Description: Produce a 2,500-word case study that focuses on an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander client. Present an analysis of the case, an appropriate assessment of the client and then formulate an appropriate treatment plan. You must also consider any ethical, legal and other considerations for working with the client, undertake a personal reflection and provide strategies for self-care. Assessment 3 continues to build on the knowledge and ideas explored in Assessments 1 and 2. Draw upon your knowledge of the Cultural Interface, history and social systems from the previous assignments to inform your culturally responsive case study that focuses on an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander client. *** follow headings must be used*** 1. Client analysis: Conduct an analysis of your chosen case study. Include the characteristics of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander client’s context (historical, family and community) and main presenting concerns. 2. Client assessment: Draw on your client analysis to complete a culturally appropriate assessment of the client’s situation and needs. Incorporate your knowledge of the Cultural Interface, trauma-informed practice and other relevant theories and concepts and how these may impact your client. You must justify the inclusion of the relevant theories. 3. Treatment plan: Create a treatment plan that includes humanistic, person-centred and strengths-based therapy interventions. Outline how you would work with the client in a culturally responsive way, including the skills and techniques you would implement and the outcomes you hope to achieve. 4. Ethical, legal and other considerations: What are the ethical, cultural and legal considerations for working with this client? How might you provide the best possible service and support? Reflect on the potential barriers that may prevent your client from engaging with your service and any associated risks and how might you mitigate or reduce these. 5. Personal reflection and strategies for self-care: Reflect on the personal impact of working at the Cultural Interface. What do you think you will find the most challenging and why? Where and how did you obtain answers to your particular questions and concerns? What strategies could you implement to monitor your professional functioning and ongoing personal development? Case Study Profile You meet John, a 26-year-old Aboriginal male, as part of a service to provide support for people seeking to obtain housing and employment. John has been homeless on and off for several years. When he is not couch-surfing, he lives on the streets and sleeps rough in some public parks around town. This puts him in a vulnerable state, and from time to time he is involved in altercations and is the target of violence. John has several health issues, including respiratory problems, exacerbated by his living conditions, especially during the colder months. John mentions he stays at an uncle’s house sometimes, but that isn’t a consistent long-term option. John feels disconnected from his family, especially his mother, father and younger sister. He especially misses his younger sister because he thought it was his role to help look after her and be a good example as her older brother. John presents at your first meeting, stating how he wants to find a safe place to live. He also wants to get a job to become more self-sufficient and feels that this will help enable him to start reconnecting with his family. John expresses an interest in drawing and says that he has worked as a casual employee for a gardening company about three years ago. John says that he was kicked out when he was 20, as his family didn’t like him smoking cannabis at home. John enjoys the sensation that smoking cannabis provides him. It helps to take his mind off his circumstances. He also comments that he is not troubled by the voices in his head when he is smoking. He was recently arrested for assault and is waiting to hear about what happens next. He is unsure what to do or who to talk to about this ‘legal stuff’. Your first meeting goes well but is cut short when John answers his phone and says he needs to meet someone urgently. You manage to make a second appointment, which John attends. At this meeting, John appears agitated and preoccupied. He asks why he should come to see you, as you’ll probably be like another counsellor at your service he saw 12 months ago and whom John felt was judgemental and dismissive. John said he had phoned the service to complain but had not heard anything back. He’d like to know what happened. You are keen to understand more about John’s concerns so that you are better able to assess his needs. John seems less interested in yarning with you today. He mentions that he wonders whether it’s all worth it and doubts whether he can make any changes or whether people would want to reconnect with him even if he did. 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