SAP103 TUTORIAL WEEK TWO: INTEGRATIONMarketing Research and Data Analysis

Imagine a family with substance abuse issues, child neglect, and family violence. The family support worker assesses need and develops and monitors a care plan.

The care plan has legal, medical, and human service components. The worker may be making referrals to community legal and medical centres, advocating for immediate police intervention, meeting with a lawyer and the client together, collaborating with a children’s worker, and supporting a parent seeking a restraining order throughout the time of their engagement with the legal system.

In small groups, discuss the following questions and note down your responses – these will be fed back to the group for discussion

Thinking about the two service models – the integrated model and multiple agency/fragmented model, which model might best address the family’s support needs?

List the reasons/rationale for your decision.

Identify the potential benefits and challenges of the two models as applied to the family.

In general, do you have a preferred model? Justify your preference.