Chapter 20 – Developing a Service Plan at the Case
Fundamentals of Case Management Practice, skills for the humanservices - 5th ed by Nancy Summers
Please read the following case study and answer the questions tothe best of your ability.
Case 20.1: Developing Dave's Service Plan
Dave is a 49-year-old bartender who is currently going through adivorce initiated by his wife. Dave and his wife have two children:a boy, aged 6 and a girl, aged 9. Dave states that he and his wifedecided to separate and then divorce after his wife complained onnumerous occasions about his work responsibilities. He states thathis wife told him that his work hours and the social contacts hemade as a result of his job at the bar were incompatible with thekind of family life she wanted for herself and her children. Daveco-owns his home with his wife and is letting her have the housefor the sake of the children. He has taken up with a woman whofrequents his bar and recently moved in with her in a differentpart of the town, \"giving me a place to put my things.\"
Dave is requesting help in restoring his marriage and is lookingfor marriage counseling. He is not sure his wife will agree.Additionally, Dave wants help in considering alternative trainingor education so that he is no longer dependent on his skills as abartender for his income.
Dave has a high school diploma and has completed four collegecourses, all of them general education courses. Dave has a closerelationship with his sister who lives in the same part of the townwhere he is currently living. \"She gives me a lot of support.\" Heis a member of the St. Paul's Methodist church but has not been tochurch in over a year. Dave indicates that he joined the church inorder to please his wife but never got much out of going there,though he likes the minister at the church. Dave describes hisrelationship with his daughter as close. Since he left, hisdaughter calls him every night to go over homework. Unfortunately,his work schedule often cuts these calls short or he is not able totake the calls.
Dave is willing to begin seeing a counselor on his own in thehope that his wife will join him at some point.
1. Describe Dave's presenting needs and concerns.
2. Describe the strengths and supports that Dave has.
3. Describe the weaknesses and/or obstacles that Dave isfacing.
