Information Regarding Needs Essay

Assessments:How does your agency capture information regarding needs, history, circumstances and relationships of clients? Do the assessments capture extensive information or are they focused in particular areas? Structured interviews? Written forms, brief or long? One time meetings or over time? Is assessment viewed as process, skill, and/or outcome? Are assessments done on or with clients? Are they ongoing or point in time? Does the same person who assess clients also provide interventions?What are some of the identified strengths and limitations of the way your agency captures information/assessments?Interventions: How are interventions connected to assessments? What interventions does the agency use and when do they start? Individual or group services? Case management, psychotherapy, concrete services, evidenced based practices, some or all? What is the agency’s philosophy regarding the intervention(s) they offer?What are some of the identified strengths and limitations of the way your agency provides interventions?