Module 4 Intersecting Identities Case Study
Purpose
This assignment is designed to help you apply the concepts of intersecting identities and cultural pluralism to both assessment of the client, self-awareness, and understanding of how diversity affects the client relationship.
Course Objectives
- CO2: Practice cultural competence through self-awareness, assessment of intersecting identities, and application of non-Western interventions.
Requirements
Your paper should be 3-5 pages not including title and reference pages, double-spaced, APA format. Please cite all references.
Guidelines
Identify a client (individual, couple, or family) who is seen at the practicum agency( INTERN SITE), for whom intersecting identities present a significant aspect of their psychosocial challenges. Preferably this would be someone with whom you work, but if you are not seeing clients directly at this point, it can be a client your supervisor or a staff member sees.
- Describe the client’s demographics, using their own identifying language.
- Describe the presenting problems and the role of the social worker or student.
- Offer a conceptualization of how intersecting identities present challenges and opportunities for the client.
- Share your plan of how you (or the staff member) have addressed or hope to address these challenges and opportunities.
- Examine how your own (or the staff member’s) intersecting identities may have an impact on the client relationship, and how these should be or have been managed.
Grading Criteria
Your assignment will be graded based on following criteria:
| Criteria | Points | Description |
| Intersecting identities | 30 | How intersectionality of client identities affects presenting problems is clearly analyzed in terms of challenges and opportunities. |
| Intervention plan | 20 | Intervention plan aligns closely with intersectionality concerns and addresses micro and macro levels of presenting problems. |
| Management of helper identities | 20 | Steps to manage impact of helper identities on client relationship reflect understanding of power, privilege, and perception. |
| Quality of Writing | 10 | Writing is clear, logical, free of grammatical errors, and in APA format with appropriate headings. |
| Total | 80 | A quality assignment will meet or exceed all of the above requirements. |
Detailed grading rubric can be found below.
Rubric
Intersecting Identities Case Study Rubric
| Intersecting Identities Case Study Rubric | ||||||
| Criteria | Ratings | Pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Intersecting identities |
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30 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Intervention plan |
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20 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Management of helper identities |
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20 pts | ||||
| This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
Quality of Writing |
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10 pts | ||||
