such a social system may take up to three months.

Tasks

The tasks involved include;

1. Scheduling individual therapies with the client
2. Following the client up on medication
3. Finding him a restaurant job
4. Reuniting him with his family

Responsibilities

The social worker is responsible for helping the client find his strengths and realize his potential. At the age 60, the client might have lost hope in things like reuniting with his family. However, the social and spiritual assessment revealed that he is positive and hopeful. Therefore, the social worker will out the client’s interest at the center while helping him follow his medication to achieve better health and wellness.

The client at the center of the intervention plan will follow his prescription and attend all the therapies as scheduled. He will be given a chance to talk more and indicate his interests, such as where he would work and whom he would want to associate. The client will also be responsible for following both medical and psychological recommendations.

Timeframe

Medications – as prescribed

Therapies – as deemed fit by the social worker

Finding a job – one week

Forming a social support system – six months

Evaluation

An ideal evaluation process is checking the client’s impression and expectations of wellness. This is in relation to his needs and goals. For instance, the client needs to overcome the symptoms of bipolar schizoaffective disorder. As such, his impression of the effectiveness of the medication will inform the effectiveness of the overall intervention plan. Also, the client expects to find a job at a restaurant, and getting a job that suits him will have met the goal of his intervention plan. Lastly, the intervention plan should provide him with the social support needed, and as he wishes it, to live a healthy life and achieve wellness. 

Obstacles

Some of the obstacles include the client’s old age, which limits the job options in a restaurant. After losing contact for many years, his brothers might not want anything to do with him. He might get tired of attending therapies, so the social worker has to find him.

Strengths

The biopsychosocial and spiritual assessment has indicated that he has strong faith and is determined to move on in life. He has three strong friends and a shelter. He has already found some leisure activities to keep him engaged.

References

Cherry, K. (2021). How Client-Centered Therapy Works. Verywell Mind. Retrieved 27 January 2022, from https://www.verywellmind.com/client-centered-therapy-2795999.

Mcleod, S. (2017). Person Centred Therapy – Core Conditions | Simply Psychology. Simplypsychology.org. Retrieved 27 January 2022, from https://www.simplypsychology.org/client-centred-therapy.html.