In 5–6 pages, use the Hill and O’Brien (1999) Helping Skills Model to describe the strategies/interventions that you would use to support the case study’s career plan. The Helping Skills Model is outlined in the case study, Darren: The Case of the Unemployed Runaway. It is located in the Week 10 Learning Resources.
First, summarize the case of Jermel. Do not use “Darren” from the resources. In your summary, you should:
Briefly describe Jermel’s career concerns, and
Highlight relevant sociocultural factors that influence the case.
Describe your role in addressing Jermel’s career concerns as either a licensed professional counselor or a school counselor.
Next, following the Hill and O’Brien (1999) model,
Describe the activities that you would engage in at Stage One of your career plan (Exploration, pp. 231–232).
What techniques would you use to develop rapport, express empathy, and encourage Jermel to “tell his story?”
How would you broach the role of sociocultural factors in Jermel’s career story?
For the second stage, Insight (p. 232), identify the areas that you would focus on to gain a deeper meaning and understanding of Jermel’s situation.
How would you identify his interests, abilities, and strengths?
What career assessments and/or computer-assisted programs might be of use?
What changes in the world-of-work might be relevant?
For the Action stage (p. 232), identify
The plans you would develop
How you would evaluate them, and
What follow up activity you would do with your client.
Career Plan Template
Provide a brief introduction to your paper here. The title serves as your introductory heading, so there is no need for a heading titled “Introduction.” Here you will briefly discuss the purpose of the paper. Start first by writing a sentence or two on the topic in general; that is, the career planning in your desired population or setting. Then, follow up with a statement of the specific purpose or argument of this particular assignment (i.e., to illustrate a career plan designed to assist clients or students with identifying options for meaningful and desirable work). Remember, you need a minimum of three sentences to make a paragraph. At the end of your introduction, include a sentence outlining which topics will be discussed and in which order.
The Case of Jermel: The Reluctant Post-Secondary Planner
In this section of your final project, you will briefly summarize the key points from the case of Jermel. In your summary, you should briefly describe Jermel’s career concerns, as well as relevant sociocultural factors that influence the case. You will then discuss your role in addressing these concerns, choosing to explore this case from either the licensed professional counselor OR school counselor perspective. This section of your paper should be one to two paragraphs.
Career Plan
Stage 1: Exploration
In this section of your final project, begin the explanation of your career plan for the case of Jermel, following the Hill and O’Brien (1999) Helping Skills Model located in this week’s learning resources. For this stage, you should describe the activities you would engage in to facilitate career exploration with Jermel (Exploration, pp. 231–232). Be sure to provide a rationale for the activities you identify, using specific career theories as a framework. For example, if using a Holland-type career assessment, be sure to explain Holland’s ideas on the connection between personality characteristics and job titles, and how the assessment would promote career exploration in this case. Additionally, be sure to also consider other questions such as: “What techniques would you use to develop rapport, express empathy, and encourage Jermel to tell his story?” and “How would you broach the role of sociocultural factors in Jermel’s career story?”
Stage 2: Insight
For the second stage, Insight (p. 232), identify the areas would you focus on to gain deeper meaning and understanding of Jermel’s situation. How would you identify his interests, abilities, and strengths? What career assessments and/or computer-assisted programs might be of use? What changes in the world-of-work might be relevant? In this section, be sure to consider any theories that might explain limitations to your Jermel’s career aspirations. For example, using Gottfredson’s theory of circumscription and compromise, you might discuss if it is relevant to explore the extent to which Jermel may be eliminating certain options based on his various sociocultural factors. If you are using social cognitive career theory, you might consider if it is relevant to explore how Jermel’s career decision-making has been influenced by low self-efficacy beliefs.
Stage 3: Action
For the third stage, Action (p. 232), identify what plans you would develop, how you would evaluate them, and what follow-up activity you would do with Jermel. The plans identified in this section should be based on the insights you discussed at Stage 2. For example, if you identified low self-efficacy beliefs and foreclosed occupational options as a barrier to career decision-making for Jermel, describe how you might facilitate discussion of additional options through activities such as card sorts, job shadows, or additional career assessments. As another example, if you identified poor job search skills as a barrier, you might provide psychoeducation of job search skills, and use role-play as a way to evaluate increased knowledge in this area. When developing your action items, be sure to consider how you might advocate with or on behalf of Jermel.
Collaboration
In this final section of the project, describe how you might collaborate with Jermel’s other counselor to meet his needs. Identify at least one mindset and three behaviors (one from each category- Learning Strategies, Self-Management Skills, and Social Skills) put forth by the American School Counselor Association (2021) you and the other counselor should focus on to ensure Jermel’s career needs are addressed and explain how this collaboration would benefit Jermel. This section of your paper should be one to two paragraphs.
Conclusion
Your conclusion section should recap the major points you have made in your paper. However, perhaps more importantly, you should interpret what you have written and what the bigger picture is. Remember, your paper should be five to eight pages, not counting your title page and reference page. Be sure to include at least three references throughout your paper.
Always include references on a separate page. APA is very specific about punctuation and how elements of the reference are presented. Every citation should have a reference and vice versa. Use the APA manual to verify your format. Below you will find many examples for you to follow. A formal paper for Walden will require you to use all relevant resources provided in the classroom, and also expect one or more scholarly resources from peer reviewed journals from the Walden Library.
References
(Please note that the following references are intended as examples only.)
- John, G., & Locke, D. (1973). Career development at any age. Fairy Tale Publishing.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2007). How to cite a video: The city is always Baltimore [DVD]. Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2010). Name of program [Video webcast]. http://www.courseurl.com
- Smith, G., & Johnson, N. (2008). Career counseling: Why we need it and can’t live without it. Career Counseling for Everyone, 25(7), 14-31. http://dx.doi.org/10.8220/CTCE.52.1.23-91