Personal Narrative: A Career As A Social Worker

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If a client came in to see me at a social service center needing a place to stay, my first step would be to engage the client by establishing a professional relationship with them. This means making sure that the client understands that while I will care about them, the purpose of the relationship is to work together and equip them to address problems in their life. From there we would establish why they believe that they are seeing a social worker and begin to form a plan from there.
Secondly, we would begin to analyze their strengths in their current situation to determine a path of action. For example, asking if they have any options for a place to stay, or if they have any options for a job, or if they have any skills that could be further

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