CPSS/370

INTAKE, ASSESSMENT, AND CLASSIFICATION

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CPSS 370 Wk 1 – Helping Process Worksheet

In order to understand the helping process holistically, you must understand each piece that contributes to the process. Once you gain an understanding of how the process works, you can apply the process in many different contexts and situations. In this assignment, you will identify the steps that contribute to the helping process and apply the helping process in the correctional setting.

Complete the Helping Process Worksheet.

Submit your completed worksheet.

CPSS 370 Wk 2 – Intake Screening and Assessment Paper

The correctional system uses a variety of forms during the intake and assessment process, and these may differ by state. In this assignment, you will become familiar with forms that are commonly used in the correctional system for assessing individuals, and you will determine how these forms are used in the intake and assessment process.

Review the Inmate Screening Form and Initial Custody Assessment Scale starting on page 56 of Objective Jail Classification Systems: A Guide for Jail Administrators on the National Institute of Corrections website.

Examine the forms and determine how results from these forms may be utilized.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper on the intake and assessment procedures in the assessment phase of the helping process, in which you:

• Describe how these forms are used in the assessment phase of the helping process with individuals involved with the correctional system.
• Describe how identifying risk factors through intake and assessment will contribute to the classification and treatment of an individual involved with the correctional system.
• Identify other assessment instruments and forms that may be used in the correctional system during the assessment phase of the helping process. Explain how these instruments are used and what information they provide.

Include a minimum of 2 sources.

Format your reflection consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit your screening and assessment forms and reflection.

CPSS 370 Wk 3 – Intake and Assessment Helping Skills Manual

Explaining a process to someone else can enhance your own understanding. In this assignment, you will gain a better understanding of the helping skills necessary to facilitate the intake and assessment procedures.

Imagine you are training a new human service worker on the intake and assessment process at a correctional facility. You must outline the elements of intake interviewing and explain the skills that it will take to facilitate the assessment process with clients.

Create a 700- to 1,050-word manual for your trainee, in which you:

• Describe the purpose of the intake interview.
• Explain the elements involved in intake interviewing.
• Describe the assessment process.
• Describe the skills needed to facilitate the assessment process.

Include a minimum of 2 sources.

Format any citations within your manual according to APA guidelines.

CPSS 370 Wk 3 – Team – Ethics Presentation

Ethical dilemmas may present themselves in different ways when working with a forensic population. In this assignment, you will identify a scenario that presents an ethical dilemma and explain how you would resolve it.

Create a case scenario of an ethical dilemma that your team has encountered during the intake and assessment process.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to propose your team’s response to the ethical dilemma, in which you:

• Briefly describe the situation that is presenting an ethical dilemma.
• Explain why this situation is an ethical dilemma.
• Explain your plan of action for how to resolve the ethical dilemma.
• Explain how your plan of action will help to resolve the ethical dilemma.

Include detailed speaker notes for each slide.

Include a minimum of 2 sources.

Format any citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.

CPSS 370 Wk 4 – Needs Assessment and Treatment Plan

Identifying clients’ needs is necessary to determine the appropriate treatment programs and interventions. In this assignment, you will review a completed needs assessment and identify the immediate needs of the client, as well as propose treatment options.

Imagine you are a human service professional working in an institutional corrections facility. You have completed a needs assessment on an individual who is entering the facility and must write your report of the results, as well as recommend a course of treatment.

Review the Sample Needs Assessment.

Write a 525- to 700-word report, including the following:

• Summarize the needs of the client, based on the information and severity codes in the Sample Needs Assessment.
• Identify the top needs requiring immediate intervention, and explain why these are high priority needs.
• Recommend potential treatment programs for this client’s treatment plan, based on the identified needs.
• Explain why these programs are a necessary part of the client’s treatment plan.

Include a minimum of 2 sources.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

CPSS 370 Wk 4 – Team – Assessment Instrument Showcase

Understanding the different assessment instruments that are used in the correctional system will help you to select the appropriate instrument in different situations. In this assignment, you become familiar with multiple assessment instruments and their purposes.

Locate 3 assessment instruments/tools used to assess different areas of need for individuals involved with the correctional system. These can be related to mental health, substance abuse, education, etc.

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation to showcase these instruments, in which you do the following for each assessment tool:

• Describe the purpose of the assessment instrument.
• Identify the population the instrument is meant to assess.
• Explain how this assessment instrument is utilized.
• Describe the type of information the results will yield.

Include detailed speaker notes for each slide.

Include a minimum of 3 sources.

Format any citations within your presentation according to APA guidelines.

CPSS 370 Wk 5 – Best Practices in Community Corrections

Individuals transitioning from an institutional correctional setting to a community correctional setting may have different needs than those individuals entering an institutional setting. In this assignment, you will review a case study, assess the individual based on the information provided, and propose evidence-based practices for helping this individual transition back into society.

Imagine you have been asked to create a transition plan for an individual transitioning out of an institutional correctional facility and into society. You will be presenting your transition plan to your supervisor in a detailed report that includes research as a rationale for your plan.

Review the Case of Robert.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word report with your plan to assist the individual in this case study, in which you:

• Describe why community correctional assessment is necessary for this individual.
• Use a community correctional assessment to determine the needs of this individual.
• Describe evidence-based practices for working with this individual to address his specific needs as he or she re-enters society.

Include a minimum of 2 sources.

Format your report according to APA guidelines.