The social worker is to prepare a typed 5- page highly factual and detailed social assessment report on a classmate, relative, friend, roommate, or acquaintance.

You are required to work with the two degrees of separation rule: 1) The person should be of a different race ( Vietnamese) and 2) have one other significant difference from you (language, gender, sexual orientation, generation, etc.).

The report should include each of the following areas:

1. Identifying Information:g., birth date, occupation, race, religion, marital status. You may change the name and vitals to protect someone’s privacy.
2. Family Background and Personal History: general family history, education and employment history, marital/intimate partner/relationship history, general health and wellness history (i.e. does this person have physical or behavioral challenges, a chronic health condition, a terminal illness, etc.)
3. Natural Support Network: significant relationships and nature of involvement.
4. Physical Environment: e.g., housing situation, financial stability, transportation resources, neighborhood.
5. Important Life Events:g., situation and client’s response to deaths of significant others, serious losses or traumas, significant life achievements, family dysfunctions, other events.
6. Religion and Social Activities:g., denominations, church membership, extent of involvement, spiritual perspective, special observances.
7. Formal Support Network: Any prior contacts with social service agencies and/or counseling service.
8. Genogram: In support of social history information gathered from the interviewee.
9. Ecomap: In support of social history information gathered from the interviewee.
10. Impressions and Assessment: summarize your impression and inferences from the above facts including any potential problem(s), strengths, and resources for the problem(s).

The information addressed in item # 1 though #9 in this report should justify your final impressions and inferences (item #10).

(Note that the format and contents in the social history example are different from what is required for this assignment. The purpose of the example is to see how factual information about the clients can be described.)

Your 5-page narrative assessment includes item #1 though #7, and #10. Item #8 and #9 should be included as appendices.