Social Work Interview Questions

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1) Initial purpose of the meeting:
I am a social worker with the public housing agency. I have been assigned to interview all of the resident 's of this building to determine the social need of the residents. This public housing agency cares sincerely about their resident and want to make sure that they are doing the best they can at meeting the needs of the residents. May I ask you a couple of questions?
Social work roles:
The text was not clear about the roles of the social worker, beside to interview the residents. However if I had to guess what the social workers role was in this particular situation, I think the social workers role would be not only to interview the residents, but to examine the living area of the residents as well. Simply because the public housing agency would also want to know if their property is being taken
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But I thought that it would not match the age group that I was would be talking to. On page 258 it is referring to adults, but in this particular question it is referring to 7-10 year old girls. So I would ask a lot of question and get everyone involved.
4) Initial purpose of the meeting.
Hello, My name is Craig I am a social worker with the local police department. I know any of you have been threaten, lost loved one and are very concern about the your safety and quality of life. I specialize in communication between the police and community groups. I understand that a lot of people have question and I want you to know that I am going to do the very best at answering the questions to the best of my ability. I will be providing my contact information on the last PowerPoint slide. I encourage everyone to write it down, because you might have a question at another time.
Side note: I would do the best I can at ensuring the community that I am dedicated to the cause and demonstrate empathy and compassion by acknowledging that people have lost their loved

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