Assessment 2B: Updated case studies

You are required to download the template document attached to this assessment.  This document has the Acknowledge Education coversheet.

Please see the updated information for your chosen case study.  This is additional information you will assist you to complete the Case Plan for your client.

Updated case study 1: Maddie

Maddie, a 15-year-old student at [local secondary school], has become increasingly withdrawn and has not attended classes for over three weeks. Teachers describe her as previously quiet but capable, with a strong interest in art and creative writing. Her school attendance and engagement began declining two months ago after she began a relationship with a 16-year-old boy from a neighbouring school.

During this relationship, Maddie sent sexually explicit images of herself via Snapchat. The boy shared these images with others, resulting in widespread peer bullying and online harassment. Maddie has since deleted her social media accounts and isolated herself from her friends. She recently told the school wellbeing coordinator that she feels “scared, embarrassed and dirty” and posted online that she “wants it all to stop.” Although there is no current evidence of self-harming behaviour, school staff are concerned about her mental health and possible suicidal ideation.

The school made a mandatory report to [local Child Protection office], but it was screened out as below the threshold for intervention. No other report has been made despite the incident potentially falling under image-based abuse laws.

Maddie lives with her mother, who works long hours and appears emotionally disengaged. Her mother has declined counselling or support offered by the school and has made statements blaming Maddie for the situation, such as “she brought it on herself.” There is no known involvement from Maddie’s father or extended family.

Maddie has disengaged from all extracurricular activities and refuses to attend scheduled appointments at [local youth mental health service]. She has not seen her GP at [local community health centre] for over six months. Her teachers report that when she is seen on school grounds, she appears anxious, avoids eye contact, and often looks unwell. She has reported stomach pain, poor appetite, and difficulty sleeping.

Updated case study 2: Jayden

Jayden is enrolled at [local P–12 school], where staff report significant behavioural escalation over the past two months. He has become increasingly defiant, is regularly late or absent, and has been suspended once for fighting. He was recently found hiding under a stairwell and told the Koori Engagement Support Officer (KESO) that he “hates being at home when Steve is there.”

Jayden has also reported nightmares, trouble sleeping, and refusing to eat on some days. Staff have noticed that he flinches at loud noises. Jayden has been seen hanging around with much older youths at the local shopping mall and police have been called several times to ask the group to leave.  Youth tasking police are very concerned that Jayden will be easily led by the older group who are involved in a range of criminal activity including shop stealing, car theft and small scale drug use and on selling.  The KESO believes Jayden is struggling with identity, safety, and belonging, and has raised concerns about the potential for dual client status (Child Protection and youth justice risk).

A mandatory report was made to [local Child Protection office], but the report was screened out due to lack of physical evidence. The school has offered counselling through [local school-based therapeutic service], but Tanya has not provided consent. Jayden has not seen a GP in over a year.

Updated case study 3: Taylah

Taylah has absconded several times in recent weeks, staying overnight at unknown locations. On one occasion, she was found at the home of an 18-year-old male with prior youth justice involvement. She was returned intoxicated, and workers found alcohol in her room. Cannabis use is suspected, and she has refused to attend scheduled appointments with her trauma counsellor at [local headspace or CAMHS].

She has also been involved in verbal altercations with staff, uses aggressive and sexualised language, and recently engaged in superficial self-harm, scratching the inside of her arm with a paperclip. Staff documented that Taylah often challenges boundaries (“You can’t make me”) and attempts to “split” the team, playing workers off one another.

One staff member overheard Taylah say she “didn’t want to go back to his house again,” referring to the 18-year-old male, but no formal report or incident form was completed.

Taylah also faces a pending shoplifting charge, and her Child Protection case manager is working with [local youth justice service] to explore early diversion options.  

Child Protection has not identified a viable alternative placement and is concerned about cumulative harm and system-based retraumatisation.

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