BSHS 438 Week 4 Team — Professional Interview

Grading Criteria: Professional Interview

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Conduct an interview with a professional from a local human service agency that works with older adults. Inform the agency that their identity will not be disclosed. All team members must conduct their own interviews. This information will be used to complete the Assessment Tool Learning Team assignment in Week 5.

Interview a professional from the agency about assessment methods he or she uses with clientele. Address the following topics in your questions:

· What long-term care considerations are made when working with older adults?

· How does the professional assess physical needs?

· How does the professional assess mental and cognitive needs?

· What approach does the professional take to caring for older adults: integrative or interdisciplinary?

· How does the agency address end-of-life issues?

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word summary paper that consolidates the key points of each team members’ interviews, and describe the similarities and differences between the methods used within each agency.

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

Grading Criteria: Professional Interview

BSHS 438 Week 4 Older Adult Abuse Chart

Create a chart or other visual representation about older adult abuse. Address the following in your chart in 500 to 750 words:

· Types of older adult abuse

· Signs of the abuse

· Implications of the abuse

· Steps to be taken by the human service professional

· Legal mandates

· Ethical concerns

Format any citations in your chart according to APA guidelines.

Submit your assignment.

Designing and scoring a job interview with an interview assessment template

The behavioural or situational-based interview is one of the most reliable selection tools in the recruitment toolkit.
To get the best possible information to make your final decision to hire, it’s critical to take the time to determine what you need to ask in a particular job interview. Specific interview questions will vary based on the job or role.

It is a good idea to ask, score and comment on the same set of interview questions for each candidate who is applying for the same job. This ensures you give each interview candidate the same opportunity to provide the same type of information. This helps you compare “apples to apples” and differentiate successfully.

To fully realize the effectiveness of your interview questions, design the questions so that they are:

Based on the position requirements
Accurately weighted
Paired with a well-designed assessment scheme (see below)

Developing and weighting job interview questions

To develop effective interview questions, follow these steps:

1. Identify a key job qualification.
(E.g., conflict-resolution skills)
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2. Develop a behavioural-based question to assess that quality.
(E.g., “Describe a situation in which you resolved a conflict among team members. How did you do it? What was the outcome?”)
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3. Assign the question a weight that reflects the importance of the quality being assessed.
Consider how important this quality is in relation to other requirements. If it is more important than others, weight this question more heavily (e.g., multiply the answer score by 1.5 or 2).
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4. Develop an interview assessment scheme for each question.
To ensure reliable scoring among multiple interviewers, develop clear, concrete assessment criteria.
Scoring assessment scheme for interview questions: Example
Score
0 1 2 3
No answer Demonstrates minimal understanding of conflict-resolution techniques Demonstrates some understanding of conflict-resolution techniques Demonstrates full understanding of conflict-resolution tec…

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