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Question: Margot is a fifteen-year-old girl with a long history of disruptive behavior and encounters with the legal system. The court has sent her to stay at a home for delinquent girls where her every move will be monitored.

14 Oct 2022,11:34 PM

 

Case Scenario:

Margot is a fifteen-year-old girl with a long history of disruptive behavior and encounters with the legal system. The court has sent her to stay at a home for delinquent girls where her every move will be monitored. Margot has been assigned to your case management case load. During your first meeting with Margot, she begins to cry and plead with you to allow her to return home. She promises that she will begin to attend school regularly, disassociate herself from the street gang, and stop shoplifting.
In detail, discuss the following:
1) Elements of client self-determination and the protection of society, and how these two elements clash in Margot's case.
2) As the case management worker, what would you do when Margot begins pleading with you?
3) What recommendations would you make to (a) Margot, (b) Margot's family, (c) the judicial system that placed Margot in the home for delinquent girls, and (d) the school officials involved in Margot's case?
4) Are there any particular community programs and/or services that you would recommend?


NOTE: As you consider each of your recommendation(s), remember to take into consideration any limitation(s) or barrier(s) that might be encountered and how these might be managed. Also, remember that you, the case management worker, do not have the power to over-ride decisions and/or rulings set down by the court.

Expert answer

 

1) Elements of client self-determination and the protection of society, and how these two elements clash in Margot's case.

It is important to discuss the elements of client self-determination and the protection of society when working with Margot. On one hand, Margot should be allowed to make her own decisions about her life and what she wants to do. On the other hand, society needs to be protected from individuals who are likely to harm others. In Margot's case, these two elements clash. She has a history of disruptive behavior and has been involved in the legal system multiple times. It is unclear if she is actually willing to change her behavior and become a law-abiding member of society. There is a risk that she will continue to engage in disruptive behavior if she is allowed to return home. Therefore, it is important to weigh the risks and benefits of allowing Margot to return home before making a decision.

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